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Wind Advisory 30, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

December 5, 20206 counties in Massachusetts; Washington County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Dec 5, 2020, 11:58 PM EST for 6 counties in Massachusetts; Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 5, 2020, 11:58 PM EST (04:58 UTC)
Expired
Dec 6, 2020, 5:06 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:01 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 68 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, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2020-12-06Temperature 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, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2020-12-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
518 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
412 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

880 
WWUS71 KBOX 060458
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
1158 PM EST Sat Dec 5 2020

MAZ007-019-022>024-RIZ008-061300-
/O.CAN.KBOX.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-201206T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0030.201206T0458Z-201206T1800Z/
Eastern Essex MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-
Nantucket MA-Block Island RI-
Including the cities of Gloucester, Plymouth, Chatham, Falmouth, 
Provincetown, Vineyard Haven, Nantucket, and New Shoreham
1158 PM EST Sat Dec 5 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...In Massachusetts, Eastern Essex MA, Eastern Plymouth 
  MA, Barnstable MA, Dukes MA and Nantucket MA Counties. In 
  Rhode Island, Block Island RI County.

* WHEN...Until 1 PM EST Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree
  limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

MAZ013>018-020-021-RIZ002>007-060600-
/O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-201206T0500Z/
Western Norfolk MA-Southeast Middlesex MA-Suffolk MA-
Eastern Norfolk MA-Northern Bristol MA-Western Plymouth MA-
Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Southeast Providence RI-
Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-Washington RI-
Newport RI-
Including the cities of Foxborough, Norwood, Cambridge, Boston, 
Quincy, Taunton, Brockton, Fall River, New Bedford, Mattapoisett,
Providence, Coventry, West Greenwich, East Greenwich, Warwick, 
West Warwick, Bristol, Narragansett, Westerly, and Newport
1158 PM EST Sat Dec 5 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/box
1 follow-up statement
509 
WWUS71 KBOX 061006
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
506 AM EST Sun Dec 6 2020

MAZ007-019-022>024-RIZ008-061115-
/O.CAN.KBOX.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-201206T1800Z/
Eastern Essex MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-
Nantucket MA-Block Island RI-
Including the cities of Gloucester, Plymouth, Chatham, Falmouth, 
Provincetown, Vineyard Haven, Nantucket, and New Shoreham
506 AM EST Sun Dec 6 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/box

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 6, 7:01 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX32 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Massachusetts, 2020Wind Advisories in Rhode Island, 2020Every wind advisory in 2020

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.