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High Wind Watch 4, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this high wind watch at Nov 14, 2020, 4:32 PM EST for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Nov 15, 2020, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2020, 4:32 PM EST (21:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 15, 2020, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2020, 3:09 PM EST
- In force
- 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 21:36 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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 380 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
- 943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Nov 14, 4:23 PM EST, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 14, 4:23 PM EST, 9 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 14, 4:30 PM EST, 2 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Caribou ME 430 PM EST Sat Nov 14 2020 MEZ001>006-010-152130- Northwest Aroostook-Northeast Aroostook-Northern Somerset- Northern Piscataquis-Northern Penobscot-Southeast Aroostook- Central Piscataquis- 430 PM EST Sat Nov 14 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Central Highlands Maine, Far Eastern Maine, Far Northern Maine and North Woods Maine. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. There is the potential for a few inches of snow Sunday night over Northern Maine. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. ANZ050>052-152130- Coastal Waters from Eastport, ME to Schoodic Point, ME out 25 NM- Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME out 25 NM- Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME- 430 PM EST Sat Nov 14 2020 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ011-015>017-031-032-152130- Central Penobscot-Southern Penobscot-Interior Hancock- Central Washington-Southern Piscataquis-Northern Washington- 430 PM EST Sat Nov 14 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Central Highlands Maine, Far Eastern Maine, Interior DownEast Maine and Penobscot Valley Maine. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ029-030-152130- Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 430 PM EST Sat Nov 14 2020 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Coastal DownEast Maine. .DAY ONE...Tonight. High astronomical tide at the time of high tide Sunday morning could lead to some splashover along the immediate coast. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. High Wind Watch. High astronomical tide Monday morning could lead to some minor coastal flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 3:28 AM EST | Gale Watch | CAR | 13 hr | |
| Nov 14, 4:31 PM EST | Gale Warning | CAR | 36 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Watches in Maine, 2020Every high wind watch 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.