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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

March 9, 2024Fayette County, Indiana County, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; Monongalia County, Preston County, Tucker County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this wind advisory at Mar 9, 2024, 3:30 AM EST for Fayette County, Indiana County, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; Monongalia County, Preston County, Tucker County, West Virginia. It took effect at Mar 10, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2024, 3:30 AM EST (08:30 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 10, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 11, 2024, 12:00 PM EDT
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Counties Fayette County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Monongalia County, WV, Preston County, WV, Tucker County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 212 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2024-03-09Temperature 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2024-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
1077 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 3:23 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZArmstrong, Butler, Clarion, Fayette, Forest, Indiana and 5 more46 hr
Mar 9, 2:18 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningPBZPreston, Tucker35 hr

Nearby

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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.