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Wind Advisory 2, NWS San Diego, CA

January 13, 20184 counties in California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Jan 13, 2018, 3:09 AM PST for 4 counties in California. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 13, 2018, 3:09 AM PST (11:09 UTC)
Expired
Jan 13, 2018, 2:00 PM PST
In force
11 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 11:14 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, 11.2 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 2018-01-13Temperature 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 2018-01-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 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
2473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

297 
WWUS76 KSGX 131109
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Diego CA
309 AM PST Sat Jan 13 2018

...Gusty Santa Ana winds through early afternoon...

.Surface high pressure over the Great Basin will bring gusty east
to northeast winds through and below passes and canyons and near
coastal foothills into this afternoon. Weaker and more localized
winds will continue into Sunday.

CAZ048-050-055>058-065-554-132200-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0002.180113T1109Z-180113T2200Z/
San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire-
San Diego County Valleys-San Bernardino County Mountains-
Riverside County Mountains-Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills-
San Diego County Mountains-San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning-
Orange County Inland Areas-
Including the cities of Fontana, Corona, Poway, Pine Valley, 
Banning, and Orange
309 AM PST Sat Jan 13 2018

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a Wind
Advisory...which is in effect until 2 PM PST this afternoon. 

* Winds...Areas of northeast to east winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts
  to 45 mph. Isolated gusts to 55 mph.

* Timing...Winds becoming more widespread after sunrise...then
  subsiding during the afternoon.

* Location...Through and below passes and canyons and near 
  coastal foothills.

* Impacts...Driving will be hazardous 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.

&&

$$

17
1 follow-up statement
923 
WWUS76 KSGX 132152
NPWSGX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Diego CA
152 PM PST Sat Jan 13 2018

CAZ048-050-055>058-065-554-132300-
/O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-180113T2200Z/
San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire-
San Diego County Valleys-San Bernardino County Mountains-
Riverside County Mountains-Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills-
San Diego County Mountains-San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning-
Orange County Inland Areas-
Including the cities of Fontana, Corona, Poway, Pine Valley, 
Banning, and Orange
152 PM PST Sat Jan 13 2018

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

Most areas of gusty east to northeast winds have diminished this
afternoon, however a few areas near the mountains may continue
gusting to around 40 mph through the rest of the afternoon. The 
Wind Advisory will be allowed to expire at 2 PM.

$$

JJT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 13, 1:15 PM PSTBeach Hazards StatementSGXOrange, San Diego18 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in California, 2018Every wind advisory in 2018

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.