Alert archive / Maine / Wind Advisories in 2010
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this wind advisory at Jan 25, 2010, 3:11 AM EST for 8 counties in Maine; 4 counties in New Hampshire. It took effect at Jan 25, 2010, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2010, 3:11 AM EST (08:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 25, 2010, 11:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2010, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:11 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
590 WWUS71 KGYX 250811 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 311 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE FORMING ON A FRONT SOUTH OF THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. LOOK FOR WINDS TO INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE MID COAST OF MAINE...WHERE 60 MPH WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE...WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON BETWEEN 300 PM AND 900 PM. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. MEZ025>028-252100- /O.UPG.KGYX.HW.A.0001.100125T1400Z-100126T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KGYX.HW.W.0001.100125T2000Z-100126T0300Z/ SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE 311 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE MID COAST FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...GENERALLY BETWEEN 400 AND 900 PM. DURING THIS TIME...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ MEZ019-024-252100- /O.UPG.KGYX.HW.A.0001.100125T1400Z-100126T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KGYX.WI.Y.0002.100125T2000Z-100126T0100Z/ INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-COASTAL CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK 311 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CUMBERLAND COUNTY FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...GENERALLY BETWEEN 300 AND 800 PM. DURING THIS TIME...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY GUST TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MEZ020>022-252100- /O.UPG.KGYX.HW.A.0001.100125T1400Z-100126T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KGYX.WI.Y.0002.100125T2000Z-100126T0300Z/ ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS... AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY 311 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MAINE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...GENERALLY BETWEEN 400 AND 900 PM. DURING THIS TIME...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY GUST TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MEZ018-023-NHZ010-013-014-252100- /O.NEW.KGYX.WI.Y.0002.100125T2000Z-100126T0100Z/ INTERIOR YORK-COASTAL YORK-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...BIDDEFORD...SACO... OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY... EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 311 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MAINE AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...GENERALLY BETWEEN 300 AND 800 PM. DURING THIS TIME...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY GUST TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
4 follow-up statements
366 WWUS71 KGYX 250816 CCA NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 316 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE FORMING ON A FRONT SOUTH OF THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. LOOK FOR WINDS TO INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE MID COAST OF MAINE...WHERE 60 MPH WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE...WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON BETWEEN 300 PM AND 900 PM. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. MEZ025>028-252130- /O.UPG.KGYX.HW.A.0001.100125T1400Z-100126T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KGYX.HW.W.0001.100125T2000Z-100126T0300Z/ SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE 316 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE MID COAST FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...GENERALLY BETWEEN 400 AND 900 PM. DURING THIS TIME...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ MEZ019-024-252130- /O.UPG.KGYX.HW.A.0001.100125T1400Z-100126T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KGYX.WI.Y.0002.100125T2000Z-100126T0100Z/ INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-COASTAL CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK 316 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CUMBERLAND COUNTY FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...GENERALLY BETWEEN 300 AND 800 PM. DURING THIS TIME...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY GUST TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MEZ020>022-252130- /O.UPG.KGYX.HW.A.0001.100125T1400Z-100126T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KGYX.WI.Y.0002.100125T2000Z-100126T0300Z/ ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS... AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY 316 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MAINE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...GENERALLY BETWEEN 400 AND 900 PM. DURING THIS TIME...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY GUST TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MEZ018-023-NHZ010-013-014-252130- /O.NEW.KGYX.WI.Y.0002.100125T2000Z-100126T0100Z/ INTERIOR YORK-COASTAL YORK-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...BIDDEFORD...SACO... OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY... EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 316 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MAINE AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...GENERALLY BETWEEN 300 AND 800 PM. DURING THIS TIME...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY GUST TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
