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Wind Chill Advisory 1, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 2, 2014, 3:12 AM EST for 5 counties in Maine. It took effect at Jan 2, 2014, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2014, 3:12 AM EST (08:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 2, 2014, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2014, 7:01 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
Counties Aroostook County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Washington County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 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
Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 771 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 111 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Jan 1, 10:12 PM EST, 5 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 10:12 PM EST, 5 hours before
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Special weather statement, Jan 1, 9:39 PM EST, 5 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 939 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014 MEZ001-002-020600- NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA... FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN... MARS HILL 939 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014 ...A GUSTY WIND AND LOW WIND CHILLS LATE THIS EVENING... A NORTHWEST WIND OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 20 MPH WILL DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 10 MPH BY 1 AM THURSDAY MORNING. THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ACROSS NORTHERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 40 BELOW DURING THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS. THE STRONGEST WIND AND LOWEST WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE ST JOHN VALLEY. AS THE WIND DIMINISHES EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...IT WILL ALLOW THE TEMPERATURES TO DROP EVEN FASTER. BY MORNING...LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM 25 TO 35 BELOW...WITH A FEW SPOTS IN THE NORTH MAINE WOODS TO DROP TO AS LOW AS 40 BELOW. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE LIKELY IN AS SHORT AS 15 TO 30 MINUTES IF YOU ARE EXPOSED TO THESE EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION. MAKE SURE THAT YOU DRESS WITH SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHES DESIGNED FOR THE EXTREME CONDITIONS. TRY TO AVOID SWEATING IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AS THIS CAN LEAD TO A FASTER ONSET OF HYPOTHERMIA. CB
Special weather statement, Jan 1, 10:14 PM EST, 4 hours 58 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 10:06 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 5 hr |
| Jan 2, 2:35 PM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | CAR | 40 hr | |
| Jan 2, 2:43 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 40 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.