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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Caribou, ME

October 21, 20064 counties in Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this wind advisory at Oct 21, 2006, 3:55 AM EDT for 4 counties in Maine. It took effect at Oct 21, 2006, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 21, 2006, 3:55 AM EDT (07:55 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 21, 2006, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 21, 2006, 11:59 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Hancock County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:59 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

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Gray, ME at 00:00Z on 2006-10-21Temperature 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, Gray, ME at 00:00Z on 2006-10-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 363 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
363 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
429 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 KCAR 210755
NPWCAR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
355 AM EDT SAT OCT 21 2006

...STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT THE REGION INTO THIS AFTERNOON...

.INTENSE LOW PRESSURE LIFTING THROUGH THE MARITIMES WILL LEAVE A
STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW IN ITS WAKE TODAY. STRONG WINDS
ALOFT WILL MIX TO THE SURFACE AND RANGE FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

MEZ010-011-015>017-029>032-211600-
/O.NEW.KCAR.WI.Y.0013.061021T1000Z-061021T2000Z/
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-
INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-
COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD...
LINCOLN...HOWLAND...SPRINGFIELD...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...
OLD TOWN...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...
ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...
PERRY...PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...
EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD...DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...
GUILFORD...DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD
355 AM EDT SAT OCT 21 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS MORNING INTO 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 OF
THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION
UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$

FITZSIMMONS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS71 KCAR 211559
NPWCAR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1159 AM EDT SAT OCT 21 2006


MEZ010-011-015>017-029>032-211700-
/O.CAN.KCAR.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-061021T2000Z/
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-
INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-
COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD...
LINCOLN...HOWLAND...SPRINGFIELD...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...
OLD TOWN...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...
ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...
PERRY...PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...
EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD...DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...
GUILFORD...DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD
1159 AM EDT SAT OCT 21 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY
CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AT 20 TO
30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

$$

FOSTER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 20, 9:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARPenobscot, Piscataquis96 min

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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.