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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Honolulu, HI

February 20, 2019Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Feb 20, 2019, 3:01 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2019, 3:01 PM HST (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 2019, 3:32 AM HST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI

County Hawaii County, HI

The radar

The South Shore radar (PHWA), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Hilo, (PITO), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 56 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, Hilo, at 00:00Z on 2019-02-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 353 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Hilo, at 00:00Z on 2019-02-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted.

484 
WWHW70 PHFO 210101
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Honolulu HI
301 PM HST Wed Feb 20 2019

HIZ028-211415-
/O.CAN.PHFO.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190221T0400Z/
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0013.190221T0101Z-190221T1600Z/
Big Island Summits-
301 PM HST Wed Feb 20 2019

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST THURSDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a Wind
Advisory, which is in effect until 6 AM HST Thursday. The High
Wind Warning has been cancelled.

* WINDS...Southwest 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 55 mph.

* TIMING...Through 6 AM HST Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Winds this strong will produce difficult driving 
  conditions, especially for high profile vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Wind Advisory for the summits means that sustained winds of at
least 45 mph, or gusts of at least 55 mph, are expected. Motorists
should use extra caution.

&&

$$

Birchard
1 follow-up statement
521 
WWHW70 PHFO 211332
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Honolulu HI
332 AM HST Thu Feb 21 2019

HIZ028-211445-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-190221T1600Z/
Big Island Summits-
332 AM HST Thu Feb 21 2019

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Honolulu has cancelled the Wind
Advisory for the Big Island summits.

Winds on the summits will remain elevated today with decreasing 
wind speed trends over the next 24 hours.

$$

RCB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 11:24 AM HSTHigh Wind WarningHFOHawaii4 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.