Alert archive / Maine / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 13, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this winter storm warning at Nov 6, 2014, 3:13 AM EST for 4 counties in Maine. It took effect at Nov 7, 2014, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 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
- Nov 6, 2014, 3:13 AM EST (08:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 7, 2014, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 7, 2014, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
Counties Aroostook County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Somerset County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:13 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
Caribou, ME (KCAR), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1142 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
053 WWUS41 KCAR 060813 WSWCAR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 313 AM EST THU NOV 6 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN MAINE ON FRIDAY... .LOW PRESSURE TRACKING THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE WILL SPREAD RAIN ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE AS SNOW FRIDAY WITH HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH. MEZ001>004-061615- /O.UPG.KCAR.WS.A.0009.141107T0600Z-141108T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCAR.WS.W.0013.141107T0600Z-141108T0000Z/ NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET- NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA... FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN... MARS HILL...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...BAXTER ST PARK... CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...MOUNT KATAHDIN 313 AM EST THU NOV 6 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING...LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...DRIFTING SNOW AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...1/2 MILE OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN MAINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ005-006-010-061615- /O.CON.KCAR.WS.A.0009.141107T0600Z-141108T0000Z/ NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET... PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS... GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD 313 AM EST THU NOV 6 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING...LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...DRIFTING SNOW AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MCB
8 follow-up statements
700 WWUS41 KCAR 062016 WSWCAR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 316 PM EST THU NOV 6 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN MAINE ON FRIDAY... .LOW PRESSURE TRACKING THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE WILL SPREAD RAIN ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FROM FAR NORTHERN SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL MAINE BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE AS SNOW OVER THESE AREA INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHILE DOWNEAST AREAS REMAIN MOSTLY ALL RAIN. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND FAR NORTHEAST...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. MEZ005-070930- /O.UPG.KCAR.WS.A.0009.141107T0600Z-141108T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KCAR.WS.W.0013.141107T0600Z-141108T0000Z/ NORTHERN PENOBSCOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET... PATTEN...MEDWAY 316 PM EST THU NOV 6 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...MAINLY NORTH OF A MILLINOCKET LAKE TO PATTEN LINE. WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM LATE TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THIS REPLACES WINTER STORM WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES FROM MILLINOCKET LAKE NORTHWARD...WITH 2 TO 6 INCHES SOUTHWARD. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * TIMING...EARLY FRIDAY MORNING INTO EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE. HEAVY WET SNOW COMBINED WITH WINDS COULD RESULT IN A FEW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES MAINLY FROM MILLINOCKET LAKE TO PATTEN AND NORTHWARD. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...MAINLY MIDDAY FRIDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER TO MID 30S. * LOCATIONS...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ001>004-070930- /O.CON.KCAR.WS.W.0013.141107T0600Z-141108T0000Z/ NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET- NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA... FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN... MARS HILL...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...BAXTER ST PARK... CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...MOUNT KATAHDIN 316 PM EST THU NOV 6 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW WITH PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. . * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 14 INCHES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN WEST OF A CARIBOU ASHLAND LINE. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...DRIFTING SNOW AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN MAINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ006-010-070930- /O.UPG.KCAR.WS.A.0009.141107T0600Z-141108T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCAR.WW.Y.0025.141107T0600Z-141108T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN... SMYRNA MILLS...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD 316 PM EST THU NOV 6 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT EARLY FRIDAY MORNING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THIS REPLACES THE PRIOR WINTER STORM WATCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS NORTH. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * TIMING...EARLY FRIDAY MORNING INTO EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOW TO MODERATE. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO POSSIBLE DOWN TREE LIMBS...MAINLY NORTH. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * LOCATIONS... 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. && $$ VJN
