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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Elko, NV

January 4, 2023Nye County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 4, 2023, 2:20 AM PST for Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Jan 4, 2023, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for 21 hr.

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The facts

Issued
Jan 4, 2023, 2:20 AM PST (10:20 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 4, 2023, 1:00 PM PST
Expired
Jan 5, 2023, 10:00 AM PST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

County Nye County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Las Vegas, NV at 00:00Z on 2023-01-04Temperature 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, Las Vegas, NV at 00:00Z on 2023-01-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1356 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.