Alert archive / Massachusetts / Frost Advisories in 2007
Frost Advisory 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this frost advisory at May 13, 2007, 3:59 AM EDT for 10 counties in Massachusetts; Kent County, Providence County, Washington County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at May 14, 2007, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2007, 3:59 AM EDT (07:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 14, 2007, 1:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 14, 2007, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 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 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS71 KBOX 130759 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 359 AM EDT SUN MAY 13 2007 CTZ002>004-MAZ005>007-009>013-017>023-026-RIZ001-003-006-131600- /O.NEW.KBOX.FR.Y.0005.070514T0500Z-070514T1000Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...WEST GREENWICH...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 359 AM EDT SUN MAY 13 2007 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM EDT MONDAY. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 1 TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 4 HOURS OF FROSTY CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN AND FAR NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AS WELL AS THE PARTS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MASSACHUSETTS OUT TO THE UPPER PART OF CAPE COD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. THE EXTENT OF THE FROST IS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN BUT THE FORECAST IS FOR A POTENTIALLY DAMAGING FROST FOR VULNERABLE VEGETATION. TEMPERATURES IN A FEW SPOTS MAY DROP TO 32 DEGREES BETWEEN 4 AM AND 530 AM...ESPECIALLY NEAR WILLIMANTIC...TAUNTON...NORWOOD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ DRAG
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 131315 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 915 AM EDT SUN MAY 13 2007 CTZ002>004-MAZ005>007-009>013-017>023-026-RIZ001-003-006-132115- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0005.070514T0500Z-070514T1000Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM... FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...WEST GREENWICH...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 915 AM EDT SUN MAY 13 2007 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM EDT MONDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM EDT MONDAY. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 1 TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 4 HOURS OF FROSTY CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... WESTERN AND FAR NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AS WELL AS THE PARTS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MASSACHUSETTS OUT TO THE UPPER PART OF CAPE COD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. THE EXTENT OF THE FROST IS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN BUT THE FORECAST IS FOR A POTENTIALLY DAMAGING FROST FOR VULNERABLE VEGETATION. TEMPERATURES IN A FEW SPOTS MAY DROP TO 32 DEGREES BETWEEN 4 AM AND 530 AM...ESPECIALLY NEAR WILLIMANTIC...TAUNTON...NORWOOD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ DRAG
000 WWUS71 KBOX 131957 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 357 PM EDT SUN MAY 13 2007 MAZ009>011-140400- /O.UPG.KBOX.FR.Y.0005.070514T0500Z-070514T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.FZ.W.0003.070514T0500Z-070514T1000Z/ WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD 357 PM EDT SUN MAY 13 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM EDT MONDAY. THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE FREEZE WARNING INCLUDES HAMPDEN AND EASTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THE GROWING SEASON RECENTLY BEGAN ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS MAY 10TH. WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS ACROSS THE PIONEER VALLEY AFTER 1 AM WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS PRIOR TO DAYBREAK. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S WITH THE COLDEST READINGS ACROSS THE NORMALLY COLDER LOW LYING SECTIONS. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO HOVER BETWEEN 29 AND 32 DEGREES BETWEEN 330AM AND 530AM. A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ005>007-012-013-017>023-026-RIZ001-003-006-140400- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0005.070514T0500Z-070514T1000Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...TAUNTON... BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT... CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...WEST GREENWICH...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 357 PM EDT SUN MAY 13 2007 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM EDT MONDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY...RHODE ISLAND AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. THE EXCEPTIONS INCLUDE THE IMMEDIATE BOSTON AREA...NANTUCKET AND BLOCK ISLANDS. AREAS OF FROST WILL OCCUR TONIGHT UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WIND. THE FORECAST IS FOR A POTENTIALLY DAMAGING FROST FOR VULNERABLE VEGETATION. TEMPERATURES IN A FEW SPOTS MAY DROP TO 32 DEGREES BETWEEN 4 AM AND 530 AM...ESPECIALLY NEAR WILLIMANTIC... TAUNTON...NORWOOD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ STRAUSS
