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Wind Advisory 31, NWS San Diego, CA

May 25, 2016Riverside County, San Diego County, California

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2016-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

$$

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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.