Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 9, NWS San Diego, CA
NWS San Diego, CA issued this wind advisory at Mar 14, 2018, 2:08 AM PDT for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Mar 14, 2018, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2018, 2:08 AM PDT (09:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 14, 2018, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2018, 11:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 12 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 09:09 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, 9.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
975 WWUS76 KSGX 140908 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service San Diego CA 208 AM PDT Wed Mar 14 2018 CAZ055-056-058-060>062-065-142200- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0009.180314T1800Z-180315T0600Z/ San Bernardino County Mountains-Riverside County Mountains- San Diego County Mountains-Apple and Lucerne Valleys- Coachella Valley-San Diego County Deserts- San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning- Including the cities of Big Bear City, Wrightwood, Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley, Indio, Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Palm Desert, Palm Desert Country, La Quinta, Coachella, Borrego Springs, and Desert Hot Springs 208 AM PDT Wed Mar 14 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 11 PM PDT this evening. * Winds...west winds increasing to 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph. * Timing...strongest winds late this afternoon and this evening. * Location...desert mountain slopes to the desert floor. * Visibility...patchy blowing dust could result in sudden restrictions in visibility to less than a quarter of a mile. * Impacts...difficult driving for high profile vehicles and sudden restrictions in visibility in patchy blowing dust. 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. && $$ Gregoria
2 follow-up statements
051 WWUS76 KSGX 142144 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service San Diego CA 244 PM PDT Wed Mar 14 2018 CAZ055-056-058-060>062-065-150600- /O.CON.KSGX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-180315T0600Z/ San Bernardino County Mountains-Riverside County Mountains- San Diego County Mountains-Apple and Lucerne Valleys- Coachella Valley-San Diego County Deserts- San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning- Including the cities of Big Bear City, Wrightwood, Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley, Indio, Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Palm Desert, Palm Desert Country, La Quinta, Coachella, Borrego Springs, and Desert Hot Springs 244 PM PDT Wed Mar 14 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * Winds...West winds increasing to 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph. * Timing...Strongest winds late this afternoon and this evening. * Location...Desert mountain slopes to the desert floor. * Visibility...Blowing dust could result in sudden restrictions in visibility to less than a quarter of a mile. * Impacts...Difficult driving for high profile vehicles and sudden restrictions in visibility in patchy blowing dust. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ Moede
308 WWUS76 KSGX 150549 NPWSGX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service San Diego CA 1049 PM PDT Wed Mar 14 2018 CAZ055-056-058-060>062-065-150700- /O.EXP.KSGX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-180315T0600Z/ San Bernardino County Mountains-Riverside County Mountains- San Diego County Mountains-Apple and Lucerne Valleys- Coachella Valley-San Diego County Deserts- San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning- Including the cities of Big Bear City, Wrightwood, Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley, Indio, Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Palm Desert, Palm Desert Country, La Quinta, Coachella, Borrego Springs, and Desert Hot Springs 1049 PM PDT Wed Mar 14 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... Winds continue to subside across the region. As such, the Wind Advisory will be allowed to expire at 11 PM this evening. Localized wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph will be possible along the desert slopes tonight, but having little if any impacts. $$ Gregoria
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 1:32 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SGX | 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.