Alert archive / Maine / Wind Advisories in 2021
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this wind advisory at Oct 30, 2021, 3:48 PM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Oct 31, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 30, 2021, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 31, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 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 19:51 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 12:00Z, 7.8 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
- 430 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
133 WWUS71 KCAR 301948 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Caribou ME 348 PM EDT Sat Oct 30 2021 MEZ029-030-310400- /O.NEW.KCAR.WI.Y.0008.211031T0600Z-211031T1200Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Orland, Castine, Eastport, Perry, Machias, and Cherryfield 348 PM EDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...East winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Coastal Hancock and Coastal Washington Counties. * WHEN...From 2 AM to 8 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and isolated power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
6 follow-up statements
485 WWUS71 KCAR 302216 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Caribou ME 616 PM EDT Sat Oct 30 2021 MEZ029-030-310630- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0008.211031T0600Z-211031T1200Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Orland, Castine, Eastport, Perry, Machias, and Cherryfield 616 PM EDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...East winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Coastal Hancock and Coastal Washington Counties. * WHEN...From 2 AM to 8 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and isolated power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ CB
923 WWUS71 KCAR 310116 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Caribou ME 916 PM EDT Sat Oct 30 2021 MEZ029-030-310930- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0008.211031T0600Z-211031T1200Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Orland, Castine, Eastport, Perry, Machias, and Cherryfield 916 PM EDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...East winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Coastal Hancock and Coastal Washington Counties. * WHEN...From 2 AM to 8 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and isolated power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ CB
444 WWUS71 KCAR 310525 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Caribou ME 125 AM EDT Sun Oct 31 2021 MEZ029-030-311200- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0008.211031T0600Z-211031T1200Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Orland, Castine, Eastport, Perry, Machias, and Cherryfield 125 AM EDT Sun Oct 31 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...East winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Coastal Washington and Coastal Hancock Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and isolated power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
620 WWUS71 KCAR 310750 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Caribou ME 350 AM EDT Sun Oct 31 2021 MEZ029-030-311200- /O.CON.KCAR.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-211031T1200Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Orland, Castine, Eastport, Perry, Machias, and Cherryfield 350 AM EDT Sun Oct 31 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...Coastal Washington and Coastal Hancock Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and isolated power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
014 WWUS71 KCAR 311131 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Caribou ME 731 AM EDT Sun Oct 31 2021 MEZ029-030-311400- /O.EXT.KCAR.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-211031T1400Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Orland, Castine, Eastport, Perry, Machias, and Cherryfield 731 AM EDT Sun Oct 31 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...Coastal Washington and Coastal Hancock Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and isolated power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ VJN
481 WWUS71 KCAR 311353 NPWCAR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Caribou ME 953 AM EDT Sun Oct 31 2021 MEZ029-030-311500- /O.EXP.KCAR.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-211031T1400Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Orland, Castine, Eastport, Perry, Machias, and Cherryfield 953 AM EDT Sun Oct 31 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... Winds will continue to fall below wind advisory thresholds, although it will remain quite breezy going into the afternoon with gusts up to 30 mph at times. $$ VJN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 3:17 AM EDT | Gale Warning | CAR | 31 hr |
Nearby
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.