000 WWUS71 KBOX 131958 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 358 PM EDT SUN MAY 13 2007 MAZ009>011-140415- /O.UPG.KBOX.FR.Y.0005.070514T0500Z-070514T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.FZ.W.0003.070514T0500Z-070514T1000Z/ WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD 358 PM EDT SUN MAY 13 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM EDT MONDAY. THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE FREEZE WARNING INCLUDES HAMPDEN AND EASTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THE GROWING SEASON RECENTLY BEGAN ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS MAY 10TH. WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS ACROSS THE PIONEER VALLEY AFTER 1 AM WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS PRIOR TO DAYBREAK. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S WITH THE COLDEST READINGS ACROSS THE NORMALLY COLDER LOW LYING SECTIONS. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO HOVER BETWEEN 29 AND 32 DEGREES BETWEEN 330AM AND 530AM. A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ005>007-012-013-017>023-026-RIZ001-003-006-140415- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0005.070514T0500Z-070514T1000Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...TAUNTON... BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT... CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...WEST GREENWICH...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 358 PM EDT SUN MAY 13 2007 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM EDT MONDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY...RHODE ISLAND AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. THE EXCEPTIONS INCLUDE THE IMMEDIATE BOSTON AREA...NANTUCKET AND BLOCK ISLANDS. AREAS OF FROST WILL OCCUR TONIGHT UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WIND. THE FORECAST IS FOR A POTENTIALLY DAMAGING FROST FOR VULNERABLE VEGETATION. TEMPERATURES IN A FEW SPOTS MAY DROP TO 32 DEGREES BETWEEN 4 AM AND 530 AM...ESPECIALLY NEAR WILLIMANTIC... TAUNTON...NORWOOD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ STRAUSS
000 WWUS71 KBOX 140220 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1020 PM EDT SUN MAY 13 2007 MAZ009>011-141000- /O.CON.KBOX.FZ.W.0003.070514T0500Z-070514T1000Z/ WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD 1020 PM EDT SUN MAY 13 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY FOR THE SPRINGFIELD NORTHAMPTON AREA OF SOUTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS. WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS ACROSS THE PIONEER VALLEY AFTER 2 AM WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR AN HOUR OR TWO PRIOR TO DAYBREAK. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S WITH THE COLDEST READINGS ACROSS THE NORMALLY COLDER LOW LYING SECTIONS. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO HOVER BETWEEN 29 AND 32 DEGREES BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 4 AM AND 530 AM. A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ005>007-012-013-017>023-026-RIZ001-003-006-141000- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0005.070514T0500Z-070514T1000Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...TAUNTON... BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT... CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...WEST GREENWICH...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 1020 PM EDT SUN MAY 13 2007 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...THE COUNTRYSIDE OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND MUCH OF THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS SUBURBAN REGION INCLUDING THE UPPER PART OF CAPE COD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. AREAS OF FROST WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WIND. THE FORECAST IS FOR A POTENTIALLY DAMAGING FROST FOR VULNERABLE VEGETATION. TEMPERATURES IN A FEW SPOTS WILL DROP TO 32 DEGREES BETWEEN 4 AM AND 530 AM...ESPECIALLY NEAR WILLIMANTIC... TAUNTON...NORWOOD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN PLUNGING WITH READINGS IN SOME OF THE COUNTRYSIDE DROPPING 7 DEGREES AN HOUR LATE THIS EVENING...ALREADY DOWN 20 TO 25 DEGREES FROM THE MID AFTERNOON HIGH IN THE 60S. MOUNT WASHINGTONS TEMPERATURE AT 9 PM WAS 23 DEGREES...AN INDICATOR OF HOW COLD IT CAN GET IN THE WELL KNOWN BOGGY TYPE REGIONS EARLY MONDAY MORNING...PROVIDED WINDS REMAIN CALM. A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ DRAG
000 WWUS71 KBOX 140758 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 358 AM EDT MON MAY 14 2007 MAZ009>011-141000- /O.CON.KBOX.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070514T1000Z/ WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD 358 AM EDT MON MAY 14 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE SPRINGFIELD NORTHAMPTON AREA OF SOUTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS. WIDESPREAD FROST IS DEVELOPING UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH NEARLY CALM WINDS. TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR FREEZING AND WILL BOTTOM OUT BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES IN MUCH OF THIS AREA BY 530 AM. THEREAFTER...TEMPERATURES WILL THEN RISE RAPIDLY...AS THE SUN STARTS THE MERCURY MOVING TOWARD THE MID SUMMER HEAT EXPECTED HERE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CONTINUE PROTECTING TENDER VEGETATION THROUGH 6 AM. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD ALREADY BE COVERED OR INSIDE FROM THE COLD. