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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Caribou, ME

March 8, 2008Hancock County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2008, 9:40 PM EST for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Mar 9, 2008, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2008, 9:40 PM EST (02:40 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 9, 2008, 3:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 9, 2008, 10:47 AM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Hancock County, ME, Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 2008-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 753 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
480 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
90 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
753 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1008 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 090240
NPWCAR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
940 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008

MEZ029-030-091015-
/O.NEW.KCAR.WI.Y.0013.080309T0700Z-080309T1500Z/
COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...
EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD
940 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM EDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM EDT SUNDAY. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH 
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

PREPARE FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR WIND DAMAGE TO SHRUBBERY,
TREES, AND LOOSE OBJECTS. OLDER AND WEAKER TREES MAY BE BLOWN
DOWN. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WIND SPEEDS OR ANY WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR
FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

HEWITT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS71 KCAR 090800
NPWCAR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
400 AM EDT SUN MAR 9 2008

MEZ029-030-091500-
/O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080309T1500Z/
COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...
EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD
400 AM EDT SUN MAR 9 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING. 

WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING.

PREPARE FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR WIND DAMAGE TO SHRUBBERY...
TREES... AND LOOSE OBJECTS. OLDER AND WEAKER TREES MAY BE BLOWN
DOWN. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WIND SPEEDS OR ANY WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER
SITUATION.

$$

VJN
000 
WWUS71 KCAR 091447
NPWCAR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1047 AM EDT SUN MAR 9 2008

MEZ029-030-091600-
/O.CAN.KCAR.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080309T1500Z/
COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...
EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD
1047 AM EDT SUN MAR 9 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE REGION HAS ENDED AND AS A
RESULT THE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT EARLIER HAS BEEN CANCELED.

STRONG LOW PRESSURE TRACKING THROUGH THE MARITIMES WILL KEEP BRISK
WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

FITZSIMMONS/FOSTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 8:36 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington8 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.