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Gale Watch 21, NWS Caribou, ME

December 1, 2025

NWS Caribou, ME issued this gale watch at Dec 1, 2025, 3:59 PM EST. It took effect at Dec 2, 2025, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 1, 2025, 3:59 PM EST (20:59 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 2, 2025, 10:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 2, 2025, 1:00 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Caribou, ME

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale watch went out at Dec 1, 2:45 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 2:45 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 1, 2:49 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 1, 12:58 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningCARHancock, Penobscot, Washington41 hr
Dec 1, 12:58 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryCARAroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington41 hr
Dec 1, 3:59 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryCAR6 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.