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Wind Advisory 24, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

October 29, 2008Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Oct 29, 2008, 4:08 AM EDT for Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 29, 2008, 4:08 AM EDT (08:08 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 2008, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Nantucket County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:14 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 26 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 00:00Z on 2008-10-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2008-10-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 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 290808
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
408 AM EDT WED OCT 29 2008

MAZ022-024-291400-
/O.EXP.KBOX.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081029T0800Z/
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0024.081029T0808Z-081029T1400Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
NANTUCKET
408 AM EDT WED OCT 29 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET.

WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH MAY OCCASIONALLY GUST UP TO 50 MPH THIS
MORNING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER DAYBREAK...AND GUSTS SHOULD
BE LESS THAN 45 MPH BY MID MORNING.

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.

$$

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>021-023-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-290915-
/O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-081029T1000Z/
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-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-DUKES MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX 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-
BLOCK ISLAND RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...
ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...
GLOUCESTER...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...
SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...
CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...
FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER...
JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...
FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...
BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND
408 AM EDT WED OCT 29 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING.
HOWEVER...ANY WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 35 MPH. WINDS
OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY STILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

$$

BELK
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS71 KBOX 291405
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1005 AM EDT WED OCT 29 2008

MAZ022-024-291515-
/O.EXP.KBOX.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-081029T1400Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
NANTUCKET
1005 AM EDT WED OCT 29 2008

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET.

IT WILL STILL BE WINDY THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35
MPH...BUT WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA WILL NOT BE MET.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 29, 4:03 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX38 hr

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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.