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Wind Advisory 5, NWS San Diego, CA
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 9:54 PM PST | Wind Advisory | SGX | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 13 hr |
| Jan 26, 1:00 PM PST | Beach Hazards Statement | SGX | Orange, San Diego | 36 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.