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High Surf Advisory 3, NWS San Diego, CA

March 15, 2021Orange County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this high surf advisory at Mar 15, 2021, 1:43 AM PDT for Orange County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Mar 15, 2021, 4:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 2021, 1:43 AM PDT (08:43 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 15, 2021, 4:00 PM PDT
Expired
Mar 15, 2021, 10:06 PM PDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

Counties Orange County, CA, San Diego County, CA

The radar

The San Diego radar (KNKX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 2021-03-15Temperature 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, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 2021-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -89 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
898 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

890 
WHUS46 KSGX 150843
CFWSGX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service San Diego CA
143 AM PDT Mon Mar 15 2021

.A large, short-period wind swell will build quickly today, peak 
tonight and subside quickly Tuesday. Strong rip currents and
hazardous swimming conditions will result.

CAZ552-152100-
/O.NEW.KSGX.SU.Y.0003.210315T2300Z-210316T1500Z/
Orange County Coastal Areas-
143 AM PDT Mon Mar 15 2021

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM
PDT TUESDAY...

The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a High Surf
Advisory...which is in effect from 4 PM this afternoon to 8 AM
PDT Tuesday. 

* Waves and Surf...3 to 6 feet. Sets to 7 feet.

* Timing...This afternoon into Tuesday morning.

* Impacts...Strong rip currents and steep, wind-driven surf will 
  generate hazardous swimming conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A High Surf Advisory means that high surf will affect beaches in
the advisory area...producing localized beach erosion and
dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

CAZ043-152100-
/O.NEW.KSGX.SU.Y.0003.210315T2300Z-210316T2300Z/
San Diego County Coastal Areas-
143 AM PDT Mon Mar 15 2021

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM
PDT TUESDAY...

The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a High Surf
Advisory...which is in effect from 4 PM this afternoon to 4 PM
PDT Tuesday. 

* Waves and Surf...4 to 7 feet.

* Timing...This afternoon into Tuesday afternoon.

* Impacts...Strong rip currents and steep, wind-driven surf will 
  generate hazardous swimming conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A High Surf Advisory means that high surf will affect beaches in
the advisory area...producing localized beach erosion and
dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
325 
WHUS46 KSGX 151917
CFWSGX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service San Diego CA
1217 PM PDT Mon Mar 15 2021

.A large, short-period wind swell will peak tonight and subside 
quickly Tuesday. Strong rip currents and hazardous swimming 
conditions will result.

CAZ552-160515-
/O.CON.KSGX.SU.Y.0003.210315T2300Z-210316T1500Z/
Orange County Coastal Areas-
1217 PM PDT Mon Mar 15 2021

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 8 AM PDT TUESDAY...

* Waves and Surf...3 to 6 feet. Sets to 7 feet.

* Timing...This afternoon into Tuesday morning.

* Impacts...Strong rip currents and steep, wind-driven surf will 
  generate hazardous swimming conditions. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A High Surf Advisory means that high surf will affect beaches in
the advisory area...producing localized beach erosion and
dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

CAZ043-160515-
/O.CON.KSGX.SU.Y.0003.210315T2300Z-210316T2300Z/
San Diego County Coastal Areas-
1217 PM PDT Mon Mar 15 2021

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 4 PM PDT TUESDAY...

* Waves and Surf...5 to 7 feet.

* Timing...This afternoon into Tuesday afternoon.

* Impacts...Strong rip currents and steep, wind-driven surf will 
  generate hazardous swimming conditions. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A High Surf Advisory means that high surf will affect beaches in
the advisory area...producing localized beach erosion and
dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

CO

https://www.weather.gov/sandiego
845 
WHUS46 KSGX 160506
CFWSGX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service San Diego CA
1006 PM PDT Mon Mar 15 2021

CAZ552-160615-
/O.CAN.KSGX.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210316T1500Z/
Orange County Coastal Areas-
1006 PM PDT Mon Mar 15 2021

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in San Diego has cancelled the High
Surf Advisory. 

Surf with remain below the High Surf Advisory levels of 7 feet 
tonight and Tuesday. 

$$

CAZ043-160615-
/O.CAN.KSGX.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210316T2300Z/
San Diego County Coastal Areas-
1006 PM PDT Mon Mar 15 2021

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in San Diego has cancelled the High
Surf Advisory. 

Surf with remain below the High Surf Advisory criteria of 
widespread surf of 7 feet or greater tonight and Tuesday. 

$$

Moede

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 1:01 PM PDTFrost AdvisorySGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego19 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.