628 WWUS71 KGYX 251143 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 643 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE FORMING ON A FRONT SOUTH OF THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. LOOK FOR WINDS TO INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE MID COAST OF MAINE...WHERE 60 MPH WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE...WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON BETWEEN 300 PM AND 900 PM. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. THE HIGHEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 1500 FEET. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. MEZ025>028-252130- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0001.100125T2000Z-100126T0300Z/ SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE 643 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE MID COAST FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...GENERALLY BETWEEN 400 AND 900 PM. DURING THIS TIME...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ MEZ007>009-NHZ001>003-252130- /O.EXB.KGYX.WI.Y.0002.100125T1600Z-100126T0100Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON 643 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. LOOK FOR SOUTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE THIS MORNING...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR ABOVE 1500 FEET. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MEZ018-019-023-024-NHZ010-013-014-252130- /O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0002.100125T2000Z-100126T0100Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND- STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...ROCHESTER... DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 643 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MAINE AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...GENERALLY BETWEEN 300 AND 800 PM. DURING THIS TIME...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY GUST TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MEZ020>022-252130- /O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0002.100125T2000Z-100126T0300Z/ ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS... AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY 643 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MAINE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...GENERALLY BETWEEN 400 AND 900 PM. DURING THIS TIME... SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY GUST TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
894 WWUS71 KGYX 251926 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 226 PM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... .STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT COASTAL AREAS AND HIGHER TERRAIN IN INLAND AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR WINDS TO INCREASE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE MID COAST OF MAINE...WHERE 60 MPH WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE...WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON BETWEEN 400 PM AND 900 PM. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. THE HIGHEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 1500 FEET. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. MEZ025>028-260300- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0001.100125T2000Z-100126T0300Z/ SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE 226 PM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE MID COAST FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...GENERALLY BETWEEN 400 AND 900 PM. DURING THIS TIME...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ MEZ007>009-NHZ001>003-260100- /O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T0100Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON 226 PM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. LOOK FOR SOUTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR ABOVE 1500 FEET. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MEZ018-019-023-024-NHZ010-013-014-260100- /O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0002.100125T2000Z-100126T0100Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND- STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...ROCHESTER... DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 226 PM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MAINE AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...GENERALLY BETWEEN 400 AND 800 PM. DURING THIS TIME...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY GUST TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 57 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MEZ020>022-260300- /O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0002.100125T2000Z-100126T0300Z/ ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS... AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY 226 PM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MAINE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...GENERALLY BETWEEN 400 AND 900 PM. DURING THIS TIME... SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY GUST TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
326 WWUS71 KGYX 260111 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 811 PM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... .STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT COASTAL AREAS AND HIGHER TERRAIN IN INLAND AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR WINDS TO INCREASE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE MID COAST OF MAINE...WHERE 60 MPH WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE...WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON BETWEEN 400 PM AND 900 PM. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. THE HIGHEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 1500 FEET. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BY. MEZ007>009-018-019-023-024-NHZ001>003-010-013-014-260215- /O.CAN.KGYX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T0100Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND... SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER... LITTLETON...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER... PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 811 PM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND DIMINISHING TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AND BECOME WEST AT AROUND 10 MPH OVERNIGHT. $$ MEZ025>028-260300- /O.CON.KGYX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0300Z/ SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE 811 PM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS ALONG THE MID COAST...THEN DIMINISH TO BELOW WARNING CRITERIA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. WIND SPEEDS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ MEZ020>022-260300- /O.EXT.KGYX.WI.Y.0002.100126T0100Z-100126T0300Z/ ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS... AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY 811 PM EST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...THEN DIMINISH TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Jan 24, 8:58 PM EST, 6 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 8:58 PM EST, 6 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
858 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010
.SYNOPSIS...
