Alert archive / Maine / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 13, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this winter storm warning at Dec 20, 2008, 3:28 PM EST for 8 counties in New Hampshire; 11 counties in Maine. It took effect at Dec 21, 2008, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 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
- Dec 20, 2008, 3:28 PM EST (20:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2008, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2008, 3:21 AM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS41 KGYX 202028 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 328 PM EST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...ANOTHER SNOWSTORM WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE REGION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE MIDWEST ON SUNDAY. A SECOND LOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND DEEPEN AS IT TRACKS TO THE GULF OF MAINE LATE SUNDAY. THIS STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT INTO THE MARITIMES EARLY MONDAY AND BE FOLLOWED BY A BITTERLY COLD NORTHWEST FLOW. MEZ012-018>020-023>025-NHZ001>010-013-014-210430- /O.UPG.KGYX.WS.A.0014.081221T1400Z-081222T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KGYX.WS.W.0013.081221T1400Z-081222T1000Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...SOUTH PARIS... MEXICO...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... LEWISTON...AUBURN...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM... LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER... PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CONCORD...LACONIA... TILTON-NORTHFIELD...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...DURHAM... DERRY...LONDONDERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 328 PM EST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LOOK FOR 10 TO 16 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WITH BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MEZ007>009-013-014-021-022-026>028-210430- /O.UPG.KGYX.WS.A.0014.081221T1800Z-081222T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KGYX.WS.W.0013.081221T1800Z-081222T1200Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...BYRON...MIDDLE DAM... ROXBURY...SOUTH ARM...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...AVON... CARRABASSETT VALLEY...COBURN GORE...DALLAS...DAVIS...EUSTIS... KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...FARMINGTON...WILTON...SKOWHEGAN... PITTSFIELD...MADISON...FAIRFIELD...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE... WINSLOW...GARDINER...UNITY...WALDOBORO...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...ROCKLAND...CAMDEN...THOMASTON...BELFAST 328 PM EST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LOOK FOR 10 TO 16 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WITH BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KGYX 210319 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1019 PM EST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...ANOTHER SNOWSTORM WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE REGION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE MIDWEST TOMORROW. A SECOND LOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND DEEPEN AS IT TRACKS TO THE GULF OF MAINE LATE TOMORROW. THIS STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT INTO THE MARITIMES EARLY MONDAY AND BE FOLLOWED BY A BITTERLY COLD NORTHWEST FLOW. MEZ012-018>020-023>025-NHZ001>010-013-014-211130- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.081221T1400Z-081222T1000Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...SOUTH PARIS... MEXICO...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... LEWISTON...AUBURN...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM... LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER... PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CONCORD...LACONIA... TILTON-NORTHFIELD...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...DURHAM... DERRY...LONDONDERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 1019 PM EST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM EST MONDAY. LOOK FOR 10 TO 16 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WITH BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MEZ007>009-013-014-021-022-026>028-211130- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.081221T1800Z-081222T1200Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...BYRON...MIDDLE DAM... ROXBURY...SOUTH ARM...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...AVON... CARRABASSETT VALLEY...COBURN GORE...DALLAS...DAVIS...EUSTIS... KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...FARMINGTON...WILTON...SKOWHEGAN... PITTSFIELD...MADISON...FAIRFIELD...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE... WINSLOW...GARDINER...UNITY...WALDOBORO...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...ROCKLAND...CAMDEN...THOMASTON...BELFAST 1019 PM EST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. LOOK FOR 10 TO 16 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WITH BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$
000 WWUS41 KGYX 210926 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 426 AM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL HIT THE REGION WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TODAY AND TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MIDWEST REDEVELOPS OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS MORNING...THEN INTENSIFIES RAPIDLY AS IT HEADS NORTHEAST UP THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE MARITIMES TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET ALONG THE COAST...OTHERWISE EXPECT HEAVY SNOW TO BLANKET THE REGION WITH OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IN MANY AREAS. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF THE LOW TODAY AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE LOW TONIGHT WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BITTERLY COLD NORTHWEST FLOW ON MONDAY. UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BRING ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT TO INCLUDE EXTRA WARM CLOTHING AND FOOD IN CASE YOU GET STRANDED. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS ON OPEN AND ELEVATED HIGHWAYS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL HAMPER SNOW REMOVAL EFFORTS AND MAY CREATE DEEP DRIFTS ON UNPLOWED ROADS. THE INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BITTERLY COLD NORTHWEST FLOW ON MONDAY. MEZ012-018>020-023>025-NHZ001>010-013-014-211730- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.081221T1400Z-081222T1000Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...SOUTH PARIS... MEXICO...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... LEWISTON...AUBURN...