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Wind Advisory 36, NWS San Diego, CA

October 5, 20164 counties in California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Oct 5, 2016, 8:42 PM PDT for 4 counties in California. It took effect at Oct 6, 2016, 3:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 2016, 8:42 PM PDT (03:42 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 6, 2016, 3:00 AM PDT
Expired
Oct 7, 2016, 2:00 PM PDT
In force
35 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

Counties Orange County, CA, Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, San Diego County, CA

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 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 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 00:00Z on 2016-10-06Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2016-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -50 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

584 
WWUS76 KSGX 060342
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
842 PM PDT WED OCT 5 2016

...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AT TIMES EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL GENERATE
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH AND BELOW THE CAJON AND SAN GORGONIO
PASSES AND THE CANYONS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE SANTA ANA
MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL PEAK EARLY TO MID-MORNING THURSDAY BEFORE
WEAKENING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AGAIN
THURSDAY NIGHT AND PEAK FRIDAY MORNING. OFFSHORE WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY WEAKEN FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY.

CAZ048-057-554-061300-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0036.161006T1000Z-161007T2100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-ORANGE COUNTY INLAND AREAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORENO VALLEY...FONTANA...
RANCHO CUCAMONGA...CORONA
842 PM PDT WED OCT 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 2 PM PDT
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 2 PM PDT
FRIDAY. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH.
  LOCAL GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BELOW THE FAVORED PASSES
  AND CANYONS FRIDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING...EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATION...THROUGH AND BELOW THE CAJON AND SAN GORGONIO PASSES
  AND LOCALLY INTO THE INLAND EMPIRE...THROUGH AND BELOW THE
  CANYONS IN THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS...AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF
  THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS IN ORANGE COUNTY.

* VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY LOCALLY REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SMALL
  TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK. 

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.

&&

$$

SS
5 follow-up statements
790 
WWUS76 KSGX 060956
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
256 AM PDT THU OCT 6 2016

...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AT TIMES THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...

.SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL
GENERATE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH AND BELOW THE CAJON AND
SAN GORGONIO PASSES AND THE CANYONS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE SANTA
ANA MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL PEAK EARLY TO MID-MORNING TODAY BEFORE
WEAKENING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AGAIN
TONIGHT AND PEAK FRIDAY MORNING. OFFSHORE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
WEAKEN FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY.

CAZ048-057-554-062300-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0036.161006T1000Z-161007T2100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-ORANGE COUNTY INLAND AREAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORENO VALLEY...FONTANA...
RANCHO CUCAMONGA...CORONA
256 AM PDT THU OCT 6 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT FRIDAY...

* WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH. 
  LOCAL GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BELOW THE FAVORED PASSES 
  AND CANYONS FRIDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATION...THROUGH AND BELOW THE CAJON AND SAN GORGONIO PASSES 
  AND LOCALLY INTO THE INLAND EMPIRE...THROUGH AND BELOW THE 
  CANYONS IN THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS...AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF 
  THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS IN ORANGE COUNTY. 

* VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY LOCALLY REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SMALL 
  TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK. 

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
306 
WWUS76 KSGX 062046
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
146 PM PDT THU OCT 6 2016

...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL GENERATE GUSTY
NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH AND BELOW THE CAJON AND SAN GORGONIO
PASSES AND THE CANYONS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS.
GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...AND STRENGTHEN AGAIN
TONIGHT. OFFSHORE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN FRIDAY AFTERNOON
INTO SATURDAY.

CAZ048-057-554-070500-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-161007T2100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-ORANGE COUNTY INLAND AREAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORENO VALLEY...FONTANA...
RANCHO CUCAMONGA...CORONA
146 PM PDT THU OCT 6 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT FRIDAY...

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS
  TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE BELOW THE FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS FRIDAY
  MORNING.

* TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATION...THROUGH AND BELOW THE CAJON AND SAN GORGONIO PASSES 
  AND LOCALLY INTO THE INLAND EMPIRE...THROUGH AND BELOW THE 
  CANYONS IN THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS...AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF 
  THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS IN ORANGE COUNTY. 

* VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY LOCALLY REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SMALL 
  TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK. 

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.

&&

$$

JJT
432 
WWUS76 KSGX 070409
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
909 PM PDT THU OCT 6 2016

...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL GENERATE GUSTY
NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH AND BELOW THE CAJON AND SAN GORGONIO
PASSES AND THE CANYONS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS.
GUSTY WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. OFFSHORE
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY.

CAZ048-057-554-071300-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-161007T2100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-ORANGE COUNTY INLAND AREAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORENO VALLEY...FONTANA...
RANCHO CUCAMONGA...CORONA
909 PM PDT THU OCT 6 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT FRIDAY...

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATION...THROUGH AND BELOW THE CAJON AND SAN GORGONIO PASSES 
  AND LOCALLY INTO THE INLAND EMPIRE...THROUGH AND BELOW THE 
  CANYONS IN THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS...AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF 
  THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS IN ORANGE COUNTY. 

* VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY LOCALLY REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SMALL 
  TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK. 

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.

&&

$$

SS
946 
WWUS76 KSGX 071126
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
426 AM PDT FRI OCT 7 2016

...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...

.SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL CONTINUE LOCALLY 
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH AND BELOW THE CAJON AND SAN
GORGONIO PASSES AND THE CANYONS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE SANTA ANA
MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL WEAKEN THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

CAZ048-057-554-072100-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-161007T2100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-ORANGE COUNTY INLAND AREAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORENO VALLEY...FONTANA...
RANCHO CUCAMONGA...CORONA
426 AM PDT FRI OCT 7 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

* LOCATION...THROUGH AND BELOW THE CAJON AND SAN GORGONIO PASSES 
  AND LOCALLY INTO THE INLAND EMPIRE...THROUGH AND BELOW THE 
  CANYONS IN THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS...AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF 
  THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS IN ORANGE COUNTY. 

* VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY LOCALLY REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SMALL 
  TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK. 

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
721 
WWUS76 KSGX 072054
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
154 PM PDT FRI OCT 7 2016

CAZ048-057-554-072200-
/O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-161007T2100Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-ORANGE COUNTY INLAND AREAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORENO VALLEY...FONTANA...
RANCHO CUCAMONGA...CORONA
154 PM PDT FRI OCT 7 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...

EASTERLY WINDS HAVE WEAKENED THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL REMAIN
BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...THE
WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 2 PM.

$$

JJT

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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.