Alert archive / Maine / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this wind advisory at Feb 4, 2018, 3:29 AM EST for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Feb 4, 2018, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2018, 3:29 AM EST (08:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 4, 2018, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2018, 3:35 AM EST
- In force
- 16 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 08:29 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, 8.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1302 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
277 WWUS71 KCAR 040829 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Caribou ME 329 AM EST Sun Feb 4 2018 MEZ029-030-041630- /O.NEW.KCAR.WI.Y.0002.180204T1700Z-180205T0500Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Castine, Eastport, Machias, and Cherryfield 329 AM EST Sun Feb 4 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Caribou has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from noon today to midnight EST tonight. * WINDS...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * TIMING...this afternoon and evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ VJN
5 follow-up statements
301 WWUS71 KCAR 041604 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Caribou ME 1104 AM EST Sun Feb 4 2018 MEZ029-030-050015- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0002.180204T1700Z-180205T0500Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Castine, Eastport, Machias, and Cherryfield 1104 AM EST Sun Feb 4 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * WINDS...South 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * TIMING...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong winds may blow down tree limbs and a few trees. Scattered power outages are possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 45 mph or more are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
720 WWUS71 KCAR 042039 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Caribou ME 339 PM EST Sun Feb 4 2018 MEZ029-030-050445- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-180205T0500Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Castine, Eastport, Machias, and Cherryfield 339 PM EST Sun Feb 4 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * WINDS...South 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * TIMING...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 45 mph or more are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
968 WWUS71 KCAR 042310 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Caribou ME 610 PM EST Sun Feb 4 2018 MEZ029-030-050715- /O.EXT.KCAR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-180205T0900Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Castine, Eastport, Machias, and Cherryfield 610 PM EST Sun Feb 4 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY... * WINDS...South 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * TIMING...Through tonight. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 45 mph or more are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ CB
686 WWUS71 KCAR 050213 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Caribou ME 913 PM EST Sun Feb 4 2018 MEZ029-030-050900- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-180205T0900Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Castine, Eastport, Machias, and Cherryfield 913 PM EST Sun Feb 4 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY... * WINDS...South 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * TIMING...Through early Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 45 mph or more are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ CB
488 WWUS71 KCAR 050835 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Caribou ME 335 AM EST Mon Feb 5 2018 MEZ029-030-050945- /O.CAN.KCAR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-180205T0900Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Castine, Eastport, Machias, and Cherryfield 335 AM EST Mon Feb 5 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Caribou has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Winds are easing up along the coast as low pressure moves over. $$ MCB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 3:28 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 30 hr |
| Feb 4, 6:10 PM EST | Flood Watch | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 23 hr |
Nearby
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.