Alert archive / Massachusetts / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 31, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Dec 9, 2008, 4:13 PM EST for 10 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Dec 10, 2008, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2008, 4:13 PM EST (21:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2008, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2008, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1135 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 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 092113 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 413 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 CTZ004-MAZ004>007-012>019-026-RIZ001>004-100400- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0031.081210T0500Z-081210T1800Z/ WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BARRE... FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON... QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...AYER...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 413 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE ADVISORY COVERS NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT...ALL OF RHODE ISLAND EXCEPT THE COASTLINE AND MUCH OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE GREATER BOSTON AREA WESTWARD TO WORCESTER. STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT WITH ITS ATTENDING COLD FRONT SWEEPING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BOTH OF THESE FEATURES WILL BRING A PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE REGION FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 1 PM WEDNESDAY. EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH DURING THIS TIME. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. 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. $$ MAZ020>024-RIZ005>008-100400- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0031.081210T0500Z-081211T0300Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 413 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE ADVISORY COVERS COASTAL RHODE ISLAND AND THE SOUTH COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT WITH ITS ATTENDING COLD FRONT SWEEPING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BOTH OF THESE FEATURES WILL BRING A PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE REGION FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 10 PM WEDNESDAY. EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH DURING THIS TIME. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ NOCERA
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBOX 100402 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1102 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 CTZ004-MAZ004>007-012>019-026-RIZ001>004-101215- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0031.081210T0500Z-081210T1800Z/ WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BARRE... FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON... QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...AYER...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 1102 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...ALL OF RHODE ISLAND AND NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES OVERNIGHT AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE A PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 1 PM WEDNESDAY. EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH DURING THIS TIME. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. 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. $$ MAZ020>024-RIZ005>008-101215- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0031.081210T0500Z-081211T0300Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 1102 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND THE RHODE ISLAND COAST. STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES OVERNIGHT...AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BOTH OF THESE FEATURES WILL BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 10 PM WEDNESDAY. EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH DURING THIS TIME. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ THOMPSON
000 WWUS71 KBOX 100937 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 437 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 CTZ004-101045- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-081210T1800Z/ WINDHAM CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC 437 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT. THERE WILL STILL BE GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH FOR A TIME THIS MORNING ALONG THE EXPOSED RIDGES. $$ MAZ004>007-012>019-026-RIZ001>004-101745- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-081210T1800Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...AYER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 437 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND ALL OF RHODE ISLAND. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY THROUGH THIS MORNING. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ MAZ020>024-RIZ005>008-101745- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-081211T0300Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 437 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR COASTAL RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 10 PM WEDNESDAY. EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH DURING THIS TIME. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. 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. $$ THOMPSON
000 WWUS71 KBOX 101320 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 820 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 MAZ004>007-012>019-026-RIZ001>004-101800- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-081210T1800Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...AYER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 820 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE OCCURRING AT 8 AM THIS MORNING. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE RESULTING IN SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. SO FAR BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AM...STRONGEST WINDS WERE 56 MPH AT THE BLUE HILLS...52 MPH AT BEVERLY...AND 49 MPH BOSTONS LOGAN AIRPORT. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ MAZ020>024-RIZ005>008-102130- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-081211T0300Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 820 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 10 PM WEDNESDAY. EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY MIDDAY. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. 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. $$ DRAG ..UPDATED TO MAKE CURRENT ON BOSTON WORCESTER WINDS..
000 WWUS71 KBOX 101639 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1139 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 MAZ004>007-012>019-026-RIZ001>004-101800- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-081210T1800Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... PLYMOUTH...AYER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 1139 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH WERE STILL OCCURRING LATE THIS MORNING. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE RESULTED IN SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING MID AFTERNOON. SO FAR BETWEEN 6 AND 11 AM...STRONGEST WINDS WERE 58 MPH AT THE BLUE HILLS...52 MPH AT BEVERLY AND WORCESTER...49 MPH AT BOSTONS LOGAN AIRPORT AND 48 MPH AT FITCHBURG. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ MAZ020>024-RIZ005>008-110045- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-081211T0300Z/ SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 1139 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY EARLY AND MID AFTERNOON. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 4:58 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 36 hr | |
| Dec 9, 4:24 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 24 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Massachusetts, 2008Wind Advisories in Rhode Island, 2008Wind Advisories in Connecticut, 2008Every wind advisory in 2008
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.