Gale Warning 1, NWS Gray, ME

695 
WHUS71 KGYX 031651
MWWGYX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1151 AM EST MON JAN 3 2011

ANZ150-152-154-040000-
/O.CON.KGYX.GL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110104T0000Z/
STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME OUT TO 25 NM-
PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME OUT TO 25 NM-
CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM-
1151 AM EST MON JAN 3 2011

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A 
  COLD FRONT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY 
  THIS EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

ANZ151-153-040600-
/O.CON.KGYX.SC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110104T0600Z/
PENOBSCOT BAY-CASCO BAY-
1151 AM EST MON JAN 3 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
TUESDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY. 

* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A 
  COLD FRONT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS 
  EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS
OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID
NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$


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651 
WHUS71 KGYX 032359
MWWGYX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
659 PM EST MON JAN 3 2011

ANZ150-152-154-040600-
/O.CAN.KGYX.GL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110104T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KGYX.SC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110104T0600Z/
STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME OUT TO 25 NM-
PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME OUT TO 25 NM-
CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM-
659 PM EST MON JAN 3 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY. THE GALE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WITH
  GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

ANZ151-153-040600-
/O.CON.KGYX.SC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110104T0600Z/
PENOBSCOT BAY-CASCO BAY-
659 PM EST MON JAN 3 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
TUESDAY...

* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WITH
  GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS
OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID
NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$


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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
928 PM EST SUN JAN 2 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP EAST OF MAINE TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY WEAK
HIGH PRESSURE MONDAY. A WEAK CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEM WILL CROSS NEW
ENGLAND TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A STRONGER SYSTEM
CROSSES THE GREAT LAKES THURSDAY NIGHT. IT WILL SLOWLY MIGRATE TO
THE NEW ENGLAND COAST FRIDAY...BEFORE REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY
IN THE GULF OF MAINE SATURDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
.UPDATE...
SHIELD OF MOSTLY RAIN NOW MOVING ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE GULF OF
MAINE ALONG A COLD FRONT...AIDED BY A SHORT WAVE PASSING OVER
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. MUCH OF THIS ACTIVITY IS MISSING NH AND
MAINE...WHICH ARE COVERED WITH STRATUS AND SOME AREAS OF DENSE
FOG. RUC AND NAM ARE BRINGING SOME OF THE SHOWERS ONSHORE OVER THE
NEXT 3 HOURS OR SO...ESPECIALLY TOWARDS THE MIDCOAST...BEFORE THE
WHOLE COMPLEX SHIFTS EAST. QPF AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT...WITH RAIN
CHANGING TO OR MIXING WITH SNOW AS TEMPERATURES DROP. DRIER AIR
WORKING IN FROM THE EAST WILL IMPROVE VISIBILITIES OVER THE NEXT
FEW HOURS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
THE CD FNT WILL SLOWLY SLIDE OFF THE COAST THIS EVENING. HOWEVER,
MODELS BRING AN AREA OF PRCP N ALONG THE FNT AS A WEAK WAVE OF LOW
PRES UNDER AN UPR LVL JET SEGMENT MOVES NE IN THE SW FLOW ALOFT.
THIS WILL SPREAD MORE CLOUDS BACK INTO THE FCST AREA ALONG WITH AN
AREA OF PRCP THAT WILL MOSTLY IMPACT MORE ERN ZONES WITH LITTLE OR
NO IMPACT ON THE MORE WRN ZONES. AS THE PRCP SHIELD MOVES IN
COLDER AIR ADVECTS IN FROM THE W CAUSING -RA TO MIX WITH THEN
CHANGE TO -SN BEFORE ENDING. QPF AMOUNTS WILL BE MOSTLY LGT... NO
MORE THAN 0.20 INCH WITH MAX AMOUNTS ALONG THE MID COAST REGION.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE AN INCH OR LESS...IF ANY.

THE PRCP ENDS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS DRIER AND COLDER AIR
FINALLY INVADES THE REGION ON INCREASING NW WINDS BEHIND THE
DEPARTING CD FNT. WINDS MAY ACTUALLY BEGIN TO GUST EVEN BEFORE
DAYBREAK.