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ005>007-012-013-017>023-026-RIZ001-003-006-141000- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070514T1000Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...TAUNTON... BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT... CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...WEST GREENWICH...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 358 AM EDT MON MAY 14 2007 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING OVER THE COUNTRYSIDE OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND... MUCH OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING MARTHAS VINEYARD AND THE UPPER PART OF CAPE COD. THE URBAN CENTERS ARE GENERALLY SAFE FROM FROST WHERE TEMPERATURES SHOULD ONLY BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S. . MEANWHILE...FOR THE SUBURBS...AREAS OF FROST ARE DEVELOPING UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WIND. TEMPERATURES IN A FEW SPOTS WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 30 AND 32 DEGREES BETWEEN 430 AM AND 530 AM...ESPECIALLY NEAR WILLIMANTIC... TAUNTON...NORWOOD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. READINGS IN SOME SPOTS HAVE DROPPED 6 TO 12 HOURS IN AN HOURS TIME JUST BEFORE DAWN AS THE WIND FINALLY LET UP. CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE THROUGH 3 AM HAVE BEEN HIGHLY VARIABLE WITH SOME PLACES NEAR FREEZING WHILE JUST 3 OR 4 MILES AWAY TEMPERATURES WERE 10 DEGREES WARMER. THE NEAR FREEZING CONDITION WITH DEVELOPING FROST IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD LARGER SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EARLY THIS MORNING. A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO CONTINUE PROTECTING TENDER VEGETATION EARLY TODAY. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ DRAG
000 WWUS71 KBOX 140842 AAA NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 442 AM EDT MON MAY 14 2007 MAZ009>011-141000- /O.CON.KBOX.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070514T1000Z/ WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD 442 AM EDT MON MAY 14 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE SPRINGFIELD NORTHAMPTON AREA OF SOUTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS. WIDESPREAD FROST IS DEVELOPING UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH NEARLY CALM WINDS. TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR FREEZING AND WILL BOTTOM OUT BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES IN MUCH OF THIS AREA BY 530 AM. THEREAFTER...TEMPERATURES WILL THEN RISE RAPIDLY...AS THE SUN STARTS THE MERCURY MOVING TOWARD THE MID SUMMER HEAT EXPECTED HERE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CONTINUE PROTECTING TENDER VEGETATION THROUGH 6 AM. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD ALREADY BE COVERED OR INSIDE FROM THE COLD. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ005>007-012-013-017>023-026-RIZ001-003-006-141000- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070514T1000Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...TAUNTON... BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT... CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...WEST GREENWICH...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY 442 AM EDT MON MAY 14 2007 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING OVER THE COUNTRYSIDE OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND... MUCH OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING MARTHAS VINEYARD AND THE UPPER PART OF CAPE COD. THE URBAN CENTERS ARE GENERALLY SAFE FROM FROST WHERE TEMPERATURES SHOULD ONLY BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S. . MEANWHILE...FOR THE SUBURBS...AREAS OF FROST ARE DEVELOPING UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WIND. TEMPERATURES IN A FEW SPOTS WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 30 AND 32 DEGREES BETWEEN 430 AM AND 530 AM...ESPECIALLY NEAR WILLIMANTIC... TAUNTON...NORWOOD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. READINGS IN SOME SPOTS HAVE DROPPED 6 TO 12 DEGREES IN AN HOURS TIME JUST BEFORE DAWN AS THE WIND FINALLY LET UP. CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE THROUGH 3 AM HAVE BEEN HIGHLY VARIABLE WITH SOME PLACES NEAR FREEZING WHILE JUST 3 OR 4 MILES AWAY TEMPERATURES WERE 10 DEGREES WARMER. THE NEAR FREEZING CONDITION WITH DEVELOPING FROST IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD LARGER SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EARLY THIS MORNING. A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO CONTINUE PROTECTING TENDER VEGETATION EARLY TODAY. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ DRAG ..CORRECTED TYPO PGH 4 FROST ADVY SECTION..
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this frost advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at May 12, 8:21 PM EDT, 7 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 8:21 PM EDT, 7 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
821 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007
.SYNOPSIS...
CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING BEAUTIFUL SPRINGLIKE WEATHER
THROUGH MONDAY...ALTHOUGH FROST/FREEZE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE OUTLYING AREAS SUNDAY NIGHT. COMPRESSIONAL WARMING OUT
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY BRING UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER TO
THE REGION ON TUESDAY. MUCH COOLER WEATHER WILL ARRIVE WEDNESDAY
AND CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEKEND...ALONG WITH A PERIOD OF SHOWERS
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/...
