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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Gray, ME

November 26, 20239 counties in Maine; Rockingham County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this wind advisory at Nov 26, 2023, 3:07 PM EST for 9 counties in Maine; Rockingham County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Nov 27, 2023, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 26, 2023, 3:07 PM EST (20:07 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 27, 2023, 4:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 27, 2023, 9:04 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME

Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Rockingham County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 2023-11-26Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2023-11-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1353 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 26, 3:25 AM ESTCoastal Flood WatchGYXCumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo12 hr
Nov 26, 3:36 AM ESTGale WarningGYX31 hr
Nov 26, 3:36 AM ESTStorm WatchGYX12 hr
Nov 26, 4:01 AM ESTHigh Wind WatchGYXKnox, Waldo11 hr
Nov 26, 4:01 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGYXFranklin, Oxford, Somerset31 hr
Nov 26, 3:19 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryGYXCumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York21 hr

Nearby

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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.