Alert archive / Maine / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this winter storm warning at Dec 9, 2012, 3:38 PM EST for 5 counties in Maine. It took effect at Dec 10, 2012, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 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 9, 2012, 3:38 PM EST (20:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2012, 3:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2012, 5:32 PM EST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Somerset County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
610 WWUS41 KGYX 092038 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 338 PM EST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO POTENTIALLY MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ACROSS THE FAR INTERIOR... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE DOWN THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WHILE A WARM FRONT STALLS OVER SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS WILL ALLOW WARM AIR TO RIDE OVER COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...RESULTING IN A MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE MOST SNOW AND ICE IS EXPECTED IN THE WESTERN MAINE MOUNTAINS INTO THE FOOTHILLS. MEZ007>009-012>014-100445- /O.NEW.KGYX.WS.W.0005.121210T0800Z-121211T0500Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD 338 PM EST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS...OXFORD...FRANKLIN...AND SOMERSET COUNTIES IN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET FOLLOWED BY A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF FREEZING RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT...AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ON MONDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. ICE ACCRETION MAY BECOME GREAT ENOUGH TO DOWN SOME TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST TO EAST 5 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES AND MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. && $$ MEZ019-NHZ007>009-100445- /O.NEW.KGYX.WW.Y.0021.121210T0500Z-121210T1200Z/ INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT... LACONIA...MEREDITH 338 PM EST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...SULLIVAN...MERRIMACK...AND BELKNAP COUNTIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AS WELL AS WESTERNMOST CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT SNOW...SLEET...AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET...FOLLOWED BY A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE. * TIMING...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND PERHAPS FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NHZ001>006-100445- /O.NEW.KGYX.WW.Y.0021.121210T0500Z-121210T2000Z/ NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER... LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE 338 PM EST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM EST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN HALF OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...FOLLOWED BY AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO ICE ACCRETION. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN 20S...RISING INTO THE 30S TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MEZ020>022-100445- /O.NEW.KGYX.WW.Y.0021.121210T0800Z-121210T2000Z/ ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS... AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY 338 PM EST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...ANDROSCOGGIN...KENNEBEC...AND INTERIOR WALDO COUNTY MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT SNOW...SLEET...AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...FOLLOWED BY UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET DEVELOPS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS MIX WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN MONDAY MORNING...THEN TO ALL RAIN EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
5 follow-up statements
036 WWUS41 KGYX 100358 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1058 PM EST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO POTENTIALLY MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ACROSS THE FAR INTERIOR... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE DOWN THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WHILE A WARM FRONT STALLS OVER SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS WILL ALLOW WARM AIR TO RIDE OVER COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...RESULTING IN A MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE MOST SNOW AND ICE IS EXPECTED IN THE WESTERN MAINE MOUNTAINS INTO THE FOOTHILLS. MEZ020-021-101200- /O.UPG.KGYX.WW.Y.0021.121210T0800Z-121210T2000Z/ /O.EXA.KGYX.WS.W.0005.121210T0800Z-121211T0500Z/ ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS... AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE 1058 PM EST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...ANDROSCOGGIN AND KENNEBEC COUNTIES IN MAINE * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET FOLLOWED BY A QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF FREEZING RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT...AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. ICE ACCRETION MAY BECOME GREAT ENOUGH TO DOWN SOME TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST TO EAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MEZ007>009-012>014-101200- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0005.121210T0800Z-121211T0500Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD 1058 PM EST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...OXFORD...FRANKLIN...AND SOMERSET COUNTIES IN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET FOLLOWED BY A QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF FREEZING RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT...AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ON MONDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. ICE ACCRETION MAY BECOME GREAT ENOUGH TO DOWN SOME TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST TO EAST 5 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S...TO LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES AND MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. && $$ MEZ018-101200- /O.EXA.KGYX.WW.Y.0021.121210T0500Z-121210T1200Z/ INTERIOR YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK 1058 PM EST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR YORK COUNTY IN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT SNOW...SLEET...AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET...FOLLOWED BY A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE. * TIMING...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND PERHAPS FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MEZ019-NHZ007>009-101200- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0021.121210T0500Z-121210T1200Z/ INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT... LACONIA...MEREDITH 1058 PM EST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...SULLIVAN...MERRIMACK...AND BELKNAP COUNTIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AS WELL AS WESTERNMOST CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT SNOW...SLEET...AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET...FOLLOWED BY A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE. * TIMING...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND PERHAPS FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NHZ001>006-101200- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0021.121210T0500Z-121210T2000Z/ NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER... LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE 1058 PM EST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN HALF OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...FOLLOWED BY AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO ICE ACCRETION. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MEZ022-101200- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0021.121210T0800Z-121210T2000Z/ INTERIOR WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINTERPORT...UNITY 1058 PM EST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR WALDO COUNTY MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT SNOW...SLEET...AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...FOLLOWED BY UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET DEVELOPS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS MIX WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN MONDAY MORNING...THEN TO ALL RAIN EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ LEGRO
