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Gale Warning 28, NWS Caribou, ME

October 24, 2008

NWS Caribou, ME issued this gale warning at Oct 24, 2008, 3:35 PM EDT. It took effect at Oct 26, 2008, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 24, 2008, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 26, 2008, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 26, 2008, 6:31 PM EDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Caribou, ME

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Oct 24, 9:31 AM EDT, 6 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 9:31 AM EDT, 6 hours 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
931 AM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE STATE WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE
AREA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE
REGION WITH WIND AND RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. COOLER AND
UNSETTLED CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF
NEXT WEEK.
&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
BAND OF WAA CLOUDS MOVING THROUGH THE TOP OF THE RIDGE IS
CURRENTLY AFFECTING THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE CWA. EXPECT THIS
BAND OF CLOUDS TO WORK EAST OF THE CWA THROUGH THE MORNING WITH
IMPROVING CONDITIONS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE UPDATED GRIDS TO
REFLECT CURRENT AND EXPECTED CONDITIONS TODAY. NO CHANGES NEEDED
FOR THE TONIGHT PORTION OF THE FORECAST.
&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE TO MOVE TO THE EAST OF NEW ENGLAND
AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PERIOD. PRIMARY FOCUS IS LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTH AND WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE
WESTERN PORTION OF NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL SET UP
STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE STATE. WIND SPEEDS 50+ KNOTS
ALOFT MAY BE CONCERN FOR WINDS IN COASTAL ZONES SATURDAY NIGHT.
HAVE ALSO ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR INTERIOR AND COASTAL DOWNEAST
FOR THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF STRONG WINDS ACROSS THESE AREAS DURING
THE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY TIME FRAME.

FOR QPF HAVE INITIALIZED WITH 50/50 BLEND OF NAM12 AND
GFS40...HOWEVER NUMBERS LOOK A LITTLE HIGH SO WILL REDUCE BY 40
PERCENT. HAVE ALSO USED MODEL BLEND FOR SKY AND POPS. FOR
TEMPERATURES HAVE INITIALIZED WITH GMOS BUT WILL MAKE SOME
ADJUSTMENTS. HAVE ALSO USE GMOS FOR WINDS INTO EARLY SATURDAY THEN
TRANSITION TO NAM12 LATER SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECT TO PERSIST OVER NEW
ENGLAND INTO THURSDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY IN
THE NORTH AND MOUNTAIN AREAS. HAVE INITIALIZED ALL GRIDS FOR THIS
PERIOD WITH GMOS. HAVE MADE SOME MANUAL ADJUSTMENTS TO SKY AND
POP GRIDS...OTHERWISE NO CHANGES TO GMOS.
&&

.AVIATION /14Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
NEAR TERM: VFR CONDS XPCTD THRU TNGT.

SHORT TERM: VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED SATURDAY. IFR CONDITIONS LATER
SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO MID DAY SUNDAY AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE
PASSES TO THE WEST OF NEW ENGLAND. MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MONDAY
AND TUESDAY AS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE PRODUCES SHOWERS.
&&

.MARINE...
NEAR TERM: WNDS/SEAS XPCTD TO REMAIN BLO SCA THRU TNGT.

SHORT TERM: HAVE INITIALIZED THE WIND GRIDS WITH BLEND OF THE
NAM12 AND GFS40. PRIMARY FOCUS IS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. VERY
STRONG GRADIENT WITH 50+ KNOTS ALOFT...HOWEVER WITH WARM ADVECTION
OVER SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE AROUND 50 DEGREES EXPECT INVERSION TO
DEVELOP. MAY SEE STRONG WIND SPEEDS GET DOWN TO C-MAN TOWERS BUT
NOT TO SURFACE. SO WILL GO WITH GALE WATCH INSTEAD OF STORM
WARNING AT THIS TIME. FOR WAVES: EXPECT WIND SPEEDS TO BE
SUPPRESSED SOMEWHAT IN LOCAL WATERS DUE TO COLD SEA SURFACE
TEMPERATURES. WOULD EXPECT STRONG WINDS IN LONG SOUTHERLY FETCH
FURTHER SOUTH OVER WATER SEA SURFACE...HOWEVER WIND DURATION OVER
FETCH AREA IS LIMITED SO WILL NOT ADJUST WNA WAVE HEIGHTS WHICH
APPEAR REASONABLE.
&&

.CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
     MORNING FOR MEZ015>017-029-030.
MARINE...GALE WATCH FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
     FOR ANZ050>052.
&&

NEAR TERM...FITZSIMMONS/KHW
SHORT TERM...MIGNONE
LONG TERM...MIGNONE
AVIATION...FITZSIMMONS/KHW
MARINE...FITZSIMMONS/KHW/MIGNONE

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 24, 9:20 AM EDT, 6 hours 15 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 24, 2:59 AM EDT	Gale Watch	CAR		13 hr
Oct 24, 9:20 AM EDT	High Wind Watch	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot, Washington	18 hr
Oct 24, 3:36 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	CAR	Hancock, Washington	51 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.