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Wind Advisory 5, NWS San Diego, CA

January 26, 2016San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Jan 26, 2016, 11:08 AM PST for San Diego County, California. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 26, 2016, 11:08 AM PST (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Jan 26, 2016, 4:00 PM PST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

County San Diego County, CA

The radar

The San Diego radar (KNKX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 2016-01-26Temperature 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 2016-01-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
2901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

443 
WWUS76 KSGX 261908
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1108 AM PST TUE JAN 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND
INLAND VALLEYS THROUGH 4 PM...

.GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. IN ORANGE COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE THE WINDS
WILL DECREASE...SO THE WIND ADVISORY IN THOSE AREAS WAS ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT 11 AM. 

CAZ048-057-554-262015-
/O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160126T1900Z/
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-ORANGE COUNTY INLAND AREAS-
1108 AM PST TUE JAN 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS WILL DECREASE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.


$$

CAZ050-058-270000-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0005.160126T1908Z-160127T0000Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
1108 AM PST TUE JAN 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO
  60 MPH. 

* LOCATION...THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. AFFECTED AREAS
  CAMPO...ALPINE AND RAMONA. 

* IMPACTS...DRIVING OF HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT
  ALONG INTERSTATE 8.

* REPORTS...WIND GUST AT CAMPO OF 47 MPH AT 10 AM. PEAK WIND OF 61
  MPH AT SILL HILL AT 8 AM.

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.

&&

$$

MOEDE
1 follow-up statement
461 
WWUS76 KSGX 262359
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
359 PM PST TUE JAN 26 2016

CAZ050-058-270100-
/O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160127T0000Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
359 PM PST TUE JAN 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE EASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THE REST OF
THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

MAXWELL

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 25, 9:54 PM PSTWind AdvisorySGXOrange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego13 hr
Jan 26, 1:00 PM PSTBeach Hazards StatementSGXOrange, San Diego36 hr

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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.