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM... LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER... PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CONCORD...LACONIA... TILTON-NORTHFIELD...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...DURHAM... DERRY...LONDONDERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 426 AM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 20 INCHES. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MEZ007>009-013-014-021-022-026>028-211730- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.081221T1800Z-081222T1200Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...BYRON...MIDDLE DAM... ROXBURY...SOUTH ARM...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...AVON... CARRABASSETT VALLEY...COBURN GORE...DALLAS...DAVIS...EUSTIS... KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...FARMINGTON...WILTON...SKOWHEGAN... PITTSFIELD...MADISON...FAIRFIELD...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE... WINSLOW...GARDINER...UNITY...WALDOBORO...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...ROCKLAND...CAMDEN...THOMASTON...BELFAST 426 AM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 20 INCHES. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$
000 WWUS41 KGYX 211528 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1028 AM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL HIT THE REGION WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TODAY AND TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MIDWEST REDEVELOPS OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS MORNING...THEN INTENSIFIES RAPIDLY AS IT HEADS NORTHEAST UP THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE MARITIMES TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET ALONG THE COAST...OTHERWISE EXPECT HEAVY SNOW TO BLANKET THE REGION WITH OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IN MANY AREAS. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF THE LOW TODAY AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE LOW TONIGHT WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BITTERLY COLD NORTHWEST FLOW ON MONDAY. UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BRING ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT TO INCLUDE EXTRA WARM CLOTHING AND FOOD IN CASE YOU GET STRANDED. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS ON OPEN AND ELEVATED HIGHWAYS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL HAMPER SNOW REMOVAL EFFORTS AND MAY CREATE DEEP DRIFTS ON UNPLOWED ROADS. THE INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BITTERLY COLD NORTHWEST FLOW ON MONDAY. MEZ012-018>020-023>025-NHZ001>010-013-014-212330- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081222T1000Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...SOUTH PARIS... MEXICO...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... LEWISTON...AUBURN...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM... LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER... PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CONCORD...LACONIA... TILTON-NORTHFIELD...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...DURHAM... DERRY...LONDONDERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 1028 AM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 20 INCHES. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MEZ007>009-013-014-021-022-026>028-212330- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.081221T1800Z-081222T1200Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...BYRON...MIDDLE DAM... ROXBURY...SOUTH ARM...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...AVON... CARRABASSETT VALLEY...COBURN GORE...DALLAS...DAVIS...EUSTIS... KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...FARMINGTON...WILTON...SKOWHEGAN... PITTSFIELD...MADISON...FAIRFIELD...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE... WINSLOW...GARDINER...UNITY...WALDOBORO...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...ROCKLAND...CAMDEN...THOMASTON...BELFAST 1028 AM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 20 INCHES. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$
000 WWUS41 KGYX 212019 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 319 PM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE ENTIRE REGION TONIGHT... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS INTO TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFIES RAPIDLY AS IT HEADS NORTHEAST TO OFF THE MAINE COAST THIS EVENING AND THEN INTO THE MARITIMES BY MONDAY MORNING. EXPECT HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION WITH OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IN MANY AREAS. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF THE LOW THIS EVENING AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE LOW LATER TONIGHT WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BITTERLY COLD NORTHWEST FLOW ON MONDAY. UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BRING ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT TO INCLUDE EXTRA WARM CLOTHING AND FOOD IN CASE YOU GET STRANDED. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS ON OPEN AND ELEVATED HIGHWAYS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL HAMPER SNOW REMOVAL EFFORTS AND MAY CREATE DEEP DRIFTS ON UNPLOWED ROADS. THE INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BITTERLY COLD NORTHWEST FLOW ON MONDAY. MEZ012-018>020-023>025-NHZ001>010-013-014-220430- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081222T1000Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...SOUTH PARIS... MEXICO...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... LEWISTON...AUBURN...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM... LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER... PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CONCORD...LACONIA... TILTON-NORTHFIELD...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...DURHAM... DERRY...LONDONDERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 319 PM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MEZ007>009-013-014-021-022-026>028-220430- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...BYRON...MIDDLE DAM... ROXBURY...SOUTH ARM...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...AVON... CARRABASSETT VALLEY...COBURN GORE...DALLAS...DAVIS...EUSTIS... KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...FARMINGTON...WILTON...SKOWHEGAN... PITTSFIELD...MADISON...FAIRFIELD...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE... WINSLOW...GARDINER...UNITY...WALDOBORO...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...ROCKLAND...CAMDEN...THOMASTON...BELFAST 319 PM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$