A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MID WEST WILL
SLOWLY APPROACH THE REGION TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM ON THE
AN OCCLUDED FRONT SOUTH OF THE REGION MONDAY...THEN CROSS THE
REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...HEAVY
RAIN AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE
AREA TUESDAY... FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
OR EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE FRONT WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY. LOW PRESSURE MAY APPROACH THE REGION LATE IN
THE WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
900 PM UPDATE... LIGHT PRECIPITATION CONTINUES THROUGH MUCH OF
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MAINE AS WELL AS EASTERN CENTRAL PORTIONS OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS LIGHT OVERRUNNING ACTIVITY HAS BEEN JUST
ENOUGH TO CAUSE SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS DURING THE EVENING HOURS
OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. EVEN WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE
SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING...FROZEN/SEMI-FROZEN GROUND IS CAUSING
SOME FREEZING ON CONTACT. PLAN ON LEAVING ADVISORIES INTACT AS
SOME UNTREATED AREAS WILL REMAIN SLIPPERY OVERNIGHT. MAIN SHIELD
OF PRECIPITATION NOW APPROACHING THE NY STATE/WESTERN NEW ENGLAND
BORDER...AND WILL MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE DURING EARLY MORNING HOURS AND EXPECT
HEAVIEST RAINFALL AND THE STRONGEST WINDS TO OCCUR MONDAY
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING.
550 PM UPDATE...
PRECIPITATION BREAKING OUT EARLIER THAN ANTICIPATED. DEWPOINTS CURRENTLY
RUNNING IN THE 20S SO TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY DROP TO AT OR BELOW
FREEZING DUE TO EVAPORATION AL COOLING. HAVE BACKED UP THE START OF
THE TIMING OF THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO 6 PM AND HAVE ALSO INCLUDED
COASTAL ZONES AS WELL AS INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND THICKEN THIS EVENING. LIGHT
PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH WARM ADVECTION ALOFT WILL BREAK OUT FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH
TEMPS HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE AREA...DEW POINTS
REMAIN RATHER LOW. INITIALLY...ANY PRECIP FALLING INTO THIS DRY
AIR WILL EVAPORATE...BUT ALSO COOL THE AIR BELOW FREEZING IN ALL
BUT EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NH AND COASTAL ME. THIS WILL CREATE A
PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT...WITH
TEMPS GRADUALLY WARMING ABOVE FREEZING ALL AREAS TOWARD MORNING.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE AFFECTED
AREAS. TEMPS SHOULD GENERALLY BE ON THE RISE OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH
SOME COOLING IS EXPECTED WITH THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. PRECIP
MAY TAPER OFF A BIT TOWARD MORNING AS THE WARM ADVECTION SHIFTS
NORTH AND EAST.
&&
.SHORT TERM /7 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY/...
ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE A FEW COLD SPOTS IN THE MTNS EARLY...TEMPS
WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THE PRECIP WILL FALL
AS RAIN. THE RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS THE OCCLUSION MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. A FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN AFFECT. MODELS CURRENTLY SHOWING ABOUT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN ACROSS THE REGION.
WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND
BECOME GUSTY AA THE OCCLUSION APPROACHES. HIGH WIND WATCHES REMAIN IN
AFFECT FROM PORTLAND EAST THOUGH THE MIDCOAST ALONG WITH ADJACENT
INTERIOR ZONES.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
OCCLUSION PUSHES EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY MONDAY EVENING
WITH PRECIPITATION QUICKLY CUTTING OFF IN NEW HAMPSHIRE DURING THE
EARLY EVENING AND ENDING IN FAR EASTERN ZONES BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
EXPECT VARIABLE CLOUDINESS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WITH A
CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS AS UPPER TROUGH AXIS LIFTS
NORTHEAST INTO THE REGION.
UPPER TROUGH WILL KEEP CLOUDS AND A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
FORECAST FOR TUESDAY. LOOKING FOR TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN ABOVE
NORMAL WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING THROUGH THE 30S TO NEAR 40.
COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT
KEEPING THE CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST FOR NORTHERN
ZONES. ELSEWHERE ONLY LOOKING FOR VARIABLE CLOUDINESS.
COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY WITH LITTLE FANFARE.
EXPECT CLOUDS AND A CONTINUING CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
MOUNTAINS. ELSEWHERE LOOKING FOR PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH
TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN PUSHING WELL INTO THE 30S IN SOUTHERN
ZONES.