IN MY OPINION...THE 18Z GFS/12Z UKMET ARE VERIFYING DECENTLY
REGARDING 6 RFALL AND IMPROVED UPON THE NAM AT 00Z THIS EVENING.
AM PRETTY SURE OF AT LEAST SPRINKLES MA IKE SWD IN A 1-4 HR WINDOW
03Z-09Z.
CONVERGENT WET SFC EQUIV POT TEMP AND INSTABILITY AXIS AT 00Z VCNTY
CON-AFN-BDL-ABE WITH THUNDER TO VCNTY ABE AND GENERAL ECHO GROWTH
WITH EXPANDING AC AND ACCAS CATCSKILLS TO TAUNTON.
SFC TDS MID 40S CEF-PVD SOUTH.
SHOWERS AND SPRINKLES WILL CROSS THE REGION AND FALL FROM A MID TO
HIGH LEVEL ALTOCUMULUS DECK. MUCH OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL EVAPORATE AS
IT FALLS INTO THE DRIER LOW LEVELS. GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE GFS AS
MODEL OF CHOICE SINCE THE NAM VERTICAL PROFILES APPEAR TOO MOIST. THE
SHORT WAVE WILL DEPART BY DAYBREAK BRINGING CLEARING SKIES AND SOME
FOG PATCHES ACROSS A FEW LOW LYING SECTIONS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
THE TROUGH AXIS HEADS EAST LEAVING THE REGION IN DEVELOPING
ANTICYCLONIC FLOW. A NORTHWEST FLOW INCREASES BEHIND THE
DEPARTING SHORT WAVE. LOWERED DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES ABOUT
10 TO 15 DEGREES FROM MODEL GUIDANCE IN ANTICIPATION OF
DOWNSLOPING FLOW WITH SUPERADIABATIC LAPSE RATES. 800 TO 850
MILLIBAR DEWPOINT READINGS OF -10 TO -12 CELSIUS SUPPORTS
DEWPOINTS IN THE TEENS WITH PERHAPS SINGLE DIGITS IN SOUTHERN
NEW HAMPSHIRE. AN ELEVATED FIRE HAZARD WILL PREVAIL. HAVE
COORDINATED WITH ALL FOUR STATE FIRE WEATHER OFFICIALS.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RFWBOX AND FIRE WEATHER DISCUSSION
WHICH WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY.
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR SHARP
RADIATIONAL COOLING SUNDAY NIGHT...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS FROM
THE WEST. WIDESPREAD FROST APPEARS A GOOD POSSIBILITY OVER INTERIOR
SECTIONS SUNDAY NIGHT GIVEN LOW DEWPOINT AIR. HAVE COORDINATED WITH
SURROUNDING WFOS AND FOR NOW WILL HOLD OFF ON THE FROST ADVISORY
SUNDAY NIGHT BUT WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS CONCERN IN THE HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
DESPITE A COOL START EARLY MONDAY MORNING...A RATHER DRY ATMOSPHERE
ALONG WITH THE STRONG MAY SUNSHINE WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO
QUICKLY RECOVER. WITH SUNNY SKIES WILL FOLLOW MAV GUIDANCE HIGHS IN
THE LOW TO MID 70S.
FOR MONDAY NIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE FORECAST DRY. NAM
APPEARS TO FAST WITH THE NEXT COLD FRONT WHEN COMPARING IT TO THE
GFS/UKMET/CANADIAN. INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET FROM THE WEST
SOUTHWEST SHOULD KEEP THE ATMOSPHERE FROM DECOUPLING...HOLDING LOWS
IN THE 40S TO LOWER 50S.
