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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Caribou, ME

May 21, 2018Hancock County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this beach hazards statement at May 21, 2018, 6:36 AM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at May 21, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 2018, 6:36 AM EDT (10:36 UTC)
In effect from
May 21, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 21, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME

Counties Hancock County, ME, Washington County, ME

The radar

The Caribou radar (KCBW), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:41 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

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 00:00Z on 2018-05-21Temperature 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, Gray, ME at 00:00Z on 2018-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1447 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

630 
WHUS41 KCAR 211036
CFWCAR

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Caribou ME
636 AM EDT Mon May 21 2018

MEZ029-030-211845-
/O.NEW.KCAR.BH.S.0003.180521T1200Z-180522T0000Z/
Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington-
Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, 
Castine, Eastport, Machias, and Cherryfield
636 AM EDT Mon May 21 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Caribou has issued a Beach
Hazards Statement, which is in effect through this evening.

* Location...Acadia National Park...Schoodic Point Peninsula...
  Lamoine Beach...Castine...Roque Bluffs State Park...Quoddy Head
  State Park

* Beach Hazard...The warm air temperatures in the around 60
  degrees may cause people to underestimate the dangers of the
  cold water temperatures which are currently only in the mid 40s.

* Timing...Until early evening

* Impacts...Anyone on boats or paddlecraft should use caution 
  and be prepared for immersion. Dress for water temperatures 
  and know how to perform rescues. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Beach Hazards Statement is issued on days when a significant
number of boats and paddlecraft are expected to be out on the
water and when warm air temperatures may cause people to
underestimate the danger of the cold water. Paddle smart from the
start. Always wear your lifejacket. Be aware of wind conditions,
tides and localized currents.

&&

$$

Mignone
1 follow-up statement
098 
WHUS41 KCAR 211831
CFWCAR

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Caribou ME
231 PM EDT Mon May 21 2018

MEZ029-030-220000-
/O.CON.KCAR.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-180522T0000Z/
Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington-
Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, 
Castine, Eastport, Machias, and Cherryfield
231 PM EDT Mon May 21 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* Location...Acadia National Park...Schoodic Point Peninsula... 
  Lamoine Beach...Castine...Roque Bluffs State Park...Quoddy 
  Head State Park

* Beach Hazard...The warm air temperatures around 60 degrees may 
  cause people to underestimate the dangers of the cold water 
  temperatures which are currently only in the mid 40s.

* Timing...Until early evening

* Impacts...Anyone on boats or paddlecraft should use caution 
  and be prepared for immersion. Dress for water temperatures 
  and know how to perform rescues.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Beach Hazards Statement is issued on days when a significant
number of boats and paddlecraft are expected to be out on the
water and when warm air temperatures may cause people to
underestimate the danger of the cold water. Paddle smart from the
start. Always wear your lifejacket. Be aware of wind conditions,
tides and localized currents.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 3:16 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington15 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Maine, 2018Every beach hazards statement in 2018

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.