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Beach Hazards Statement 21, NWS Caribou, ME

August 9, 2019Hancock County, Washington County, Maine

NWS Caribou, ME issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 9, 2019, 6:12 AM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Aug 9, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2019, 6:12 AM EDT (10:12 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 9, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 9, 2019, 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 10:12 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, 10.2 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 2019-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1508 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 00:00Z on 2019-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1508 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

As transmitted.

388 
WHUS41 KCAR 091012
CFWCAR

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Caribou ME
612 AM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019

MEZ029-030-100000-
/O.NEW.KCAR.BH.S.0021.190809T1200Z-190810T0000Z/
Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington-
Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, 
Castine, Eastport, Machias, and Cherryfield
612 AM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019

...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.

* TIMING...Through this evening.

* LOCATION...Acadia National Park...Schoodic Point...Lamoine 
  State Park...Castine...Roque Bluffs State Park...Quoddy Head 
  State Park

* Beach Hazard...The warm air temperatures in the low 70s may
  cause people to underestimate the dangers of the cold water
  temperatures which are currently only in the low 50s.

* 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
226 
WHUS41 KCAR 100000
CFWCAR

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Caribou ME
800 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019


MEZ029-030-100100-
/O.EXP.KCAR.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-190810T0000Z/
Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington-
Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, 
Castine, Eastport, Machias, and Cherryfield
800 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 10:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARWaldo63 min
Aug 9, 12:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCARPiscataquis46 min
Aug 9, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAR34 min
Aug 9, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCAR28 min

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.