A VERY WARM AND WINDY DAY APPEARS TO BE ON TAP FOR TUESDAY. 850 MB
TEMPERATURES WARMING TO BETWEEN +12 AND +15C SUPPORT HIGHS WELL INTO
THE 80S AWAY FROM THE SOUTH COAST. WILL BE TACKING ON A FEW DEGREES
TO THE GUIDANCE NUMBERS WITH COMPRESSIONAL WARMING AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT. IN ADDITION...MODELS PROGGING WESTERLY WINDS OF 50 KNOTS AT
850 MB AND THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BE WELL MIXED. THIS SHOULD YIELD
WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH. A COLD FRONT DROPPING DOWN INTO
THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE REGION MAY TRIGGER ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OR TOWARD EVENING. WILL
CARRY 20 TO 30 POPS LATE IN THE DAY NORTHWEST OF I-95 TO COVER THIS
POTENTIAL. THUNDER IS POSSIBLE...BUT HAVE KEPT IT OUT OF THE
FORECAST FOR NOW AS WE ARE NOT SURE HOW MUCH CAPE WILL BE PRESENT
WITH VEERING WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
FOR TUESDAY NIGHT WILL GO WITH HIGH CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS AS THE
COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. THE GFS BLASTS THE COLD FRONT
THROUGH OUR REGION FAIRLY QUICKLY. HOWEVER...THE
UKMET/CANADIAN/ECMWF ARE MUCH SLOWER AND STALL THE FRONT OUT OVER
OUR REGION WITH A WAVE RIDING ALONG THE FRONT. THESE SOLUTIONS SEEM
TO MAKE MORE SENSE THAN THE GFS. THEREFORE...WILL CONTINUE HIGH
CHANCE POPS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LATER SHIFTS MAY
CONSIDER UPGRADING TO LIKELY FOR A TIME. PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY
IN THIS PART OF FORECAST SO STAY TUNED. NONETHELESS...WE DO THINK
IT WILL TURN COOLER FOR THE 2ND PART OF THE WEEK. HAVE GENERALLY
FOLLOWED THE MEX GUIDANCE HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY...WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 60S. WE DID LOWER MEX GUIDANCE
ON THURSDAY ALONG THE COAST AS HIGHS MAY REMAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER
50S WITH NORTHEASTERLY COMPONENT TO THE WIND BEHIND THE WAVE OF LOW
PRESSURE.
THE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY PORTION OF THE FORECAST ARE UNCERTAIN SINCE
THEY ARE A LONG WAY OFF...BUT MODELS CURRENTLY INDICATE THAT WE WILL
DRY OUT. MEX GUIDANCE SEEMS REASONABLE WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 60S
ON FRIDAY...RECOVERING INTO THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S FOR SATURDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
IN THE SHORT TERM...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. SEABREEZE AT KBOS
SHOULD SWITCH TO NW ARD 03Z. AREAS CEILINGS 7-8 K FT APPEARS LIKELY
TONIGHT MAINLY SOUTHERN TERMINALS SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE FROM 05Z TO
09Z. SCT P6SM -SHRA EXPECTED DURING THAT TIME AND ACROSS THOSE
LOCATIONS. LCL VSBYS 2SM BR ACROSS THE VALLEYS FROM 08Z TO 12Z
TONIGHT SUCH AS KEEN AND KTAN.
IN THE LONG TERM...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS MONDAY AND TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. WE DO EXPECT 35 TO 40 MPH WIND GUSTS TO AFFECT THE
TERMINALS ON TUESDAY. MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PROBABLY DEVELOP TUESDAY
NIGHT AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH AT LEAST PART OF THURSDAY. WILL
ALSO PROBABLY SOME IFR CONDITIONS BUT ITS WAY TOO EARLY TO SAY
ANYMORE AT THIS POINT.
&&
.MARINE...
IN THE SHORT TERM...WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED AND SEAS REMAIN BELOW SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGH SUNDAY. HOWEVER A FEW NW WIND GUSTS
TO 20 TO 25 KT WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR SHORE FROM KBOS-MERRMACK RIVER
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
IN THE LONG TERM...NO HEADLINES WILL BE REQUIRED ON MONDAY ALTHOUGH
AFTERNOON WIND GUSTS OVER 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED NEAR SHORE WITH
EXCELLENT MIXING.