000 WWUS41 KGYX 220239 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 939 PM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE ENTIRE REGION INTO THE OVERNIGHT... .EXPECT HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION WITH OVER A FOOT OF SNOW ALREADY BEING REPORTED IN MANY AREAS. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. LATER TONIGHT WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BITTERLY COLD NORTHWEST FLOW ON MONDAY. UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BRING ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT TO INCLUDE EXTRA WARM CLOTHING AND FOOD IN CASE YOU GET STRANDED. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS ON OPEN AND ELEVATED HIGHWAYS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL HAMPER SNOW REMOVAL EFFORTS AND MAY CREATE DEEP DRIFTS ON UNPLOWED ROADS. MEZ012-018>020-023>025-NHZ001>010-013-014-221000- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081222T1000Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...SOUTH PARIS... MEXICO...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... LEWISTON...AUBURN...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM... LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER... PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CONCORD...LACONIA... TILTON-NORTHFIELD...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...DURHAM... DERRY...LONDONDERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 939 PM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE NEXT 6 HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 16 INCHES OVER SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHERN MAINE. OVER THE MOUNTAINS SNOW TOTALS MAY APPROACH 20 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MEZ007>009-013-014-021-022-026>028-221045- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...BYRON...MIDDLE DAM... ROXBURY...SOUTH ARM...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...AVON... CARRABASSETT VALLEY...COBURN GORE...DALLAS...DAVIS...EUSTIS... KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...FARMINGTON...WILTON...SKOWHEGAN... PITTSFIELD...MADISON...FAIRFIELD...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE... WINSLOW...GARDINER...UNITY...WALDOBORO...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...ROCKLAND...CAMDEN...THOMASTON...BELFAST 939 PM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 20 INCHES. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ POHL
000 WWUS41 KGYX 220821 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 321 AM EST MON DEC 22 2008 ...THE HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING... .THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT THE HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS OVER THE BAY OF FUNDY EARLY THIS MORNING. AS THE STORM PULLED AWAY...THE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST SNOW ENDED EARLY THIS MORNING. WHILE SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE AREA. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS THIS MORNING...AS WELL AS RECOVER SOME ROADS WITH SNOW. MEZ012-018>020-023>025-NHZ001>010-013-014-220930- /O.CAN.KGYX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081222T1000Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...SOUTH PARIS... MEXICO...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... LEWISTON...AUBURN...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM... LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER... PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CONCORD...LACONIA... TILTON-NORTHFIELD...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...DURHAM... DERRY...LONDONDERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 321 AM EST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION. THUS...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE AREA. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS THIS MORNING...AS WELL AS RECOVER SOME ROADS WITH SNOW. $$ MEZ007>009-013-014-021-022-026>028-220930- /O.CAN.KGYX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...BYRON...MIDDLE DAM... ROXBURY...SOUTH ARM...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...AVON... CARRABASSETT VALLEY...COBURN GORE...DALLAS...DAVIS...EUSTIS... KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...FARMINGTON...WILTON...SKOWHEGAN... PITTSFIELD...MADISON...FAIRFIELD...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE... WINSLOW...GARDINER...UNITY...WALDOBORO...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...ROCKLAND...CAMDEN...THOMASTON...BELFAST 321 AM EST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION. THUS...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE AREA. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS THIS MORNING...AS WELL AS RECOVER SOME ROADS WITH SNOW. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 20, 3:06 PM EST, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 3:06 PM EST, 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
306 PM EST SAT DEC 20 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT WILL REDEVELOP OFF THE
MID ATLANTIC COAST SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT
MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE GULF OF MAINE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
INTO THE MARITIMES SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE THE NEXT
STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE MIDWEST ON WEDNESDAY THEN LINGERS
INTO THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CREST ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
QUIET CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM...A FEW
LINGERING FLURRIES MAY CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING OVER
EXTREME SRN AREAS OF NH. BLENDED THE MAV/FWC GUID TEMPS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE FA FOR
SUNDAY THRU SUN NIGHT. ALL MODELS AGREE ON THE SYSTEM MOVING THRU
THE GT LAKES TO TRANSFER ITS ENERGY TO A COASTAL LOW THAT WILL
TAKE SHAPE RAPIDLY OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY SUN MORNING AND
THEN RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NEWD ALONG A VERY TIGHT
BAROCLINIC ZONE PROVIDING PLENTY OF UVV AND QPF OVER THE ENTIRE FA
SUN AFTN/NIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH THIS SYSTEM CAUSING
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO DEVELOP ALSO REDUCING VSBYS FURTHER
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND THRU SUN NIGHT. A BRIEF MIX OF SLEET MAY
OCCUR ALONG SRN CSTL AREAS AS SOME MID LEVEL WAA TRIES TO MAKE ITS
WAY TO THE COAST LATE IN THE AFTN...ANY MIX WILL BE BRIEF THO AS
HEIGHTS COME CRASHING DOWN BY EVENING. MOST AREAS FROM THIS SYSTEM SHOULD
SEE AROUND 1 FOOT OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY MORE BASED ON THE HIGH
AMOUNTS OF QPF THAT WILL BECOME ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM. TEMPS
WERE LOWERED A FEW DEGS FOR SUNDAY.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
STRONG NORTHERLY GRADIENT ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE DEPARTING STORM
WILL KEEP GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS MAINLY FOR
THE MOUNTAINS AS DOWNSLOPING KEEPS SOUTHERN AREAS OTHERWISE DRY.
