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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Gray, ME

December 5, 2021Knox County, Waldo County, Maine

NWS Gray, ME issued this wind advisory at Dec 5, 2021, 3:22 PM EST for Knox County, Waldo County, Maine. It took effect at Dec 6, 2021, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 5, 2021, 3:22 PM EST (20:22 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 6, 2021, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 7, 2021, 1:07 AM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME

Counties Knox County, ME, Waldo County, ME

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2021-12-05Temperature 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 2021-12-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
95 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

386 
WWUS71 KGYX 052022
NPWGYX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Gray ME
322 PM EST Sun Dec 5 2021

MEZ022-027-028-060430-
/O.NEW.KGYX.WI.Y.0014.211206T1800Z-211207T0400Z/
Interior Waldo-Knox-Coastal Waldo-
Including the cities of Brooks, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, 
Montville, Morrill, Waldo, Winterport, Unity, Owls Head, 
Rockland, Appleton, Camden, Hope, Rockport, Thomaston, Belfast, 
Northport, Searsmont, and Lincolnville
322 PM EST Sun Dec 5 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 11 PM EST MONDAY...

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Interior Waldo, Knox and Coastal Waldo Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 PM to 11 PM EST Monday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

Tubbs
4 follow-up statements
610 
WWUS71 KGYX 060310
NPWGYX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Gray ME
1010 PM EST Sun Dec 5 2021

MEZ022-027-028-061115-
/O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0014.211206T1800Z-211207T0400Z/
Interior Waldo-Knox-Coastal Waldo-
Including the cities of Brooks, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, Montville, 
Morrill, Waldo, Winterport, Unity, Owls Head, Rockland, Appleton, 
Camden, Hope, Rockport, Thomaston, Belfast, Northport, Searsmont, 
and Lincolnville
1010 PM EST Sun Dec 5 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 11 PM EST MONDAY...

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Waldo, Interior Waldo and Knox Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 PM to 11 PM EST Monday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree 
  limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

$$

CK
100 
WWUS71 KGYX 060836
NPWGYX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Gray ME
336 AM EST Mon Dec 6 2021

MEZ022-027-028-061645-
/O.EXT.KGYX.WI.Y.0014.211206T1800Z-211207T0900Z/
Interior Waldo-Knox-Coastal Waldo-
Including the cities of Brooks, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, Montville, 
Morrill, Waldo, Winterport, Unity, Owls Head, Rockland, Appleton, 
Camden, Hope, Rockport, Thomaston, Belfast, Northport, Searsmont, 
and Lincolnville
336 AM EST Mon Dec 6 2021

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST 
TUESDAY...

* WHAT...South winds becoming west 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 
  mph expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Waldo, Interior Waldo and Knox Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 4 AM EST Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree 
  limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Southerly winds increase through today, 
  becoming gusty. A cold front will cross late this evening with 
  locally stronger gusts possible and a sharp westerly shift in wind 
  direction.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

MEC
529 
WWUS71 KGYX 062048
NPWGYX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Gray ME
348 PM EST Mon Dec 6 2021

MEZ022-027-028-070500-
/O.CON.KGYX.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-211207T0900Z/
Interior Waldo-Knox-Coastal Waldo-
Including the cities of Brooks, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, Montville, 
Morrill, Waldo, Winterport, Unity, Owls Head, Rockland, Appleton, 
Camden, Hope, Rockport, Thomaston, Belfast, Northport, Searsmont, 
and Lincolnville
348 PM EST Mon Dec 6 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...Coastal Waldo, Interior Waldo and Knox Counties.

* WHEN...Until 4 AM EST Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree 
  limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Southerly winds increase late today into this 
  evening, becoming gusty. A cold front will cross late this evening 
  with locally strong gusts as well, possible and a sharp westerly 
  shift in wind direction.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

MJC
276 
WWUS71 KGYX 070607
NPWGYX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Gray ME
107 AM EST Tue Dec 7 2021

MEZ022-027-028-070715-
/O.CAN.KGYX.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-211207T0900Z/
Interior Waldo-Knox-Coastal Waldo-
Including the cities of Brooks, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, Montville, 
Morrill, Waldo, Winterport, Unity, Owls Head, Rockland, Appleton, 
Camden, Hope, Rockport, Thomaston, Belfast, Northport, Searsmont, 
and Lincolnville
107 AM EST Tue Dec 7 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Wind speeds will continue to gust out of the west tonight, but will 
fall below Wind Advisory criteria.

$$

GC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 5, 2:55 AM ESTGale WarningGYX52 hr
Dec 5, 3:30 PM ESTCoastal Flood StatementGYXCumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York23 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.