OTHERWISE...MODELS SHOWING A 40 TO 50 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPING
OVER THE REGION ON TUESDAY. THERE WILL BE AN INVERSION OVER THE
COLD OCEAN...BUT STILL EXPECT 30 KNOT WIND GUSTS. WE ALSO WILL SEE
MARGINAL GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS NEAR SHORE...WHERE MIXING WILL BE
EXCELLENT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. EXPECT TO SEE 7 TO 8
FOOT SEAS DEVELOP ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN WATERS ON TUESDAY...BUT DID
NOT GO QUITE AS HIGH AS THE WNA MODEL WITH THE INVERSION OVER THE
COLD OCEAN.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
IN THE SHORT TERM...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE BETWEEN 16Z SUNDAY AND 00Z MONDAY. WIND GUSTS TO 25 KT
CAN BE EXPECTED GIVEN SUFFICENT MIXING UP TO THE 800 MB LEVEL AND
INCREASING NORTHWEST FLOW BEHIND THE DEPARTING SHORT WAVE AND
APPROACHING HIGH. IN ADDITION NORTHWEST FLOW WILL ALLOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY LEVELS TO DROP TO 10 TO 20 PERCENT ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND
20 TO 30 PERCENT ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. RELATIVE HUMDITY
LEVELS RANGE FROM 65 TO 90 PERCENT TONIGHT AND 50 TO 85 PERCENT
SUNDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS WERE VARIABLE ACROSS THE REGION
FRIDAY...UNDER THE ONE QUARTER INCH CRITERIA IN RHODE ISLAND AND
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...CHESHIRE COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF HARTFORD...WINDHAM AND TOLLAND COUNTIES IN
CONNECTICUT. MOST LOCATIONS ARE NOW IN THE GREENUP STAGE EXCEPT
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF CHESHIRE AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE. PORTIONS OF RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS HAVE
GONE SEVERAL DAYS WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION AND THESE ARE
THE LOCATIONS OF GREATEST CONCERN. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN
COORDINATED VIA COLLABORATION WITH SURROUNDING WFOS AND PHONE CALLS
TO FIRE OFFICIALS.
IN THE LONG TERM...HAVE LOWED MOS DEWPOINTS ON MONDAY WITH VERY DRY
MID LEVEL AIR AGAIN EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN. MINIMUM AFTERNOON
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 20 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
REGION. WIND GUSTS LOOK TO BE A BIT LESS THAN ON SUNDAY...BUT STILL
MAY SEE THEM GUST INTO THE LOW 20 MPH RANGE.
ON TUESDAY...WE EXPECT A WARM...DRY AND WINDY DAY. HAVE LOWED MOS
DEWPOINTS SEVERAL DEGREES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE
DAY WITH VEERING WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. MINIMUM
AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED
AWAY FROM THE SOUTH COAST...WITH SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF BETWEEN 35
AND 40 MPH.
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...NONE.
MA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING FOR MAZ013-015>023.
NH...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NHZ011-012-015.
RI...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING FOR RIZ001>007.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...FRANK
NEAR TERM...DRAG 820 PM
SHORT TERM...STRAUSS
LONG TERM...FRANK
AVIATION...STRAUSS/DRAG 820 PM
MARINE...FRANK/STRAUSS
FIRE WEATHER...FRANK/STRAUSSHazardous weather outlook, May 12, 5:23 PM EDT, 10 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 523 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 MAZ013-015>023-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>007-132130- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- 523 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FIRE WEATHER WATCH. A FROST ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS INTERIOR OUTLYING SECTIONS AND THE TYPICAL RADIATORS WITHIN THE GROWING SEASON. THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE A FREEZE WARNING MAY BE NECESSARY. PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW ENGLAND APPEAR MOST VULNERABLE AT THIS TIME. NEAR GALE FORCE GUSTS FROM THE W TO SW WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR SHORE TUE. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH MAY BE UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING SUNDAY. RED FLAG CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ236-CTZ002>004-MAZ002>012-014-024-026-RIZ008-132130- NARRAGANSETT BAY-HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT- WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NANTUCKET MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 523 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A FROST ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS INTERIOR OUTLYING SECTIONS AND THE TYPICAL RADIATORS WITHIN THE GROWING SEASON. THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE A FREEZE WARNING MAY BE NECESSARY. PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW ENGLAND APPEAR MOST VULNERABLE AT THIS TIME. NEAR GALE FORCE GUSTS FROM THE W TO SW WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR SHORE TUE. RED FLAG CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230>235-237-250-254-255-132130- BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND- BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA OUT 40 NM...INCLUDING THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MARTHAS VINEYARD MA TO NANTUCKET MA SOUTHEAST TO 20 NM- 523 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS FROM THE W TO SW MAY OCCUR NEAR SHORE TUE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. STRAUSS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 3:50 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | BOX | Norfolk | 14 hr |
| May 13, 3:57 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 14 hr |
Nearby
Frost Advisories in Massachusetts, 2007Frost Advisories in Rhode Island, 2007Frost Advisories in Connecticut, 2007Every frost advisory in 2007
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.