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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 23, 2021Barnstable County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this wind advisory at Jan 23, 2021, 3:15 PM EST for Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jan 24, 2021, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 23, 2021, 3:15 PM EST (20:15 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 24, 2021, 3:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 24, 2021, 1:00 PM EST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Barnstable County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 25 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 12:00Z on 2021-01-23Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2021-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -51 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1109 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

876 
WWUS71 KBOX 232015
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
315 PM EST Sat Jan 23 2021

MAZ022-240415-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WI.Y.0003.210124T0800Z-210124T1800Z/
Barnstable MA-
Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, and Provincetown
315 PM EST Sat Jan 23 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY...

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

* WHERE...Barnstable MA County.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 1 PM EST Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree
  limbs could be blown down.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/box
2 follow-up statements
624 
WWUS71 KBOX 240204
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
904 PM EST Sat Jan 23 2021

MAZ022-241015-
/O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0003.210124T0800Z-210124T1800Z/
Barnstable MA-
Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, and Provincetown
904 PM EST Sat Jan 23 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY...

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

* WHERE...Barnstable County.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 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.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/box
491 
WWUS71 KBOX 240918
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
418 AM EST Sun Jan 24 2021

MAZ022-241800-
/O.CON.KBOX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210124T1800Z/
Barnstable MA-
Including the cities of Chatham, Falmouth, and Provincetown
418 AM EST Sun Jan 24 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* WHERE...Barnstable MA County.

* WHEN...Until 1 PM EST this afternoon.

* 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.

&&

$$

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
Jan 23, 4:09 AM ESTHeavy Freezing Spray AdvisoryBOX30 hr
Jan 23, 6:43 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBOXEssex, Middlesex, Suffolk62 min

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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.