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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Gray, ME

October 23, 20167 counties in New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this wind advisory at Oct 23, 2016, 12:37 PM EDT for 7 counties in New Hampshire. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 23, 2016, 12:37 PM EDT (16:37 UTC)
Expired
Oct 23, 2016, 4:54 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME

Counties Belknap County, NH, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:37 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

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2016-10-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2016-10-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

360 
WWUS71 KGYX 231637
NPWGYX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1237 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM...

.SUNSHINE OVER SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS ALLOW FOR WINDS TO
BECOME RATHER GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH
MAY LEAD TO SOME POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED LIMBS OR TREES.

NHZ007>015-232100-
/O.NEW.KGYX.WI.Y.0009.161023T1637Z-161023T2100Z/
SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-CHESHIRE-
EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAREMONT...CORNISH...UNITY...CROYDON...
GOSHEN...GRANTHAM...LEMPSTER...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...BOSCAWEN...
CANTERBURY...CONCORD...DUNBARTON...LOUDON...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...
GILFORD...MEREDITH...BARRINGTON...ROCHESTER...DOVER...
ROLLINSFORD...SOMERSWORTH...DURHAM...MADBURY...GILSUM...KEENE...
MARLOW...SULLIVAN...SURRY...JAFFREY...MANCHESTER...PELHAM...
NASHUA...SALEM...ATKINSON...NEWTON...PLAISTOW...CHESTER...DERRY...
HAMPSTEAD...EXETER...GREENLAND...PORTSMOUTH...RYE...HAMPTON...
HAMPTON FALLS...NORTH HAMPTON...SEABROOK...AMHERST...MILFORD...
MONT VERNON...GOFFSTOWN...PETERBOROUGH...SHARON...HOLLIS...WEARE
1237 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...SOME POWER OUTAGES EXPECTED AS WELL AS TREE LIMBS AND
  TREES MAY BE DOWNED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH...OR WIND
GUSTS UP TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
262 
WWUS71 KGYX 232054
NPWGYX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
454 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2016

NHZ007>015-232200-
/O.CAN.KGYX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161023T2100Z/
SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-CHESHIRE-
EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAREMONT...CORNISH...UNITY...CROYDON...
GOSHEN...GRANTHAM...LEMPSTER...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...BOSCAWEN...
CANTERBURY...CONCORD...DUNBARTON...LOUDON...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...
GILFORD...MEREDITH...BARRINGTON...ROCHESTER...DOVER...
ROLLINSFORD...SOMERSWORTH...DURHAM...MADBURY...GILSUM...KEENE...
MARLOW...SULLIVAN...SURRY...JAFFREY...MANCHESTER...PELHAM...
NASHUA...SALEM...ATKINSON...NEWTON...PLAISTOW...CHESTER...DERRY...
HAMPSTEAD...EXETER...GREENLAND...PORTSMOUTH...RYE...HAMPTON...
HAMPTON FALLS...NORTH HAMPTON...SEABROOK...AMHERST...MILFORD...
MONT VERNON...GOFFSTOWN...PETERBOROUGH...SHARON...HOLLIS...WEARE
454 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

$$

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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.