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High Surf Advisory 2, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this high surf advisory at Aug 22, 2021, 3:54 AM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Aug 22, 2021, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 22, 2021, 3:54 AM EDT (07:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 22, 2021, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2021, 2:14 AM EDT
- In force
- 14 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 07:54 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, 7.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
154 WHUS41 KCAR 220754 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 354 AM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021 MEZ029-030-221600- /O.NEW.KCAR.SU.Y.0002.210822T1600Z-210823T1200Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 354 AM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Large breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Coastal Hancock and Coastal Washington Counties. * WHEN...From noon today to 8 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...High dangerous surf and strong rip currents will make for hazardous surf conditions. Large waves can present a danger to people on rocks above the water. Stay away from rock outcrops along the shoreline exposed to ocean waves, as waves can easily sweep people into the cold ocean water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A high surf advisory means that high surf will affect beaches in the advisory area...producing rip currents and localized beach erosion. && $$
4 follow-up statements
034 WHUS41 KCAR 221116 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 716 AM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021 MEZ029-030-221930- /O.CON.KCAR.SU.Y.0002.210822T1600Z-210823T1200Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 716 AM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Large breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Coastal Hancock and Coastal Washington Counties. * WHEN...From noon today to 8 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...High dangerous surf and strong rip currents will make for hazardous surf conditions. Large waves can present a danger to people on rocks above the water. Stay away from rock outcrops along the shoreline exposed to ocean waves, as waves can easily sweep people into the cold ocean water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A high surf advisory means that high surf will affect beaches in the advisory area...producing rip currents and localized beach erosion. && $$
553 WHUS41 KCAR 221904 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 304 PM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021 MEZ029-030-230415- /O.CON.KCAR.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210823T1200Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 304 PM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Large breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet in the surf zone. * WHERE...Coastal Washington and Coastal Hancock Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...High dangerous surf and strong rip currents will make for hazardous surf conditions. Large waves can present a danger to people on rocks above the water. Stay away from rock outcrops along the shoreline exposed to ocean waves, as waves can easily sweep people into the cold ocean water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A high surf advisory means that high surf will affect beaches in the advisory area...producing rip currents and localized beach erosion. && $$
772 WHUS41 KCAR 230212 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 1012 PM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021 MEZ029-030-231015- /O.CON.KCAR.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210823T1200Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 1012 PM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Large breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet in the surf zone. * WHERE...Coastal Washington and Coastal Hancock Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...High dangerous surf and strong rip currents will make for hazardous surf conditions. Large waves can present a danger to people on rocks above the water. Stay away from rock outcrops along the shoreline exposed to ocean waves, as waves can easily sweep people into the cold ocean water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A high surf advisory means that high surf will affect beaches in the advisory area...producing rip currents and localized beach erosion. && $$
105 WHUS41 KCAR 230614 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 214 AM EDT Mon Aug 23 2021 MEZ029-030-230715- /O.CAN.KCAR.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210823T1200Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 214 AM EDT Mon Aug 23 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Conditions have diminished therefore high surf is no longer expected. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 8:40 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 12 hr |
| Aug 21, 8:41 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CAR | 42 hr |
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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.