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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

October 8, 2005Norfolk County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Oct 8, 2005, 11:20 AM EDT for Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 8, 2005, 11:20 AM EDT (15:20 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2005, 5:22 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Norfolk County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:21 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

Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2005-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 142 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 2005-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
142 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WWUS71 KBOX 081520
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1120 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005


MAZ016-082330-
/X.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0003.051008T1520Z-051009T0200Z/
EASTERN NORFOLK MA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...QUINCY
1120 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN THE BLUE HILLS. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45
AND 50 MPH.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...FORECASTS...
AND WARNINGS.

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS71 KBOX 082122
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
522 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005

MAZ016-082230-
/X.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051009T0200Z/
EASTERN NORFOLK MA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...QUINCY
522 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED IN THE BLUE HILLS. A SOUTH WIND OF 15
TO 25 MPH WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT. 

$$

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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.