071 WWUS41 KCAR 062016 CCA WSWCAR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 316 PM EST THU NOV 6 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN MAINE ON FRIDAY... .LOW PRESSURE TRACKING THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE WILL SPREAD RAIN ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FROM FAR NORTHERN MAINE SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL MAINE BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE AS SNOW OVER THESE AREAS INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHILE DOWNEAST AREAS REMAIN MOSTLY ALL RAIN. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND FAR NORTHEAST... ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. MEZ005-070930- /O.UPG.KCAR.WS.A.0009.141107T0600Z-141108T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KCAR.WS.W.0013.141107T0600Z-141108T0000Z/ NORTHERN PENOBSCOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET... PATTEN...MEDWAY 316 PM EST THU NOV 6 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...MAINLY NORTH OF A MILLINOCKET LAKE TO PATTEN LINE. WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM LATE TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THIS REPLACES WINTER STORM WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES FROM MILLINOCKET LAKE NORTHWARD...WITH 2 TO 6 INCHES SOUTHWARD. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * TIMING...EARLY FRIDAY MORNING INTO EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE. HEAVY WET SNOW COMBINED WITH WINDS COULD RESULT IN A FEW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES MAINLY FROM MILLINOCKET LAKE TO PATTEN AND NORTHWARD. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...MAINLY MIDDAY FRIDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER TO MID 30S. * LOCATIONS...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ001>004-070930- /O.CON.KCAR.WS.W.0013.141107T0600Z-141108T0000Z/ NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET- NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA... FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN... MARS HILL...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...BAXTER ST PARK... CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...MOUNT KATAHDIN 316 PM EST THU NOV 6 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW WITH PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. . * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 14 INCHES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN WEST OF A CARIBOU ASHLAND LINE. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...DRIFTING SNOW AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN MAINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ006-010-070930- /O.UPG.KCAR.WS.A.0009.141107T0600Z-141108T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCAR.WW.Y.0025.141107T0600Z-141108T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN... SMYRNA MILLS...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD 316 PM EST THU NOV 6 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT EARLY FRIDAY MORNING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THIS REPLACES THE PRIOR WINTER STORM WATCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS NORTH. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * TIMING...EARLY FRIDAY MORNING INTO EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOW TO MODERATE. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO POSSIBLE DOWN TREE LIMBS...MAINLY NORTH. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * LOCATIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VJN
513 WWUS41 KCAR 070727 WSWCAR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 227 AM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN MAINE ON FRIDAY... .RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH THIS MORNING AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS INTO NEW BRUNSWICK. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH IN INTENSITY LATE TODAY AS GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FOLLOW THE STORM. MEZ001>004-071530- /O.CON.KCAR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141108T0000Z/ NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET- NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA... FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN... MARS HILL...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...BAXTER ST PARK... CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...MOUNT KATAHDIN 227 AM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW WITH PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. . * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING...THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...DRIFTING SNOW AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...1/2 MILE OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN MAINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ005-071530- /O.CON.KCAR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141108T0000Z/ NORTHERN PENOBSCOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET... PATTEN...MEDWAY 227 AM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * TIMING...THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE. HEAVY WET SNOW COMBINED WITH WINDS COULD RESULT IN A FEW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES MAINLY FROM MILLINOCKET LAKE TO PATTEN AND NORTHWARD. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...1/2 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * LOCATIONS...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ006-010-071530- /O.CON.KCAR.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-141108T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN... SMYRNA MILLS...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD 227 AM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * TIMING...THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOW TO MODERATE. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO POSSIBLE DOWN TREE LIMBS... MAINLY NORTH. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...1/2 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * 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. && $$
808 WWUS41 KCAR 071351 WSWCAR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 851 AM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN MAINE ON FRIDAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH TO SNOW SHOWERS BY EVENING AS GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FOLLOW THE STORM. MEZ001>004-072200- /O.CON.KCAR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141108T0000Z/ NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET- NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA... FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN... MARS HILL...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...BAXTER ST PARK... CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...MOUNT KATAHDIN 851 AM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW WITH PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. . * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE GREATEST TOTALS OVER NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK COUNTY. * TIMING...UNTIL EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...DRIFTING SNOW AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN MAINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ005-072200- /O.CON.KCAR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141108T0000Z/ NORTHERN PENOBSCOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET... PATTEN...MEDWAY 851 AM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES NORTH OF A MILLINOCKET TO PATTEN LINE...2 TO 4 INCHES SOUTH. * HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY WET SNOW. * TIMING...UNTIL EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE. HEAVY WET SNOW COMBINED WITH WINDS COULD RESULT IN A FEW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES MAINLY FROM MILLINOCKET LAKE TO PATTEN AND NORTHWARD. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * LOCATIONS...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ006-010-072200- /O.CON.KCAR.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-141108T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN... SMYRNA MILLS...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD 851 AM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH THE GREATEST TOTALS OVER SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK COUNTY NORTH OF HOULTON. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * TIMING...ENDING THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LOW. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO POSSIBLE DOWN TREE LIMBS... MAINLY NORTH. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VJN
