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Wind Advisory 27, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

November 29, 20164 counties in Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Nov 29, 2016, 10:13 AM EST for 4 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Nov 29, 2016, 5:00 PM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 29, 2016, 10:13 AM EST (15:13 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 29, 2016, 5:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 30, 2016, 12:00 AM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Plymouth County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 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

Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 40 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 2016-11-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 2016-11-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

984 
WWUS71 KBOX 291513
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1013 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2016

MAZ021>024-292315-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0027.161129T2200Z-161130T0500Z/
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...
PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET
1013 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT
EST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.

* LOCATION...THE CAPE AND ISLANDS ALONG WITH SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH
  COUNTY.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50
  MPH.

* TIMING...FROM 5 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT WITH THE STRONGEST OF THOSE
  WINDS BETWEEN 7 AND 11 PM THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING LARGE TREE
  LIMBS AND MAY ALSO RESULT IN THE RISK FOR ISOLATED POWER
  OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 46 TO 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE
CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES, POSSIBLY
CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

FRANK

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1 follow-up statement
189 
WWUS71 KBOX 291956
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
256 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2016

MAZ021>024-300400-
/O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0027.161129T2200Z-161130T0500Z/
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...
PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET
256 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

* LOCATION...THE CAPE AND ISLANDS ALONG WITH SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH 
  COUNTY.

* WINDS...SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS
  BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH.

* TIMING...FROM 5 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT WITH THE STRONGEST OF THOSE 
  WINDS BETWEEN 7 AND 11 PM THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING LARGE TREE 
  LIMBS AND MAY ALSO RESULT IN THE RISK FOR ISOLATED POWER 
  OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 46 TO 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE
CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES... POSSIBLY
CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN ALSO BE DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

FRANK

FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON

YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON

YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT
@NWSBOSTON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 10:14 AM ESTGale WarningBOX15 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.