GENERALLY USED THE GFS40 AND A BLEND OF MAV/MET MOS FOR THE NEAR
TERM FCST.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY/...
A CD NW FLOW WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THRU MONDAY WITH SOME
CLOUDINESS AROUND ACROSS THE N AND MT ZONES WHERE SCT -SHSN ARE
PSBL MAINLY IN UPSLOPE AREAS. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED.
ELSEWHERE THE NW DOWNSLOPE FLOW AND RIDGING ALOFT AND AT THE SFC
SHOULD BRING FAIR SKIES ALONG WITH COLDER TEMPS.

GENERALLY USED THE GFS40 AND A BLEND OF MAV/MET MOS FOR THE SHORT
TERM FCST.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AFTER SURFACE HIGH PRES BRIEFLY NOSES INTO NEW ENGLAND MONDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY...CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE GREAT
LAKES REGION...ENTERING NEW ENGLAND TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWERS WILL CROSS THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH A FEW
SPOTS POSSIBLY PICKING UP A THIN COATING OF SNOW.

AFTER BRIEF AND WEAK RIDGING ON WEDNESDAY...NEXT SYSTEM WILL BEGIN
TO APPROACH THE BASE OF A DEEPENING H5 TROUGH ON THURSDAY.
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BROADEN INTO A PERIOD OF LIGHT
OVERRUNNING SNOWS ON FRIDAY. THE 12Z MODEL SUITE TREATS THIS SYSTEM
DIFFERENTLY FROM RUN TO RUN AND MODEL TO MODEL. FOR NOW...THE GFS
HAS BACKED OFF A TAD FROM YDA...ALLOWING ELONGATED SURFACE AND
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO PASS OVER NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY...WITH EVEN A PERIOD OF PERSISTENT SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE
SATURDAY NIGHT. NEVERTHELESS...THIS SCENARIO WOULD ALLOW FOR
ENHANCE QPF OVER SW ME AND N CNTRL NH. THE EURO APPEARS TO BE VERY
AGGRESSIVE THIS RUN BY DEVELOPING A SURFACE LOW (DOWN TO 971 MB)
EAST OF CAPE COD BY SATURDAY.

WE ARE STILL 5 DAYS AWAY FROM ANY POTENTIAL IMPACT FROM THIS
SYSTEM. EXPECT MODIFICATIONS WITH SEVERAL MODELS RUNS THIS WEEK AS
WE FOCUS ON THIS SYSTEM.

&&

.AVIATION /02Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...CONDITIONS WILL LOWER FOR AWHILE
THRU THIS EVENING AS AN AREA OF LGT PRCP IMPACTS THE REGION...
THOUGH LEB MAY BE A BIT TOO FAR W TO FEEL MUCH EFFECTS FROM A
PASSING WAVE ALONG THE DEPARTING CD FNT THAT IS MOVING OFF TO OUR
E. EVENTUALLY THE SYSTEM MOVES FAR ENOUGH TO THE E ALLOWING A CD
BLUSTERY NW FLOW TO BRING VFR CONDITIONS TO THE TAF SITES LATER
TNGT THRU MONDAY.

LONG TERM...
MAINLY VFR...EXCEPT SOME MVFR TUESDAY AFTN AND WEDNESDAY. IFR
CONDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY FRIDAY...WHICH WILL CONT INTO THE WKND.

&&

.MARINE...
SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...WILL EXTEND THE SCA FOR
WINDS /MAINLY GUSTS/ THRU 6 PM MONDAY. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS
BEFORE THE FNT MOVES FAR ENOUGH TO THE E TNGT TO ALLOW THE GUSTY
NW WINDS TO SET UP OVER THE REGION. ONCE THE GUSTY WINDS DEVELOP
THEY SHOULD CONT THRU MONDAY AND INTO MONDAY EVENING. SEAS WILL
REMAIN BELOW THE 5 FT THRESHOLD FOR AN SCA THOUGH THEY MAY PICK UP
A LITTLE OVER THE OUTER MOST WATERS WHERE THE FETCH FROM THE NW
WINDS WILL BE THE LONGEST.

LONG TERM...
GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS WEEK...INTO NEXT WKND.

&&

.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...NONE.
NH...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR ANZ150>154.

&&

UPDATE...HANES

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
522 AM EST SUN JAN 2 2011

MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-031030-
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-
NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-
SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-
STRAFFORD-
522 AM EST SUN JAN 2 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ150>154-031030-
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-
522 AM EST SUN JAN 2 2011

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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NHZ013-014-031030-
INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
522 AM EST SUN JAN 2 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.