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Wind Advisory 31, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at May 25, 2016, 2:19 PM PDT for Riverside County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at May 25, 2016, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2016, 2:19 PM PDT (21:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 25, 2016, 5:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 26, 2016, 3:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 10 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 21:22 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, 9.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
861 WWUS76 KSGX 252119 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 219 PM PDT WED MAY 25 2016 ...WINDS INCREASING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE INTO ARIZONA TONIGHT WITH WESTERLY WINDS INCREASING BEHIND IT OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. CAZ056-058-061-062-065-261000- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0031.160526T0000Z-160526T1000Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDIO...PALM SPRINGS...CATHEDRAL CITY... PALM DESERT...PALM DESERT COUNTRY...LA QUINTA...COACHELLA... BORREGO SPRINGS...DESERT HOT SPRINGS 219 PM PDT WED MAY 25 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * LOCATION...STRONGEST WINDS NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS AND ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED AT TIMES IN THE DESERTS IN BLOWING DUST AND BLOWING SAND. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED SUDDENLY IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND IN THE DESERTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WIND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND ALSO CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GREGORIA
1 follow-up statement
227 WWUS76 KSGX 260957 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 257 AM PDT THU MAY 26 2016 CAZ056-058-061-062-065-261100- /O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-160526T1000Z/ RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDIO...PALM SPRINGS...CATHEDRAL CITY... PALM DESERT...PALM DESERT COUNTRY...LA QUINTA...COACHELLA... BORREGO SPRINGS...DESERT HOT SPRINGS 257 AM PDT THU MAY 26 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... WINDS HAVE DECREASED OVERNIGHT AND WILL NOT BE AS STRONG TODAY. $$ MM
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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.