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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Gray, ME

December 3, 2021Carroll County, Coos County, Grafton County, New Hampshire; 4 counties in Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this wind advisory at Dec 3, 2021, 9:42 AM EST for Carroll County, Coos County, Grafton County, New Hampshire; 4 counties in Maine. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 3, 2021, 9:42 AM EST (14:42 UTC)
Expired
Dec 3, 2021, 3:01 PM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME

Counties Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 79 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2021-12-03Temperature 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2021-12-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

544 
WWUS71 KGYX 031442
NPWGYX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Gray ME
942 AM EST Fri Dec 3 2021

MEZ007>009-012>014-033-NHZ001>006-032200-
/O.NEW.KGYX.WI.Y.0013.211203T1442Z-211203T2200Z/
Northern Oxford-Northern Franklin-Central Somerset-Southern
Oxford-Southern Franklin-Southern Somerset-Interior Cumberland
Highlands-Northern Coos-Southern Coos-Northern Grafton-Northern
Carroll-Southern Grafton-Southern Carroll-
Including the cities of Upton, Wilsons Mills, Andover, Byron, Middle 
Dam, Roxbury, South Arm, Coburn Gore, Davis, Oquossoc, Rangeley, 
Avon, Kingfield, Phillips, New Portland, Brassua, Long Pond, 
Moosehead, Pittston Farm, Seboomook, Bingham, Jackman, Bethel, 
Bryant Pond, Hanover, Locke Mills, Milton, Newry, Rumford, Norway, 
Fryeburg, Oxford, Farmington, New Sharon, New Vineyard, Temple, 
Wilton, Chesterville, Jay, Athens, Cornville, Skowhegan, Palmyra, 
Pittsfield, Embden, Madison, Bridgton, Harrison, Naples, Errol, 
Millsfield, Colebrook, Berlin, Dummer, Milan, York Pond, Lancaster, 
Bethlehem, Lincoln, Littleton, Sugar Hill, Thornton, Waterville 
Valley, Woodstock, Jackson, North Conway, Albany, Conway, Chatham, 
Crawford Notch, Lebanon, Lyme, Ashland, Ellsworth, Holderness, 
Plymouth, Rumney, Wakefield, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Ossipee, 
Tuftonboro, Wolfeboro, and Moultonborough
942 AM EST Fri Dec 3 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of south central, west central, and western 
  Maine. portions of northern New Hampshire.

* WHEN...Until 5 PM EST this afternoon.

* 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.

Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

Tubbs
1 follow-up statement
143 
WWUS71 KGYX 032001
NPWGYX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Gray ME
301 PM EST Fri Dec 3 2021

MEZ007>009-012>014-033-NHZ001>006-032115-
/O.CAN.KGYX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-211203T2200Z/
Northern Oxford-Northern Franklin-Central Somerset-Southern
Oxford-Southern Franklin-Southern Somerset-Interior Cumberland
Highlands-Northern Coos-Southern Coos-Northern Grafton-Northern
Carroll-Southern Grafton-Southern Carroll-
Including the cities of Upton, Wilsons Mills, Andover, Byron, Middle 
Dam, Roxbury, South Arm, Coburn Gore, Davis, Oquossoc, Rangeley, 
Avon, Kingfield, Phillips, New Portland, Brassua, Long Pond, 
Moosehead, Pittston Farm, Seboomook, Bingham, Jackman, Bethel, 
Bryant Pond, Hanover, Locke Mills, Milton, Newry, Rumford, Norway, 
Fryeburg, Oxford, Farmington, New Sharon, New Vineyard, Temple, 
Wilton, Chesterville, Jay, Athens, Cornville, Skowhegan, Palmyra, 
Pittsfield, Embden, Madison, Bridgton, Harrison, Naples, Errol, 
Millsfield, Colebrook, Berlin, Dummer, Milan, York Pond, Lancaster, 
Bethlehem, Lincoln, Littleton, Sugar Hill, Thornton, Waterville 
Valley, Woodstock, Jackson, North Conway, Albany, Conway, Chatham, 
Crawford Notch, Lebanon, Lyme, Ashland, Ellsworth, Holderness, 
Plymouth, Rumney, Wakefield, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Ossipee, 
Tuftonboro, Wolfeboro, and Moultonborough
301 PM EST Fri Dec 3 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

The threat has ended.

$$

HAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 3, 6:59 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryGYX8 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.