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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Gray, ME

May 23, 202011 counties in Maine; Carroll County, Coos County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this frost advisory at May 23, 2020, 2:58 PM EDT for 11 counties in Maine; Carroll County, Coos County, New Hampshire. It took effect at May 24, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2020, 2:58 PM EDT (18:58 UTC)
In effect from: May 24, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 24, 2020, 7:00 AM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME

Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this frost advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at May 22, 3:30 PM EDT, 23 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 3:30 PM EDT, 23 hours 28 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 8:45 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		26 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Maine, 2020 Frost Advisories in New Hampshire, 2020 Every frost 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.