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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Albany, NY

January 11, 2012Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this wind advisory at Jan 11, 2012, 9:53 PM EST for Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jan 12, 2012, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 11, 2012, 9:53 PM EST (02:53 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 12, 2012, 6:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 12, 2012, 11:45 AM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 69 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1327 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 190 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.

579 
WWUS71 KALY 120253
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
953 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012


MAZ001-VTZ013-014-121700-
/O.NEW.KALY.WI.Y.0001.120112T1100Z-120112T1700Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...BENNINGTON...
JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE
953 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN VERMONT AND THE NORTHERN BERKSHIRES...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON EST THURSDAY.

* TIMING...THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 50 MPH THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS...ISOLATED DOWNED TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES WHICH 
  MAY RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES. OBJECTS NOT SECURED MAY BE 
  BLOWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR
WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

414 
WWUS71 KALY 121645
NPWALY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1145 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012


MAZ001-VTZ013-014-121745-
/O.CAN.KALY.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120112T1700Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...BENNINGTON...
JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE
1145 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR BENNINGTON AND WESTERN WINDHAM COUNTIES OF
VERMONT...AND THE NORTHERN BERKSHIRES OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

SOME GUSTY EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY
AFTERNOON AT 35 TO 45 MPH...WHICH WILL BE BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELED.

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 12, 3:41 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Bennington, Windham	36 hr

Nearby

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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.