WEAK LOW PRESSURE FORECAST TO TRACK EAST ALONG ARCTIC BOUNDARY
OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING INCREASING
CLOUDS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS TO NORTHWEST ZONES BY MORNING.
LOW PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY TRACK EAST INTO SOUTHERN QUEBEC ON
THURSDAY WITH TRAILING ARCTIC COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO WESTERN
ZONES IN THE AFTERNOON. LOOKING FOR A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS OR
SQUALLS THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA WITH SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS
POSSIBLE. BEST CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY NIGHT
USHERING IN SOME VERY CHILLY AIR. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND
DOWNSLOPE FLOW WILL CLEAR SKIES IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS OVERNIGHT
WHILE CLOUDS AND SNOW SHOWERS PERSIST INT HE MOUNTAINS. MODELS
APPEAR TO HAVE MODERATED THIS LATEST ICY BLAST BUT WILL STILL SEE
SOME VERY COLD READINGS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST ON FRIDAY WITH UPSLOPE
SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING IN THE NORTH AND PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY
SKIES IN THE SOUTH. HIGH PRESSURE WILL HOLD OVER THE REGION
THROUGH SATURDAY.
A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL BRING CLOUDS AND
ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS ON SUNDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /02Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
SHORT TERM...VFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING WILL GRADUALLY BECOME
MVFR LATER THIS EVENING WITH SOME IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN
PATCHY FOG. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
OVERNIGHT BEFORE TEMPS WARM.
WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON IN LOW
CEILINGS...HEAVY RAIN...AND FOG. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS ALOFT
WILL CREATE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE DAY.
A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL BRING INCREASING
CLOUDS AND A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS TO THE REGION ON SUNDAY.
LONG TERM...BECOMING VFR MONDAY NIGHT WITH MVFR CEILINGS IN THE
MOUNTAINS. GENERALLY VFR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. MVFR/IFR
CEILINGS/VSBY POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY WITH VFR CONDITIONS RETURNING
FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
&&
.MARINE...
SHORT TERM...WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TONIGHT AND MONDAY. GALE
WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR CASCO BAY WITH STORM WARNINGS IN EFFECT
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MARINE FORECAST AREA. WINDS WILL GUST TO
50 KTS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE STORM WARNING AREAS.
ROUGH SEAS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS.
LONG TERM...EXPECT GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS TO DROP OFF TO SCA
LEVELS BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY. WINDS
DROP BELOW SCA LEVELS FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SCA'S WILL AGAIN
BE LIKELY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
&&
.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 AM EST MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
MEZ012>014-018>028.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY FOR MEZ007>009-
012>014-018>028.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR
MEZ019>022-024>028.
NH...FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 AM EST MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
NHZ003>010-013-014.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY FOR NHZ001>010-
013-014.
MARINE...GALE WARNING FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM EST TUESDAY FOR ANZ153.
STORM WARNING FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO 1 AM EST TUESDAY FOR
ANZ150>152-154.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 5:55 PM EST, 9 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 555 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 MEZ007>009-NHZ001-002-252300- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS- 555 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. MEZ012>014-NHZ003-004-252300- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN GRAFTON- NORTHERN CARROLL- 555 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. MEZ018-NHZ005>010-013-252300- INTERIOR YORK-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK- BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- 555 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. MEZ019>022-252300- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- 555 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. FLOOD WATCH. HIGH WIND WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. MEZ024>028-252300- COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- 555 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. FLOOD WATCH. HIGH WIND WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. MEZ023-NHZ014-252300- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 555 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. ANZ150>152-154-252300- STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME OUT TO 25 NM-PENOBSCOT BAY- PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME OUT TO 25 NM- CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM- 555 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO 1 AM EST TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. ANZ153-252300- CASCO BAY- 555 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM EST TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CASCO BAY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 9:30 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | GYX | Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York | 25 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:11 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GYX | Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo | 19 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:14 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford and 1 more | 6 hr |
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Wind Advisories in Maine, 2010Wind Advisories in New Hampshire, 2010Every wind advisory in 2010
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.