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Wind Advisory 9, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

November 6, 202011 counties in California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this wind advisory at Nov 6, 2020, 3:22 AM PST for 11 counties in California. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 6, 2020, 3:22 AM PST (11:22 UTC)
Expired
Nov 6, 2020, 10:00 AM PST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Counties Alameda County, CA, City and County of San Francisco, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Marin County, CA, Monterey County, CA, Napa County, CA, San Benito County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Santa Clara County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA, Sonoma County, CA

The radar

The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:26 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

Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 24 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, Oakland, CA at 00:00Z on 2020-11-06Temperature 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, Oakland, CA at 00:00Z on 2020-11-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

063 
WWUS76 KMTR 061122
NPWMTR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
322 AM PST Fri Nov 6 2020

CAZ006-505>513-517-528>530-061745-
/O.NEW.KMTR.WI.Y.0009.201106T1122Z-201106T1800Z/
San Francisco-
Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore-
North Bay Interior Valleys-North Bay Mountains-
San Francisco Bay Shoreline-San Francisco Peninsula Coast-
East Bay Interior Valleys-East Bay Hills and the Diablo Range-
Santa Cruz Mountains-Santa Clara Valley Including San Jose-
Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest-
Northern Salinas Valley/Hollister Valley and Carmel Valley-
Northern Monterey Bay-Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast-
Including the cities of San Francisco, Tamalpais-Homestead, 
Sausalito, Santa Rosa, South Santa Rosa, Napa, San Rafael, 
Petaluma, Novato, Rohnert Park, Angwin, Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, 
Woodacre, Oakland, Fremont, Hayward, Daly City, Berkeley, 
Pacifica, Concord, Antioch, Livermore, Walnut Creek, Pleasanton, 
Pittsburg, San Ramon, Blackhawk, Scotts Valley, Boulder Creek, 
Day Valley, San Jose, Salinas, Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Live Oak,
Seaside, Monterey, and Marina
322 AM PST Fri Nov 6 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph in
  the valleys with 50 mph in the hills as a strong cold front
  passes through the Bay Area this morning.

* WHERE...The entire San Francisco Bay Area and Monterey Bay
  region except for interior San Benito county.

* WHEN...Until 10 AM PST this morning.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A strong cold front will move through the
  region this morning. Wind gusts to 50 mph have already been
  observed in the hills with frequent gusts to 40 mph at lower
  elevations.

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
993 
WWUS76 KMTR 061742
NPWMTR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
942 AM PST Fri Nov 6 2020

CAZ006-505>513-517-528>530-061845-
/O.EXP.KMTR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-201106T1800Z/
San Francisco-
Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore-
North Bay Interior Valleys-North Bay Mountains-
San Francisco Bay Shoreline-San Francisco Peninsula Coast-
East Bay Interior Valleys-East Bay Hills and the Diablo Range-
Santa Cruz Mountains-Santa Clara Valley Including San Jose-
Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest-
Northern Salinas Valley/Hollister Valley and Carmel Valley-
Northern Monterey Bay-Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast-
Including the cities of San Francisco, Tamalpais-Homestead, 
Sausalito, Santa Rosa, South Santa Rosa, Napa, San Rafael, 
Petaluma, Novato, Rohnert Park, Angwin, Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, 
Woodacre, Oakland, Fremont, Hayward, Daly City, Berkeley, 
Pacifica, Concord, Antioch, Livermore, Walnut Creek, Pleasanton, 
Pittsburg, San Ramon, Blackhawk, Scotts Valley, Boulder Creek, 
Day Valley, San Jose, Salinas, Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Live Oak,
Seaside, Monterey, and Marina
942 AM PST Fri Nov 6 2020

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...

The strongest winds have diminished across the region in wake of
this morning's frontal passage. However, breezy conditions will
persist through the day with gusts of 25 to 35 mph near the coast
and in the region's higher elevations.

$$

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 9:09 PM PSTGale WarningMTR72 hr
Nov 6, 2:42 AM PSTGale WatchMTR25 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.