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Wind Advisory 28, NWS San Diego, CA

May 4, 2016Riverside County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at May 4, 2016, 1:59 PM PDT for Riverside County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at May 5, 2016, 3:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 2016, 1:59 PM PDT (20:59 UTC)
In effect from
May 5, 2016, 3:00 PM PDT
Expired
May 6, 2016, 5:00 AM PDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

Counties Riverside County, CA, San Diego County, CA

The radar

The San Diego radar (KNKX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 100 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2016-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2016-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

060 
WWUS76 KSGX 042059
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
159 PM PDT WED MAY 4 2016

...LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY
NIGHT IN SOME MOUNTAIN AND DESERT LOCATIONS...

.A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION THURSDAY AND
BRING A PERIOD OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THE MOUNTAIN CRESTS EAST
INTO PARTS OF THE DESERTS. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN RIVERSIDE
AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES. LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH SAN GORGONIO PASS AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE RIVERSIDE AND
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE DESERT FOOTHILLS. WINDS
WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIGHTER FRIDAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND.

CAZ056-058-062-065-050500-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0028.160505T2200Z-160506T1200Z/
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
159 PM PDT WED MAY 4 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 5 AM PDT
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 5 AM PDT
FRIDAY. 

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50
  MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING...LATE THURSDAY AFTENROON AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATION...MOUNTAIN CRESTS...DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...DESERT
  FOOTHILLS AND SAN GORGONIO PASS.

* VISIBILITY...LOCAL VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS IN BLOWING DUST AND
  SAND IN THE DESERTS.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT.
  SOME TREE BRANCHES COULD BREAK.

* OUTLOOK...WINDS WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIGHTER FRIDAY AND OVER THE
  WEEKEND.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

MAXWELL
7 follow-up statements
032 
WWUS76 KSGX 042145 CCA
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
245 PM PDT WED MAY 4 2016

...LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY
NIGHT IN SOME MOUNTAIN AND DESERT LOCATIONS...

.A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION THURSDAY AND
BRING A PERIOD OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THE MOUNTAIN CRESTS EAST
INTO PARTS OF THE DESERTS. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN RIVERSIDE
AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES. LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH SAN GORGONIO PASS AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE RIVERSIDE AND
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE DESERT FOOTHILLS. WINDS
WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIGHTER FRIDAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND.

CAZ056-058-062-065-050945-
/O.COR.KSGX.WI.Y.0028.160505T2200Z-160506T1200Z/
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
245 PM PDT WED MAY 4 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 5 AM PDT
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 5 AM PDT
FRIDAY. 

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50
  MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING...LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATION...MOUNTAIN CRESTS...DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...DESERT
  FOOTHILLS AND SAN GORGONIO PASS.

* VISIBILITY...LOCAL VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS IN BLOWING DUST AND
  SAND IN THE DESERTS.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT.
  SOME TREE BRANCHES COULD BREAK.

* OUTLOOK...WINDS WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIGHTER FRIDAY AND OVER THE
  WEEKEND.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

MAXWELL
449 
WWUS76 KSGX 050318
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
818 PM PDT WED MAY 4 2016

...LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
THURSDAY NIGHT IN SOME MOUNTAIN AND DESERT LOCATIONS...

.A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION THURSDAY AND
BRING A PERIOD OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THE MOUNTAIN CRESTS
EAST INTO PARTS OF THE DESERTS. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN
RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES. LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH SAN GORGONIO PASS AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE DESERT
FOOTHILLS. WINDS WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIGHTER FRIDAY AND OVER THE
WEEKEND.

CAZ056-058-062-065-051400-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0028.160505T2200Z-160506T1200Z/
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
818 PM PDT WED MAY 4 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 5 AM PDT
FRIDAY...

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 
  MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH. 

* TIMING...LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATION...MOUNTAIN CRESTS...DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...DESERT 
  FOOTHILLS AND SAN GORGONIO PASS. 

* VISIBILITY...LOCAL VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS IN BLOWING DUST AND 
  SAND IN THE DESERTS. 

* IMPACTS...DRIVING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. 
  SOME TREE BRANCHES COULD BREAK. 

* OUTLOOK...WINDS WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIGHTER FRIDAY AND OVER THE 
  WEEKEND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
GREGORIA
605 
WWUS76 KSGX 050932
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
232 AM PDT THU MAY 5 2016

...LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT IN
PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...

