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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Gray, ME
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 6:59 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 8 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.