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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Duluth, MN

February 1, 2023Cook County, Lake County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this wind advisory at Feb 1, 2023, 1:50 PM CST for Cook County, Lake County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 2, 2023, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 1, 2023, 1:50 PM CST (19:50 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 2, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 3, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Cook County, MN, Lake County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 351 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2023-02-01Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2023-02-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 1, 3:52 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryDLH48 hr
Feb 1, 1:47 PM CSTWind Chill WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and 2 more44 hr
Feb 1, 1:47 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryDLHAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more46 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.