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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Honolulu, HI

January 28, 2021Hawaii County, Kalawao County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Jan 28, 2021, 3:13 AM HST for Hawaii County, Kalawao County, Hawaii. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 28, 2021, 3:13 AM HST (13:13 UTC)
Expired
Jan 28, 2021, 3:14 PM HST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI

Counties Hawaii County, HI, Kalawao County, HI

The radar

The Kamuela/Kohala Apt radar (PHKM), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:18 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

Hilo, (PITO), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 12:00Z on 2021-01-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 72 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 12:00Z on 2021-01-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
72 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

746 
WWHW70 PHFO 281313
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Honolulu HI
313 AM HST Thu Jan 28 2021

...WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF THE BIG ISLAND MAUI MOLOKAI 
LANAI AND KAHOOLAWE...

HIZ012>021-024>026-290400-
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0003.210128T1313Z-210129T0400Z/
Molokai Windward-Molokai Leeward-Lanai Makai-Lanai Mauka-
Kahoolawe-Maui Windward West-Maui Leeward West-
Maui Central Valley-Windward Haleakala-Leeward Haleakala-
South Big Island-Big Island North and East-Kohala-
Including the cities of Kalaupapa, Kaunakakai, Manele, 
Lanai City, Wailuku, Lahaina, Kaanapali, Kahului, Haiku, Makawao,
Hana, Kihei, Makena, Pukalani, Kula, South Point, Pahala, Hilo, 
Volcano, Honokaa, Kamuela, and Waikoloa
313 AM HST Thu Jan 28 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...East to northeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50
  mph.

* WHERE...Portions of the Big Island, Maui, Molokai, Lanai and
  Kahoolawe.

* WHEN...Until 6 PM HST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Winds this strong are capable of downing tents or 
  other temporary structures, as well as downing trees and 
  causing power outages.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should use extra caution.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
289 
WWHW70 PHFO 290114
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Honolulu HI
314 PM HST Thu Jan 28 2021

HIZ012>021-024>026-290215-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210129T0400Z/
Molokai Windward-Molokai Leeward-Lanai Makai-Lanai Mauka-
Kahoolawe-Maui Windward West-Maui Leeward West-
Maui Central Valley-Windward Haleakala-Leeward Haleakala-
South Big Island-Big Island North and East-Kohala-
Including the cities of Kalaupapa, Kaunakakai, Manele, 
Lanai City, Wailuku, Lahaina, Kaanapali, Kahului, Haiku, Makawao,
Hana, Kihei, Makena, Pukalani, Kula, South Point, Pahala, Hilo, 
Volcano, Honokaa, Kamuela, and Waikoloa
314 PM HST Thu Jan 28 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

The strong and gusty trade winds have weakened to just below
advisory criteria. Thus, the wind advisory has been cancelled.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 3:30 AM HSTGale WarningHFO12 hr
Jan 28, 3:30 AM HSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHFO6 min

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Hawaii, 2021Every wind advisory in 2021

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.