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Wind Advisory 37, NWS San Diego, CA

October 15, 2016Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Oct 15, 2016, 1:40 PM PDT for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Oct 16, 2016, 4:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 15, 2016, 1:40 PM PDT (20:40 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 16, 2016, 4:00 PM PDT
Expired
Oct 17, 2016, 10:00 AM PDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

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

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2016-10-15Temperature 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 2016-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
1398 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

032 
WWUS76 KSGX 152040
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
140 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016

...GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FOR MOUNTAIN AND DESERT AREAS
LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING...

.AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL CREATE GUSTY
WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND
DESERTS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING.
STRONGEST GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FAVORED
PASSES AND CANYONS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

CAZ055-056-058-060-062-065-160500-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0037.161017T0000Z-161017T1800Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WRIGHTWOOD...HESPERIA...
DESERT HOT SPRINGS
140 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM PDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM PDT
MONDAY. 

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH.
  ISOLATED GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

* TIMING...LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING.

* LOCATION...NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES AND
  ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS.

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

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR 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.

&&

$$

JJT
6 follow-up statements
261 
WWUS76 KSGX 160251
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
751 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016

...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FOR MOUNTAIN AND DESERT AREAS
LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING...

.AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL CREATE STRONG
AND GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY
MORNING. STRONGEST GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

CAZ055-056-058-060-062-065-161300-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0037.161017T0000Z-161017T1800Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WRIGHTWOOD...HESPERIA...
DESERT HOT SPRINGS
751 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM PDT
MONDAY...

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. 
  ISOLATED GUSTS TO 65 MPH. 

* TIMING...LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING.

* LOCATION...NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES 
  AND ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. 

* VISIBILITY...AT TIMES REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND SAND IN
  THE DESERTS.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOW
  VISIBILITY IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND.

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.

&&

$$

JMB
143 
WWUS76 KSGX 161033
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
333 AM PDT SUN OCT 16 2016

...STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAIN AND
DESERT AREAS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INLAND THROUGH THE WESTERN STATES
WILL BRING STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW WITH LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY
SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR LATE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. 

CAZ055-056-058-060-062-065-162130-
/O.EXT.KSGX.WI.Y.0037.161016T2300Z-161017T1700Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE ARROWHEAD...BIG BEAR CITY...
WRIGHTWOOD...JULIAN...VICTORVILLE...HESPERIA...APPLE VALLEY...
BORREGO SPRINGS...DESERT HOT SPRINGS
333 AM PDT SUN OCT 16 2016

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM
PDT MONDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
  ISOLATED GUSTS TO 55 MPH.

* LOCATION...NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES 
  AND ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. 

* VISIBILITY...AT TIMES REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND SAND IN 
  THE DESERTS. 

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOW 
  VISIBILITY IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. 

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
870 
WWUS76 KSGX 162036
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
136 PM PDT SUN OCT 16 2016

...STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAIN AND
DESERT AREAS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INLAND THROUGH THE WESTERN STATES
WILL BRING STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW WITH STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST
TO WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING.

CAZ055-056-058-060-062-065-170500-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0037.161016T2300Z-161017T1700Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE ARROWHEAD...BIG BEAR CITY...
WRIGHTWOOD...JULIAN...VICTORVILLE...HESPERIA...APPLE VALLEY...
BORREGO SPRINGS...DESERT HOT SPRINGS
136 PM PDT SUN OCT 16 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT MONDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 55
  MPH AND LOCALLY 60 MPH.

* LOCATION...NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES 
  AND ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. 

* VISIBILITY...AT TIMES REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND SAND IN 
  THE DESERTS. 

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOW 
  VISIBILITY IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. 

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.

&&

$$

HARRISON
727 
WWUS76 KSGX 170347
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
847 PM PDT SUN OCT 16 2016

...STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAIN AND
DESERT AREAS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INLAND THROUGH THE WESTERN STATES
WILL BRING STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW WITH STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST
TO WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING.

CAZ055-056-058-060-062-065-171300-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-161017T1700Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE ARROWHEAD...BIG BEAR CITY...
WRIGHTWOOD...JULIAN...VICTORVILLE...HESPERIA...APPLE VALLEY...
BORREGO SPRINGS...DESERT HOT SPRINGS
847 PM PDT SUN OCT 16 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT MONDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 60
  MPH.

* LOCATION...NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES 
  AND ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. 

* VISIBILITY...WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND
  SAND IN THE DESERTS.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOW 
  VISIBILITY IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. 

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.

&&

$$

JMB
804 
WWUS76 KSGX 171000
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
300 AM PDT MON OCT 17 2016

...STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAIN AND
DESERT AREAS THROUGH THIS MORNING...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN STATES WILL
BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND
DESERTS THROUGH THIS MORNING.

CAZ055-056-058-060-062-065-171700-
/O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-161017T1700Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE ARROWHEAD...BIG BEAR CITY...
WRIGHTWOOD...JULIAN...VICTORVILLE...HESPERIA...APPLE VALLEY...
BORREGO SPRINGS...DESERT HOT SPRINGS
300 AM PDT MON OCT 17 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH.

* LOCATION...NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS...THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES 
  AND ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. 

* VISIBILITY...REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND SAND IN
  THE DESERTS.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOW 
  VISIBILITY IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. 

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
382 
WWUS76 KSGX 171705
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1005 AM PDT MON OCT 17 2016

...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS HAS EXPIRED...

CAZ055-056-058-060-062-065-171815-
/O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-161017T1700Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE ARROWHEAD...BIG BEAR CITY...
WRIGHTWOOD...JULIAN...VICTORVILLE...HESPERIA...APPLE VALLEY...
BORREGO SPRINGS...DESERT HOT SPRINGS
1005 AM PDT MON OCT 17 2016

...WIND ADVISORY EXPIRED AT 10 AM...

WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. PEAK WIND GUSTS
FROM LAST NIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING INCLUDE 54 MPH AT VOLCAN
MOUNTAIN AND 45 MPH AT HARRISON PARK IN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY
MOUNTAINS. A GUST OF 41 MPH WAS RECORDED IN BARSTOW...AND A GUST
OF 37 MPH WAS RECORDED IN THE FISH CREEK MOUNTAINS IN THE ANZA
BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK.

$$

MOEDE

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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.