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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 16, 2016Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Jan 16, 2016, 3:28 AM EST for Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jan 16, 2016, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 16, 2016, 3:28 AM EST (08:28 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 16, 2016, 6:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 16, 2016, 2:55 PM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Nantucket County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 26 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 00:00Z on 2016-01-16Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2016-01-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
256 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

164 
WWUS71 KBOX 160828
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
328 AM EST SAT JAN 16 2016

MAZ022-024-161630-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0003.160116T1100Z-160116T2000Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
NANTUCKET
328 AM EST SAT JAN 16 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.

* LOCATION...CAPE COD AND ISLANDS.

* WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MID MORNING TO EARLY
  AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND
  BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 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.

&&

$$


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1 follow-up statement
837 
WWUS71 KBOX 161955
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
255 PM EST SAT JAN 16 2016

MAZ022-024-162100-
/O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160116T2000Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
NANTUCKET
255 PM EST SAT JAN 16 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.

$$


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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.