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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Honolulu, HI

December 26, 2022Hawaii County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Dec 26, 2022, 2:56 PM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It took effect at Dec 27, 2022, 2:00 AM HST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 26, 2022, 2:56 PM HST (00:56 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 27, 2022, 2:00 AM HST
Expired
Dec 27, 2022, 3:02 PM 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.

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 00:00Z, 0.9 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 2022-12-27Temperature 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, Hilo, at 00:00Z on 2022-12-27The 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1338 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

276 
WWHW70 PHFO 270056
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Honolulu HI
256 PM HST Mon Dec 26 2022

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS 
FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

HIZ028-280400-
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0021.221227T1200Z-221228T0400Z/
Big Island Summits-
256 PM HST Mon Dec 26 2022

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM HST TUESDAY...

* WHAT...East winds 40 to 50 mph with localized gusts over 60 mph
  expected.

* WHERE...Big Island Summits.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 6 PM HST Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Winds this strong can make driving and walking
  difficult. The winds can forcefully open doors and damage hinges
  or slam doors shut, possibly causing injuries.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Consider postponing travel to the summits until conditions
improve. If you must travel to the summits, use extra caution
walking and driving. Be careful opening or closing doors.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
384 
WWHW70 PHFO 271346
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Honolulu HI
346 AM HST Tue Dec 27 2022

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS 
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

HIZ028-280300-
/O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-221228T0400Z/
Big Island Summits-
346 AM HST Tue Dec 27 2022

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST TODAY...

* WHAT...East winds 40 to 50 mph with localized gusts over 60 
  mph expected.

* WHERE...Big Island Summits.

* WHEN...Through 6 PM HST today.

* IMPACTS...Winds this strong can make driving and walking 
  difficult. The winds can forcefully open doors and damage 
  hinges or slam doors shut, possibly causing injuries.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Consider postponing travel to the summits until conditions
improve. If you must travel to the summits, use extra caution
walking and driving. Be careful opening or closing doors.

&&

$$
970 
WWHW70 PHFO 280102
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Honolulu HI
302 PM HST Tue Dec 27 2022

HIZ028-280215-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-221228T0400Z/
Big Island Summits-
302 PM HST Tue Dec 27 2022

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Winds have fallen below the advisory threshold.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 27, 3:39 AM HSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHFO24 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.