400 WWUS41 KCAR 071547 WSWCAR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1047 AM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST MAINE TODAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH TO SNOW SHOWERS BY EVENING ACROSS THE REMAINING WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS AS GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FOLLOW THE STORM. MEZ003>005-071700- /O.CAN.KCAR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141108T0000Z/ NORTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT... BAXTER ST PARK...CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM... MOUNT KATAHDIN...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET...PATTEN...MEDWAY 1047 AM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS MOVED EAST OF THIS PORTION OF THE WARNING AREA. $$ MEZ010-071700- /O.CAN.KCAR.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-141108T0000Z/ CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD 1047 AM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS MOVED EAST OF THIS PORTION OF THE ADVISORY AREA. $$ MEZ001-002-080000- /O.CON.KCAR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141108T0000Z/ NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA... FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN... MARS HILL 1047 AM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW WITH PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. . * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH GREATEST TOTALS OVER NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK COUNTY. * TIMING...UNTIL EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...DRIFTING SNOW AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN MAINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ006-080000- /O.CON.KCAR.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-141108T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN... SMYRNA MILLS 1047 AM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH THE GREATEST TOTALS NORTH OF A HOULTON...SHERMAN LINE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * TIMING...ENDING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LOW. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO POSSIBLE DOWN TREE LIMBS... MAINLY NORTH. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ VJN
648 WWUS41 KCAR 071743 WSWCAR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1243 PM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST MAINE TODAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH TO SNOW SHOWERS BY EVENING ACROSS THE REMAINING WARNING AREA AS GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS FOLLOW THE STORM. MEZ006-071845- /O.CAN.KCAR.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-141108T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN... SMYRNA MILLS 1243 PM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. MOST OF ANY SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED...WITH THIS PORTION OF THIS ADVISORY AREA CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S. WE CANNOT RULE OUT NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON... WHICH MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH OR TWO PRIOR TO ENDING...MOSTLY NORTH OF A HOULTON TO SHERMAN LINE. $$ MEZ001-002-080000- /O.CON.KCAR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141108T0000Z/ NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA... FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN... MARS HILL 1243 PM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW WITH PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. . * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING...UNTIL EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTH 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN MAINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VJN
343 WWUS41 KCAR 071956 WSWCAR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 256 PM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST MAINE TODAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH TO SNOW SHOWERS BY EVENING ACROSS THE REMAINING WARNING AREA AS GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS FOLLOW THE STORM. MEZ001-072100- /O.CAN.KCAR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141108T0000Z/ NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA... FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE 256 PM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW RATES AND SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS MOST OF THIS AREA...WITH ONLY EASTERN HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOWFALL BEFORE TAPERING TO SNOW SHOWERS BY EVENING. $$ MEZ002-080000- /O.CON.KCAR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141108T0000Z/ NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN... MARS HILL 256 PM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW WITH PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. . * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES...LOCALLY 7 TO 10 INCHES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS OVER 1000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. * TIMING...UNTIL EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN MAINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VJN
673 WWUS41 KCAR 080005 WSWCAR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 705 PM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 MEZ002-080115- /O.EXP.KCAR.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141108T0000Z/ NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN... MARS HILL 705 PM EST FRI NOV 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED WITH LIGHT SNOW BEING REPORTED. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP OFF INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S LATER TONIGHT WITH ROADS AND SIDEWALKS ICING UP. $$ HEWITT
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 Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Nov 5, 11:31 PM EST, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 11:31 PM EST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1131 PM EST WED NOV 5 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY. LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING FROM THE GREAT LAKES WILL
REDEVELOP ALONG THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST THURSDAY NIGHT
AND TRACK TOWARD THE BAY OF FUNDY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
11:30 PM UPDATE...MODIFIED CLOUD COVER JUST A BIT TO BEGIN EASTERN
AREAS MOSTLY CLEAR THEN BRING INCREASING CLOUDS LATE AT NIGHT.