.A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY.
IT WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THE MOUNTAIN CRESTS EAST
INTO PARTS OF THE DESERTS...STRONGEST IN RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO
COUNTIES. TOP GUSTS WILL EXCEED 50 MPH THROUGH SAN GORGONIO PASS
AND PARTS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERT 
FOOTHILLS. WINDS WILL DECREASE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

CAZ056-058-062-065-051800-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0028.160505T2200Z-160506T1200Z/
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
232 AM PDT THU MAY 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 AM PDT FRIDAY...

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

* LOCATION...MOUNTAIN CRESTS...DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...DESERT 
  FOOTHILLS AND SAN GORGONIO PASS. 

* VISIBILITY...LOCAL VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS IN BLOWING DUST AND 
  SAND IN THE DESERTS. 

* IMPACTS...DRIVING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. 
  SOME TREE BRANCHES COULD BREAK. 

* OUTLOOK...WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER FRIDAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

MM
800 
WWUS76 KSGX 051848
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1148 AM PDT THU MAY 5 2016

...LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT IN
PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...

.A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY.
IT WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THE MOUNTAIN CRESTS EAST
INTO PARTS OF THE DESERTS...STRONGEST IN RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO
COUNTIES. TOP GUSTS WILL EXCEED 50 MPH THROUGH SAN GORGONIO PASS
AND PARTS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERT
FOOTHILLS. WINDS WILL DECREASE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

CAZ056-058-062-065-060500-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0028.160505T2200Z-160506T1200Z/
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
1148 AM PDT THU MAY 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 AM PDT FRIDAY...

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

* LOCATION...MOUNTAIN CRESTS...DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...DESERT 
  FOOTHILLS AND SAN GORGONIO PASS. 

* VISIBILITY...LOCAL VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS IN BLOWING DUST AND 
  SAND IN THE DESERTS. 

* IMPACTS...DRIVING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. 
  SOME TREE BRANCHES COULD BREAK. 

* OUTLOOK...WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER FRIDAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

MAXWELL
752 
WWUS76 KSGX 060417
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
917 PM PDT THU MAY 5 2016

...LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT IN PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS
AND DESERTS...

.A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT.
IT WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THE MOUNTAIN CRESTS EAST
INTO PARTS OF THE DESERTS...STRONGEST IN RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO
COUNTIES. TOP GUSTS WILL EXCEED 50 MPH THROUGH SAN GORGONIO PASS
AND PARTS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERT
FOOTHILLS. WINDS WILL DECREASE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

CAZ056-058-062-065-061200-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-160506T1200Z/
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
917 PM PDT THU MAY 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY...

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT.

* LOCATION...MOUNTAIN CRESTS...DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES...DESERT 
  FOOTHILLS AND SAN GORGONIO PASS. 

* VISIBILITY...LOCAL VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS IN BLOWING DUST AND 
  SAND IN THE DESERTS. 

* IMPACTS...DRIVING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. 
  SOME TREE BRANCHES COULD BREAK. 

* OUTLOOK...WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER FRIDAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
GREGORIA
651 
WWUS76 KSGX 060915
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
215 AM PDT FRI MAY 6 2016

...LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING IN
THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OF RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES...

.A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY
WEST WINDS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING IN PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS
AND DESERTS OF RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES. 

CAZ056-058-062-065-061200-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-160506T1200Z/
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
215 AM PDT FRI MAY 6 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...DIMINISHING DURING THE MORNING.

* LOCATION...STRONGEST NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...ALONG DESERT
  MOUNTAIN SLOPES INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS...AND IN THE
  NORTHERN COACHELLA VALLEY BELOW THE SAN GORGONIO PASS.

* VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST IN THE
  DESERTS.

* IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
  MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

17
930 
WWUS76 KSGX 061212
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
512 AM PDT FRI MAY 6 2016

...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OF RIVERSIDE
AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

.ONSHORE FLOW HAS WEAKENED AS A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
NOW CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

CAZ056-058-062-065-061315-
/O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-160506T1200Z/
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
512 AM PDT FRI MAY 6 2016

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

LOCALLY GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH MOST
GUSTS 35 MPH OR LESS.

$$

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.