314 WWUS41 KGYX 101155 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 655 AM EST MON DEC 10 2012 ...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE DOWN THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY TODAY WHILE A WARM FRONT STALLS OVER SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS WILL ALLOW WARM AIR TO RIDE OVER COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...RESULTING IN A MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THE MOST SNOW AND ICE IS EXPECTED IN THE WESTERN MAINE MOUNTAINS INTO THE FOOTHILLS. MEZ018-019-NHZ007>009-101300- /O.CAN.KGYX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-121210T1200Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD... HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH 655 AM EST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ROAD SURFACES MAY STILL BE SLICK WHERE TEMPERATURES CAN BE SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER THAN THE AIR TEMPERATURE. $$ MEZ007>009-012>014-020-021-102000- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121211T0500Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN- KENNEBEC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE 655 AM EST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...OXFORD...FRANKLIN...AND SOMERSET COUNTIES IN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THIS MORNING AND WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATER TODAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. ICE ACCRETION MAY BECOME GREAT ENOUGH TO DOWN SOME TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES AND MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. && $$ NHZ001>006-102000- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-121210T2000Z/ NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER... LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE 655 AM EST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN HALF OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THIS MORNING AND WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATER THIS MORNING. A CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO ICE ACCRETION. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MEZ022-102000- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-121210T2000Z/ INTERIOR WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINTERPORT...UNITY 655 AM EST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR WALDO COUNTY MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT SNOW...SLEET...AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW. * TIMING...A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET CONTINUES THIS MORNING. THIS MIX WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN LATER THIS MORNING...THEN TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
630 WWUS41 KGYX 101516 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1016 AM EST MON DEC 10 2012 ...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE UP THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY TODAY WHILE A WARM FRONT STALLS OVER SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS WILL ALLOW WARM AIR TO RIDE OVER COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...RESULTING IN A MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THE MOST SNOW AND ICE IS EXPECTED IN THE WESTERN MAINE MOUNTAINS INTO THE FOOTHILLS. NHZ001>006-101630- /O.CAN.KGYX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-121210T2000Z/ NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER... LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE 1016 AM EST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE SO WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT. CAUTION IS STILL ADVISED FOR ISOLATED ICY SPOTS WHEN TRAVELING THIS AFTERNOON. $$ MEZ007>009-012>014-020-021-102330- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121211T0500Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN- KENNEBEC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE 1016 AM EST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...OXFORD...FRANKLIN...AND SOMERSET COUNTIES IN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. ONE QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. ICE ACCRETION MAY BECOME GREAT ENOUGH TO DOWN SOME TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES AND MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. && $$ MEZ022-102000- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-121210T2000Z/ INTERIOR WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINTERPORT...UNITY 1016 AM EST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR WALDO COUNTY MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT SNOW...SLEET...AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET. ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH. * TIMING...A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET CONTINUES THIS MORNING. THIS MIX WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN LATER THIS MORNING...THEN TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
178 WWUS41 KGYX 102010 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 310 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN QUEBEC WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FREEZING RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MAINE THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING AS SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ONE QUARTER TO A HALF INCH. MEZ022-102115- /O.EXP.KGYX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-121210T2000Z/ INTERIOR WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINTERPORT...UNITY 310 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING IN MOST LOCATIONS AND THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ MEZ007>009-012>014-020-021-110500- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121211T0500Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN- KENNEBEC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE 310 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS...OXFORD...FRANKLIN...AND SOMERSET COUNTIES IN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ONE QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. ICE ACCRETION MAY BECOME GREAT ENOUGH TO DOWN SOME TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES AND MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. && $$
