Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2020
Wind Advisory 4, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this wind advisory at Mar 14, 2020, 12:56 PM PDT for Monterey County, California. It took effect at Mar 14, 2020, 9:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2020, 12:56 PM PDT (19:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 14, 2020, 9:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2020, 5:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
County Monterey County, CA
The radar
The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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
Vandenberg AFB, CA (KVBG), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
718 WWUS76 KMTR 141956 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area 1256 PM PDT Sat Mar 14 2020 CAZ517-530-150600- /O.NEW.KMTR.WI.Y.0004.200315T0400Z-200315T1200Z/ Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest- Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast- Including the cities of Seaside, Monterey, and Marina 1256 PM PDT Sat Mar 14 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...South winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts 40 to 50 mph expected. Winds will be strongest along the immediate coast. * WHERE...Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest and Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 5 AM PDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit http://weather.gov/mtr
1 follow-up statement
285 WWUS76 KMTR 150455 NPWMTR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area 955 PM PDT Sat Mar 14 2020 CAZ517-530-151200- /O.CON.KMTR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-200315T1200Z/ Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest- Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast- Including the cities of Seaside, Monterey, and Marina 955 PM PDT Sat Mar 14 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...South winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts 40 to 50 mph expected. Winds will be strongest along the immediate coast. * WHERE...Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest and Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 5 AM PDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit http://weather.gov/mtr
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 9:23 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | MTR | 6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.