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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

November 9, 2005Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island; 5 counties in Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Nov 9, 2005, 2:04 PM EST for Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island; 5 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Nov 9, 2005, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 9, 2005, 2:04 PM EST (19:04 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 9, 2005, 9:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 10, 2005, 6:00 AM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 71 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, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 2005-11-09Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 2005-11-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
1253 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS71 KBOX 091904
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
204 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005

...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
TONIGHT ACROSS THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH COAST...CAPE AND ISLANDS...

MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-100315-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0013.051110T0200Z-051110T1100Z/
SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-
NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...
MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...
BLOCK ISLAND
204 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST
THURSDAY FOR THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH COAST...CAPE AND ISLANDS.

SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SOUTH BY MID TO LATE EVENING
AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH. THE WINDS WILL THEN BECOME
SOUTHWEST AT THE SAME SPEEDS TOWARD DAYBREAK. WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN
45 AND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP
OVERNIGHT.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH.  WINDS
THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND
BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.  DRIVING CAN
ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

$$

FRANK
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS71 KBOX 100304
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1004 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005

...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT
ACROSS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS...

MAZ020-021-RIZ006>008-100415-
/O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051110T1100Z/
SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-
BLOCK ISLAND RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...
MATTAPOISETT...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND
1004 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY
FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS.
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BRIEFLY STRENGTHEN TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30
MPH WITH SCATTERED GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY NEAR A THUNDERSTORM. 
HOWEVER...THE STRONGER ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS SHOULD BE FOUND OVER THE
CAPE AND ISLANDS.

$$

MAZ022>024-101100-
/O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051110T1100Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET
1004 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SOUTH BY MIDNIGHT AND INCREASE
TO BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH...THEN BECOME SOUTHWEST AT THE SAME SPEEDS
TOWARD DAYBREAK. WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH.  WINDS
THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND
BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.  DRIVING CAN
ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

$$

DRAG
000 
WWUS71 KBOX 101126
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
626 AM EST THU NOV 10 2005


MAZ022>024-101230-
/O.EXP.KBOX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051110T1100Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET
626 AM EST THU NOV 10 2005

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ALTHOUGH GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED LATER TODAY...THESE WINDS SHOULD NOT BE AS STRONG AS THE
WINDS OVERNIGHT.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 9, 7:17 AM ESTMarine Weather StatementBOX24 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.