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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this wind advisory at Oct 30, 2021, 3:01 PM EDT for 4 counties in Maine. It took effect at Oct 30, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 30, 2021, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 30, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
Counties Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Waldo County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 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.
177 WWUS71 KGYX 301901 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gray ME 301 PM EDT Sat Oct 30 2021 MEZ025>028-310315- /O.NEW.KGYX.WI.Y.0010.211031T0300Z-211031T1200Z/ Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox-Coastal Waldo- Including the cities of Arrowsic, Bath, Phippsburg, Bowdoinham, Topsham, Bowdoin, Whitefield, Dresden, Alna, Bremen, Bristol, Damariscotta, Newcastle, Boothbay Harbor, Wiscasset, Waldoboro, Owls Head, Rockland, Appleton, Camden, Hope, Rockport, Thomaston, Belfast, Northport, Searsmont, and Lincolnville 301 PM EDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Coastal Waldo, Knox, Lincoln and Sagadahoc Counties. * WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 8 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Some halloween decorations may be blown around. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ MLE
2 follow-up statements
224 WWUS71 KGYX 310300 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gray ME 1100 PM EDT Sat Oct 30 2021 MEZ025>028-311200- /O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-211031T1200Z/ Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox-Coastal Waldo- Including the cities of Arrowsic, Bath, Phippsburg, Bowdoinham, Topsham, Bowdoin, Whitefield, Dresden, Alna, Bremen, Bristol, Damariscotta, Newcastle, Boothbay Harbor, Wiscasset, Waldoboro, Owls Head, Rockland, Appleton, Camden, Hope, Rockport, Thomaston, Belfast, Northport, Searsmont, and Lincolnville 1100 PM EDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...East winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...Coastal Waldo, Knox, Lincoln and Sagadahoc Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Some halloween decorations may be blown around. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ MEC
922 WWUS71 KGYX 311205 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gray ME 805 AM EDT Sun Oct 31 2021 MEZ025>028-311500- /O.EXP.KGYX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-211031T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGYX.WI.Y.0011.211031T1205Z-211031T1500Z/ Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox-Coastal Waldo- Including the cities of Arrowsic, Bath, Phippsburg, Bowdoinham, Topsham, Bowdoin, Whitefield, Dresden, Alna, Bremen, Bristol, Damariscotta, Newcastle, Boothbay Harbor, Wiscasset, Waldoboro, Owls Head, Rockland, Appleton, Camden, Hope, Rockport, Thomaston, Belfast, Northport, Searsmont, and Lincolnville 805 AM EDT Sun Oct 31 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 46 mph. * WHERE...Coastal Waldo, Knox, Lincoln and Sagadahoc Counties. * WHEN...Until 11 AM EDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ mle
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 3:48 AM EDT | Gale Warning | GYX | 28 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.