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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 3, 20066 counties in Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Feb 3, 2006, 9:20 AM EST for 6 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Feb 3, 2006, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 3, 2006, 9:20 AM EST (14:20 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 3, 2006, 11:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 3, 2006, 3:00 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:22 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2006-02-03Temperature 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, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 2006-02-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 364 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
588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
364 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
417 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 031420
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
920 AM EST FRI FEB 3 2006


MAZ016-019>024-032000-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0008.060203T1600Z-060203T2000Z/
EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...
NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET
920 AM EST FRI FEB 3 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
FROM THE BLUE HILLS JUST SOUTHWEST OF BOSTON TO PLYMOUTH CAPE COD
AND NEW BEDFORD.

AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH NEW YORK STATE
SHOULD BRING A SHORT PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WIND TO THE
SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND COAST MIDDAY INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

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

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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.