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Lake Wind Advisory 42, NWS Reno, NV

July 16, 20176 counties in Nevada; 8 counties in California

NWS Reno, NV issued this lake wind advisory at Jul 16, 2017, 2:20 PM PDT for 6 counties in Nevada; 8 counties in California. It took effect at Jul 17, 2017, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 2017, 2:20 PM PDT (21:20 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 17, 2017, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired
Jul 17, 2017, 8:00 PM PDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV

Counties Alpine County, CA, El Dorado County, CA, Lassen County, CA, Mono County, CA, Nevada County, CA, Placer County, CA, Plumas County, CA, Sierra County, CA, Churchill County, NV, Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Pershing County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 412 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, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2017-07-16Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2017-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
1211 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 8:32 AM PDTRed Flag WarningREVWashoe59 hr

Nearby

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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.