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Wind Chill Advisory 6, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 27, 2017, 3:55 AM EST for 11 counties in Maine; 10 counties in New Hampshire. It took effect at Dec 28, 2017, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2017, 3:55 AM EST (08:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2017, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2017, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
All 21 counties
Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Cheshire County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 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
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 285 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1844 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 100 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Dec 27, 3:51 AM EST, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 3:51 AM EST, 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 3:55 AM EST, 0 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Gray ME 355 AM EST Wed Dec 27 2017 MEZ012>014-018>028-NHZ003>015-280900- Southern Oxford-Southern Franklin-Southern Somerset-Interior York- Interior Cumberland-Androscoggin-Kennebec-Interior Waldo- Coastal York-Coastal Cumberland-Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox-Coastal Waldo- Northern Grafton-Northern Carroll-Southern Grafton-Southern Carroll- Sullivan-Merrimack-Belknap-Strafford-Cheshire-Eastern Hillsborough- Interior Rockingham-Coastal Rockingham- Western And Central Hillsborough- 355 AM EST Wed Dec 27 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST THURSDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Maine, south central Maine, southwest Maine, western Maine, New Hampshire, central New Hampshire, northern New Hampshire and southern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Chill Advisory. .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. Wind Chill Advisory. Very cold temperatures continue through the rest of the week and into the weekend. The cold temperatures will at times combine with the wind to produce dangerously cold wind chills. Wind Chill Advisories and Warnings may be needed all the way through the weekend. The coldest wind chill values are likely on Thursday and Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MEZ007>009-NHZ001-002-280900- Northern Oxford-Northern Franklin-Central Somerset-Northern Coos- Southern Coos- 355 AM EST Wed Dec 27 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THURSDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for west central Maine, western Maine and northern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Chill Advisory. .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. Wind Chill Advisory. Very cold temperatures continue through the rest of the week and into the weekend. The cold temperatures will at times combine with the wind to produce dangerously cold wind chills. Wind Chill Advisories and Warnings may be needed all the way through the weekend. The coldest wind chill values are likely on Thursday and Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ150-152-154-280900- Coastal Waters from Stonington, ME to Port Clyde, ME out 25 NM- Coastal Waters from Port Clyde, ME to Cape Elizabeth, ME out 25 NM- Coastal Waters from Cape Elizabeth, ME to Merrimack River, MA out 25 NM- 355 AM EST Wed Dec 27 2017 ...FREEZING SPRAY ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 AM EST THURSDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Freezing Spray Advisory. Gale Warning. .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. Gale Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ151-153-280900- Penobscot Bay-Casco Bay- 355 AM EST Wed Dec 27 2017 ...FREEZING SPRAY ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Freezing Spray Advisory. .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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 3:24 AM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 30 hr | |
| Dec 27, 2:56 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | GYX | Franklin, Oxford, Somerset | 40 hr |
Nearby
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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.