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Wind Advisory 86, NWS Los Angeles, CA

November 12, 2025San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, California

NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this wind advisory at Nov 12, 2025, 12:39 PM PST for San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, California. It took effect at Nov 13, 2025, 8:00 AM PST. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 2025, 12:39 PM PST (20:39 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 13, 2025, 8:00 AM PST
Expired
Nov 14, 2025, 3:00 AM PST
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Los Angeles, CA

Counties San Luis Obispo County, CA, Santa Barbara County, CA

The radar

The Vandenberg AFB radar (KVBX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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

Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 354 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, Oakland, CA at 12:00Z on 2025-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Oakland, CA at 12:00Z on 2025-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 12, 12:48 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOX3 days
Nov 12, 8:38 AM PSTGale WatchLOX6 hr
Nov 12, 1:09 PM PSTHigh Surf AdvisoryLOXLos Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura3 days
Nov 12, 2:10 PM PSTGale WarningLOX30 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.