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Wind Advisory 36, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Dec 28, 2018, 3:46 AM EST for Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Dec 28, 2018, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2018, 3:46 AM EST (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2018, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2018, 7:06 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
836 WWUS71 KBOX 280846 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 346 AM EST Fri Dec 28 2018 MAZ024-281700- /O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0036.181228T1800Z-181229T0300Z/ Nantucket MA- Including the city of Nantucket 346 AM EST Fri Dec 28 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 10 PM EST this evening. * WINDS...South 20 to 30 mph with a few gusts between 40 and 50 mph. * TIMING...This afternoon into this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * LOCATION...Nantucket. 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. && $$ Frank For the latest updates...please visit our webpage at www.weather.gov/boston You can follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NWSBoston You can follow us on Twitter at @NWSBoston
2 follow-up statements
910 WWUS71 KBOX 281604 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1104 AM EST Fri Dec 28 2018 MAZ024-290015- /O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0036.181228T1800Z-181229T0300Z/ Nantucket MA- Including the city of Nantucket 1104 AM EST Fri Dec 28 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...South 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * TIMING...This afternoon into this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * LOCATION...Nantucket. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 31 to 39 mph are expected, with gusts between 46 to 57 mph. Winds this strong are capable of downing small tree limbs and branches, possibly causing isolated power outages. Driving can also be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ 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
326 WWUS71 KBOX 290006 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 706 PM EST Fri Dec 28 2018 MAZ024-290115- /O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-181229T0300Z/ Nantucket MA- Including the city of Nantucket 706 PM EST Fri Dec 28 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR NANTUCKET IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has cancelled the Wind Advisory for Nantucket. Although winds will gust to 30 to 35 mph this evening, the threat of wind gusts to 50 mph has diminished. $$ Field 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
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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.