Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Caribou, ME

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
315 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003

.SYNOPSIS...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH LATE TONIGHT AND MOVE
ACROSS THE REGION ON TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT BRINGING A SUBSTANTIAL
AMOUNT OF RAINFALL AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FORECAST AREA.
ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE FROM THE SOUTHWEST
WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH YET ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN AND POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORMS. LOOKS LIKE UNSETTLED WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO FRIDAY AS AN
TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE REGION.

DISCUSSION...
MAIN FOCUS THIS PKG WILL BE QPF & PSBL CONVECTION W/UPCOMING WX SYSMS.

TOOK A BLEND OF THE GFS/ETA FOR THE SHORT TERM. GUID POINTING TO SOME
HEAVIER RAFL LATER TONIGHT INTO TUE MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN & CENTRAL ZONES
AS LOW PRES RIDES NORTH FROM NYS INTO THE CWFA. WILL KEEP CAT POPS ACROSS
CWFA XCPT DOWNEAST WHERE I WILL CARRY LIKELY PER COORD W/GYX. THANKS GYX.
WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS THIS EVENING AS SOME CONVECTION BREAKING
OUT ACROSS CENTRAL CWFA DUE TO MORE INSOLATION PER LATEST VIS SATL IMAGERY.
MOSAIC SHOWING AREA OF SHRA & SCTD TSRA MOVG ENE INTO WESTERN AND DOWNEAST
AREAS. KEPT MENTION OF THUNDER IN THE GRIDS TONIGHT. SPD MAX IN LOW/MID
LEVELS PROGGED TO COME N OVERNIGHT INTO TUE AIDING IN HEAVIER RAFL & PSBLY
STGR TSTMS ON TUE. GFS/ETA SOUNDINGS PER BUFKIT SHOW POTENTIAL FOR +TSRA
W/GUSTY WINDS. DECENT PARAMS POINTING TO THIS POTENTIAL MAINLY FROM
CAR-MLT-GNR LINE ON TUE AFTERNOON.

WILL SEE A BREAK IN THE ACTION COME TUE EVENING/TUE NIGHT W/1ST SFC LOW MOVG
INTO NEW BRUNSWICK. FOLLOWED THIS TREND W/PRECIP TAPERING TO SHRA. ANOTHER
SFC LOW PRES MOVES N ON STALLED FRONT ON WED W/ANOTHER ROUND OF RAFL. SOME
POTENTIAL FOR MORE HEAVY RAFL IN UPSLOPED FAVORED AREAS ON WED. HOWEVER...
GFS LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE SUFFERING FROM CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK...SO I CUT
QPF IN HALF W/THIS SYSM.

USED ETA TEMPS FOR MINS BASED WHAT TYPE OF PATTERN WE/LL BE UNDER. I
DON/T SEE MUCH DECLINE IN DWPTS FROM WHERE THEY ARE ATTM. I USED A MATCH OF
ETA FOR MAXES W/A BLEND OF THE MAV. FWC MAXES LOOK TOO COOL.

FOR THE EXTENDED: UNSETTLED WX PATTERN THRU THE PERIOD FOR THE MOST
PAR. CONTD W/A CONSENSUS APCH FROM THU INTO MON. I LIKE THE GEM/UKMET &
ECMWF FOR THE MOST PART. USED THE GFS/GEM BLEND FOR FRI W/FRONTAL BOUNDARY
& VIGOROUS VORTICITY MOVG THRU THE CWFA. LOOKS LIKE A BREAK IN THINGS
FRI NIGHT INTO EARLY SAT & THEN ANOTHER SYSM APCHS FROM SOUTHERN CAN
SAT AFTERNOON INTO SAT NIGHT. FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOOKS LIKE IT SAGS ACROSS
CENTRAL MAINE AND LOOKS AS IF IT WILL STALL & BECOME A FOCUS FOR SHRA/TSRA
LATE SUN IN MON. TRIED TO SHOW IT THIS WAY IN THE GRIDS. LONG RANGE GUID
HAS DONE A SWITCH FROM SHOWING BUILDING HEIGHTS TO INDICATING 500
MB HEIGHTS REMAINING BETWEEN 570-576DM AS UPPER TROF REMAINS IN PLACE
PRETTY MUCH OVER MID-WEST SECTION OF THE COUNTRY. SOME LIGHT MASSAGING OF
TEMPS...BUT NOT NOTHING DRASTIC FROM PRVS PKGS AS I WANTED TO STAY
W/CONTINUITY.

