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Gale Warning 23, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this gale warning at Oct 27, 2015, 3:34 PM EDT. It took effect at Oct 29, 2015, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 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
- Oct 27, 2015, 3:34 PM EDT (19:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 29, 2015, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2015, 2:59 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Oct 27, 12:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 27, 12:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1226 PM EDT TUE OCT 27 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN
MOVE EAST EARLY WEDNESDAY. A SOAKING RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATER
WEDNESDAY THEN PERSIST INTO THURSDAY WHILE LOW PRESSURE TRACKS
NORTHWEST OF MAINE.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
UPDATE...CURRENT FORECAST FOR THE AFTERNOON STILL LOOKS GOOD SO
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES NEEDED.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WITH LIMITED MOISTURE WILL ALSO CROSS
THE REGION TODAY. EXPECT PARTLY/MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ACROSS
NORTHERN AREAS TODAY...WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA. CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL
RANGE FROM THE MID 40S NORTH...TO AROUND 50 DOWNEAST. LOW
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 20 TO THE LOWER 20S
NORTH...TO THE MID 20S TO AROUND 30 DOWNEAST.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER THE REGION WEDNESDAY
MORNING. THE STRONG HIGH WILL MOVE TO THE EAST INTO THE ATLANTIC
AS INTENSE LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES DURING THE DAY
WEDNESDAY. THE JUXTAPOSITION BETWEEN THESE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A
STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE STATE BY LATE WEDNESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS WEDNESDAY
NIGHT....ESPECIALLY ALONG COASTAL SECTIONS. A SOAKING RAIN IS
ALSO EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO CANADA
THURSDAY WITH COLDER AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE LOW.
FOR TEMPERATURES WILL USE THE BIAS CONSENSUS RAW FOR MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE AND CONSENSUS BLEND FOR MINIMUM TEMPERATURE BASED ON
LATEST VERIFICATION.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST FRIDAY NIGHT AND
MOVE TO THE SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY. WEAK LOW PRESSURE IS
THEN EXPECTED TO TRACK TO THE SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY. THIS
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST
MONDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
NEAR TERM: VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY
THROUGH TONIGHT.
SHORT TERM: EXPECT IFR CONDITIONS LATER WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
&&
.MARINE...
NEAR TERM: WINDS/SEAS WILL REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
LEVELS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.
SHORT TERM: FOR SUSTAINED WINDS WILL USE THE NAM12 WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY THEN TRANSITION TO THE SUPERBLEND WINDS FRIDAY. WITH
STRONG LOW LEVEL JET EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WILL
ISSUE A GALE WATCH. FOR WAVES: PRIMARY WAVE SYSTEM WEDNESDAY WILL
BE DEVELOPING SOUTHEASTERLY FETCH FROM THE GULF OF MAINE EXTENDING
WELL TO THE SOUTH. EXPECT WAVES TO BUILD TO 8-12 FEET/8-9 SECONDS
BY THURSDAY MORNING THEN TO 15+ FEET/10-11 SECONDS BY MID DAY
THURSDAY. WAVE SYSTEM IS THEN EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY.
&&
.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
CURRENT WAVE MODEL FORECAST SUGGESTS LARGEST WAVES APPROACHING
THE COAST (10-12 FEET/10 SECONDS) AROUND MID DAY THURSDAY. THIS
WOULD CORRESPOND WITH HIGH TIDE THURSDAY AT APPROXIMATELY 12:33 PM.
ASTRONOMICAL TIDE IS NEAR THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE MONTH DUE TO
SPRING TIDE MID DAY THURSDAY...SO POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR
OVERTOPPING DUE TO WAVE RUNUP. EXPERIMENTAL WAVE RUNUP MATRICES
RUN EARLIER HINTS AT THIS. DUE TO SHORT DURATION OF MAXIMUM WAVES
AND LONGEST WAVE PERIODS STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY OF COINCIDENCE
OF HIGH TIDE/LARGEST WAVES SO WILL HOLD OFF WITH COASTAL FLOOD
WATCH AT THIS TIME.
&&
.CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...NONE.
MARINE...GALE WATCH FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR ANZ050>052.
&&
NEAR TERM...DUDA/NORCROSS
SHORT TERM...MIGNONE
LONG TERM...MIGNONE
AVIATION...DUDA/NORCROSS/MIGNONE
MARINE...DUDA/NORCROSS/MIGNONE
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 27, 3:33 PM EDT, 1 minute before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 3:44 AM EDT | Gale Watch | CAR | 12 hr | |
| Oct 27, 3:25 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 13 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:50 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 23 hr |
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