220 WWUS41 KGYX 102232 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 532 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012 ...AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED THIS EVENING... .COLD AIR REMAINS ENTRENCHED FROM CENTRAL INTO WESTERN MAINE THIS EVENING. AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST...PRECIPITATION WILL ONCE AGAIN OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL THE FRONT ARRIVES AND BEGINS TO MIX THE LOW LEVELS. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED...BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AND A CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN TAKES PLACE. MEZ007>009-012>014-020-021-110500- /O.CAN.KGYX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121211T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KGYX.ZR.Y.0003.121210T2232Z-121211T0500Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN- KENNEBEC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE 532 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...WESTERN MAINE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE ADVISORY AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR...CONTINUING UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. ICE ACCRETION MAY BECOME GREAT ENOUGH TO DOWN SOME TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MEZ022-110500- /O.NEW.KGYX.ZR.Y.0003.121210T2232Z-121211T0500Z/ INTERIOR WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINTERPORT...UNITY 532 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR WALDO COUNTY MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE ADVISORY AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR...CONTINUING UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. ICE ACCRETION MAY BECOME GREAT ENOUGH TO DOWN SOME TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ LEGRO
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 9, 10:14 AM EST, 5 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 10:14 AM EST, 5 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1014 AM EST SUN DEC 9 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL NOSE INTO THE AREA TODAY WITH DRIER AIR. LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE MIDWEST TONIGHT, BRINGING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST. THE LOW WILL TRACK DOWN THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY ON MONDAY AND PULL A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... 1000 AM UPDATE...TWEAKED TEMPERATURES BASED ON CURRENT OBS AND TRENDS AND ALSO TWEAKED SKY COVER BASED ON CURRENT VISIBLE IMAGERY. 645 AM...ONLY MINOR COSMETIC CHANGES TO 1ST PERIOD GRIDS FOR THIS ESTF UPDATE. PREV DISC... AT 07Z...A 1007 MILLIBAR LOW WAS VICINITY OF THE GASPE PENINSULA WITH TRAILING COLD FRONT THROUGH EASTERN NEW ENGLAND. AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WAS OVER ONTARIO PROVINCE. THE WIDESPREAD CLOUD ON GOES IMAGERY WILL LINGER SEVERAL MORE HOURS BEFORE DEVELOPING DOWNSLOPE FLOW...POST COLD FROPA...TAKES HOLD AND SKIES BEGIN TO CLEAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WILL SEE SOME LINGERING UPSLOPE CLOUDS THIS MORNING AND A FEW SPRINKLES OR FLURRIES DEPENDENT ON BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURES. DAYTIME HIGHS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 30S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE 40S ELSEWHERE. THE SURFACE HIGH OVER ONTARIO WILL BRIEFLY NOSE INTO THE AREA TODAY BEFORE RETREATING INTO THE MARITIMES BY EVENING. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... CLOUDS SHOULD INCREASE QUICKLY FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS EVENING IN DEVELOPING WARM AIR ADVECTION PATTERN. THE NUMERICALS HAVE TRENDED A BIT WARMER...AND CONSEQUENTLY WE SHOULD SEE LESS FREEZING AND FROZEN PRECIPITATION AND MORE LIQUID...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS. WE WILL BE QUITE MILD TODAY ACROSS COASTAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS AND IF CLOUDS CAP THE COOLING EARLY ENOUGH THIS EVENING COULD SEE ALL LIQUID THERE. FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND WESTERN MAINE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...THERE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERAL HOURS OF SNOW/SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT/MONDAY AM TIME FRAME BEFORE THE COLUMN WARMS SUFFICIENTLY FOR A CHANGEOVER TO RAIN. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT EXTREME NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FA (NAMELY SOMERSET COUNTY) SEES POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON MONDAY. I WENT CONSERVATIVE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY...AS THE SURFACE LOW PASSES DOWN THE SAINT LAWRENCE AND THE SURFACE WARM FRONT LIKELY GETS HUNG UP OVER FAR SOUTHERN AND COASTAL SECTIONS PRODUCING A 20 DEGREE GRADIENT IN HIGH TEMPERATURES. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH VERY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL BE SNOW OR MIXED OVER THE MOUNTAINS WITH RAIN FARTHER SOUTH. AS THE COLDER AIR ADVANCES SOUTH BEHIND THE FRONT SNOW WILL AS WELL...HOWEVER PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ENDING AS THIS OCCURS (AROUND DAYBREAK). SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD TOTAL JUST A COUPLE INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE AWAY LATER IN THE DAY TUESDAY WITH A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT IN PLACE. THIS WILL TRANSLATE INTO GUSTY NW WINDS. SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR OUT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN. THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS LOOK COLD...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AS OVERNIGHT LOWS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH TEENS/LOWER 20S ELSEWHERE. WE REMAIN PRECIPITATION FREE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SAVE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OVER FAR NORTHERN COOS/OXFORD/FRANKLIN/ SOMERSET COUNTIES AS NORTHERN STREAM DISTURBANCES BRUSH THE REGION. NEXT WEEKEND A FAST MOVING OPEN WAVE PUSHES A COLD FRONT THROUGH BRINGING A FEW SHOWERS TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. && .AVIATION /15Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...IFR OR LOWER CONDITIONS THROUGH 12Z...THEN IMPROVING TO VFR THROUGHOUT. CONDITIONS ONCE AGAIN LOWER TO IFR AS SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRESSES DUE TO SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION. IFR CONDITIONS CONTINUE ON MONDAY. LONG TERM...VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILING TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. GUSTY NW WINDS ARE LIKELY TUESDAY. && .MARINE... SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...SCA CONDITIONS SHOULD DEVELOP BY MONDAY MORNING IN ADVANCE OF NEXT STORM SYSTEM. LONG TERM...WAVES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 5 FT THROUGH TUESDAY. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM...KISTNER SHORT TERM... LONG TERM... AVIATION... MARINE...
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 3:02 AM EST, 12 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 302 AM EST SUN DEC 9 2012 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-100815- 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-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 302 AM EST SUN DEC 9 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN ALONG THE COAST NOT TOO LONG AFTER STARTING. HOWEVER...ACROSS THE INTERIOR...A CHANGE TO A SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN MIX IS LIKELY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR SOME SLIPPERY SPOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN MIX IS LIKELY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR SOME SLIPPERY SPOTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ150>154-100815- 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- 302 AM EST SUN DEC 9 2012 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 3:27 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 51 hr | |
| Dec 9, 3:38 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Waldo, York | 23 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.