MARINE...LOOKS LIKE SCA RIGHT THRU THE EXTENDED PERIOD PRETTY MUCH ESP FOR
SEAS. WILL SEE WINDS APCH 20-25 KTS TONIGHT. WINDS COME DOWN ON TUE AS
GRADIENT WEAKENS & LOW LEVEL JET RIDES TO THE N W/SFC LOW PRES MOVG INTO
CANADA. ANOTHER SURGE OF WINDS COMES WED NIGHT AS 2ND LOW PRES & LLVL JETLET
MOVE NE. SEAS TO REMAIN IN 4-6 FT RANGE.

AVIATION...CONDITIONS WILL LOWER TO MVFR TONIGHT W/APCH OF SYSM & PRECIP.
AS A MATTER OF FACT...LOOKS LIKE MVFR TO REMAIN INTO TUE. MIGHT SEE A
BRIEF PD OF IFR CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT INTO TUE MORNING W/APCHG SYSM.

.CAR...SCA.

JAH

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
559 AM EDT MON JUL 21 2003

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHERN
AND DOWNEAST MAINE...
AROOSTOOK...          HANCOCK...          NORTHERN SOMERSET...
PENOBSCOT...          PISCATAQUIS...      WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY
AS A DEEP...SLOW MOVING TROF OF LOW PRESSURE CROSSES THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
ON THE INTERNET GO TO (LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/CAR.

KHW

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
331 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED SPECIAL
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR PERSONS IN...AROOSTOOK COUNTY...

AT 324 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
SMALL HAIL 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEBOULLIE MOUNTAIN. THESE STORMS WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 430 PM EDT INCLUDE...
    DEBOULLIE MOUNTAIN...                       PORTAGE...
    EAGLE LAKE...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    HAIL...THE SIZE OF PEAS...
    GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...

REPORT WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CARIBOU.

LAT...LON 4662 6960 4656 6892 4693 6807 4722 6867

WOLFE
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
358 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED SPECIAL
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR PERSONS IN...SOMERSET COUNTY...

AT 353 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH
GUSTY WINDS. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 415 PM EDT INCLUDE...
  REMOTE AREAS OF WESTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY

  REMOTE AREAS OF NORTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    HAIL...THE SIZE OF PEAS...
    GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...
    HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH SOME PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS...
    DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...UP TO 4 STRIKES PER MINUTE...

REPORT WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CARIBOU.

LAT...LON 4648 7026 4635 7007 4656 6974 4671 6996

WOLFE
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
433 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED SPECIAL
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR PERSONS IN...AROOSTOOK COUNTY...

AT 428 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH
SMALL HAIL 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAGLE LAKE. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 530 PM INCLUDE...
EAGLE LAKE...         STOCKHOLM...        VAN BUREN...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
    HAIL...THE SIZE OF PEAS...
    STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...
    VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE...

IF THREATENING SKIES APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE COVER IN A SHELTER OR
BUILDING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAN QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN.

REPORT WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CARIBOU.

LAT...LON 4697 6873 4681 6859 4700 6775 4733 6814

WOLFE
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
0544 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0515 PM    S STOCKHOLM               ME   WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03   AROOSTOOK                      HALF DOZEN TREES BLOWN
                                          DOWN ON RT 161 NEAR MOBIL
                                          STATION

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