STRATUS IS ALREADY MOVING INTO WESTERN AREAS. OTHERWISE, NO MAJOR
CHANGES THIS HOUR.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
FOR THURSDAY, CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE DURING THE DAY AS
LOW PRES MOVES FROM PA INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON. AN OVERRUNNING SETUP IN PLACE W/SOME LIGHT RAIN
BREAKING OUT ACROSS DOWNEAST AND COAST LATER IN AFTERNOON. DECIDED
TO USE A CONSENSUS BLEND FOR THE POPS AND BROUGHT 60-70% FOR THE
DOWNEAST ESPECIALLY THE COAST AND CHANCE(20-40%) FURTHER NORTH AND
WEST. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID AND UPPER 40S BEFORE
THE CLOUDS ROLL IN.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND THURSDAY EVENING
THEN TRACK NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE GULF OF MAINE LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY
DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AND EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO NEW BRUNSWICK AND
THE BAY OF FUNDY DURING THE BY FRIDAY EVENING. ALL 12 GFS ENSEMBLE
PERTURBATIONS... THE OPERATIONAL ECMWF AND GFS ALL TAKE THE LOW
CENTER ON A SIMILAR TRACK. WARM AIR IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE
SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY SO
THIS AREA IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE MOSTLY RAIN. THE NORTH AND WEST
ON THE OTHER HAND WILL REMAIN TO THE NORTH OF THE LOW TRACK WITH
AMPLE COLD AIR TO THE NORTH TO PROVIDE COLD AIR DRAINAGE FOR THIS
AREA SO EXPECT MOSTLY SNOW HERE AFTER INITIALLY STARTING AS RAIN.
FOR GRIDS WILL USE GFS FOR POPS AND SKY COVER BUT WILL MAKE SOME
MANUALLY MODIFICATIONS TO THESE. FOR WIND AND TEMPERATURE HAVE
USED THE HE NAM12. USED THE SREF QPF SINCE THIS APPEARED MOST
COMPATIBLE WITH CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF EVENT. WILL ISSUE WATCH BASED
ON MODEL CONSISTENCY.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE TO THE EAST OF NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY NIGHT.
A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST AND MOVE THROUGH DURING
THE DAY SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY
NIGHT THEN MOVE TO THE EAST OF THE AREA MONDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE TUESDAY. STRONG COLD ADVECTION IS THEN
EXPECTED DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /06Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
NEAR TERM: GENERALLY EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION
OVERNIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY. HOWEVER...VARIABLE CONDITIONS
COULD OCCUR WITH ANY PATCHY FOG OVERNIGHT. COULD ALSO HAVE MVFR
CONDITIONS BEGIN TO DEVELOP LATER THURSDAY ACROSS DOWNEAST AREAS.
SHORT TERM: EXPECT IFR CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
CONDITIONS IMPROVING TO VFR BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS
EXPECTED SATURDAY... SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
&&
.MARINE...
NEAR TERM: WINDS/SEAS WILL REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
LEVELS OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
SHORT TERM: HAVE USED THE NAM12 FOR SUSTAINED WINDS. EXPECT
STRONGEST WINDS AS LOW CENTER APPROACHES FRIDAY NIGHT. LOW CENTER
OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FRIDAY SO WINDS WILL DIMINISH. EXPECT
STRONGEST WINDS AS LOW DEPARTS LATE FRIDAY....ESPECIALLY WITH
COLD ADVECTION ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS... WILL HOLD OFF FOR NOW
ON GALE WATCH. FOR WAVES: SOUTHERLY FETCH DEVELOPS FROM GULF OF
MAINE SOUTHWARD THURSDAY NIGHT BUT WITH TRACK OF LOW MOVING
THROUGH WESTERN GULF OF MAINE EXPECT LARGES WAVES WELL TO EAST OF
LOW. LARGEST WAVES FROM SOUTHERLY FETCH ARRIVE FRIDAY (6 FEET/8
SECONDS).
&&
.CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING FOR MEZ001>006-010.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
NEAR TERM...HEWITT/MCB
SHORT TERM...MIGNONE
LONG TERM...MIGNONE
AVIATION...HEWITT/MIGNONE
MARINE...HEWITT/MIGNONEHazardous weather outlook, Nov 5, 3:51 PM EST, 11 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 351 PM EST WED NOV 5 2014 MEZ011-015>017-029>032-062100- CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK- CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- 351 PM EST WED NOV 5 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE AND SOUTHEAST MAINE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ050>052-062100- COASTAL WATERS FROM EASTPORT, ME TO SCHOODIC POINT, ME OUT 25 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT, ME TO STONINGTON, ME OUT 25 NM- INTRA COASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT, ME TO STONINGTON, ME- 351 PM EST WED NOV 5 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MEZ001>006-010-062100- NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET- NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK- CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS- 351 PM EST WED NOV 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL MAINE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO PASS EAST OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY. THERE WILL LIKELY BE ENOUGH COLD AIR IN PLACE THAT RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ON FRIDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HEWITT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2:41 AM EST | Gale Watch | CAR | 13 hr | |
| Nov 6, 3:16 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Piscataquis | 21 hr |
| Nov 6, 3:45 PM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 39 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Maine, 2014Every winter storm warning in 2014
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.