CONTINUED COLD WITH HIGHS IN THE TEENS AND 20S. WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO DIMINISH MONDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST AND
CRESTS OVER THE REGION ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO
DROP BELOW ZERO IN THE MOUNTAINS AND SINGLE NUMBERS SOUTH. CLOUDS
START MOVING BACK IN TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE HIGH MOVES OFFSHORE. THE
NEXT SYSTEM WILL MAINLY BE A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. MOUNTAINS GET
MORE SNOW WEDNESDAY. MILD AIR WILL BE DRIVEN NORTHWARD ON BRISK SOUTHERLY
WINDS AND PUSH TEMPERATURES TO THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S. SO
SOUTHERN AREAS WILL SEE MAINLY RAIN...ESPECIALLY FOR THE COAST.
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS NORTH OF THE REGION BUT MOUNTAIN SNOW
SHOWERS WILL LINGER ON THURSDAY. A QUICK NEARLY ZONAL FLOW ALOFT
WILL BRING SOME QUICK MOVING SYSTEMS WITH SHOWER ACTIVITY FOR
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
SHORT TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...VFR CONDS EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT
CONDITIONS TO BECOME IFR ACROSS SRN ME/NH SUN MORNING AND THEN
OVERSPREAD THE REST OF THE AREA BY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS TO BE
LIFR DURING THE AFTN/EVENING ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS AND
BLOWING SNOW.
LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
MVFR CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND VFR SOUTH BUT VISIBILITY
COULD BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. MAINLY VFR FOR
TUE...DETERIORATING AHEAD OF AND WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD
FRONT WEDNESDAY.
&&
.MARINE...
SHORT TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE IN THE
SCA RANGE TONIGHT. WILL CONTINUE STORM WARNINGS FOR SUNDAY AFTN
DUE TO FORWARD SPEED AND INTENSIFICATION OF APPROACHING COASTAL
LOW PROVIDING A RAPIDLY TIGHTENING PRES GRADIENT WHICH SHOULD
BRING WINDS GUSTING INTO THE 50+ RANGE. AS THE CENTER OF THE LOW
PASSES LATER SUN NIGHT STRONG WNWLY WINDS WITH STRONG CAA WILL
PROVIDE WINDS JUST AS STRONG IN THE STORMS WAKE SO STORM WARNINGS
TO CONTINUE THRU 12Z MON. FREEZING SPRAY WHICH MAY BECOME HVY WILL
ALSO BECOME AN ISSUE IN THE STORMS WAKE FOR MARINERS DUE TO ARCTIC
AIR TO MOVE OVER THE WATERS WITH THE STRONG WINDS LATER SUN NIGHT.
LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISH BUT STILL AT GALE FORCE MONDAY...AND
LIKELY TO SCA FOR MONDAY NIGHT. SCA MAY BE NEEDED AGAIN TUESDAY
NIGHT AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT WHICH WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY.
&&
.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM EST MONDAY FOR
MEZ012-018>020-023>025.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY FOR
MEZ007>009-013-014-021-022-026>028.
NH...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM EST MONDAY FOR
NHZ001>010-013-014.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR ANZ151-
153.
STORM WARNING FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY FOR
ANZ150>154.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY FOR ANZ150-152-154.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 20, 10:36 AM EST, 4 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1036 AM EST SAT DEC 20 2008 MEZ012-018>020-023>025-NHZ001>010-013-014-211545- SOUTHERN OXFORD-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 1036 AM EST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND 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. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN THEIR REPORTS. MEZ007>009-013-014-021-022-026>028-211545- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN- SOUTHERN SOMERSET-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- 1036 AM EST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND 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. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN THEIR REPORTS. ANZ150>154-211545- STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME OUT TO 25 NM-PENOBSCOT BAY- PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME OUT TO 25 NM-CASCO BAY- CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM- 1036 AM EST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CASCO BAY...PENOBSCOT BAY...THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA...THE COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME AND THE COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND 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. STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN THEIR REPORTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 3:35 AM EST | Storm Watch | GYX | 12 hr | |
| Dec 20, 3:18 PM EST | Storm Warning | GYX | 43 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Maine, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2008Every winter storm warning 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.