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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 4, 2026, 8:14 PM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Maine. It took effect at Jul 5, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2026, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 5, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
Counties Hancock County, ME, Washington County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 2553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
655 WHUS41 KCAR 050014 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 814 PM EDT Sat Jul 4 2026 MEZ029-030-051200- /O.NEW.KCAR.BH.S.0008.260705T1200Z-260706T0000Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 814 PM EDT Sat Jul 4 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT....Warm temperatures in the lower to middle 80s may cause people to underestimate the dangers of the cold water temperatures which are currently around 50. * WHERE...Coastal Hancock and Coastal Washington Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Sunday through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...|he cold water temperatures can quickly cause hypothermia to anyone immersed in the waters. Anyone on boats or paddlecraft should use extreme caution to avoid this threat. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued on days when a significant number of boats and paddlecraft are expected to be out on the water and when warm air temperatures may cause people to underestimate the danger of the cold water. Paddle smart from the start. Always wear your life jacket. Be aware of wind conditions, tides, and localized currents. && $$
2 follow-up statements
266 WHUS41 KCAR 050515 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 115 AM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026 MEZ029-030-060000- /O.CON.KCAR.BH.S.0008.260705T1200Z-260706T0000Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 115 AM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT....Warm temperatures in the lower to middle 80s may cause people to underestimate the dangers of the cold water temperatures which are currently around 50. * WHERE...Coastal Hancock and Coastal Washington Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...The cold water temperatures can quickly cause hypothermia to anyone immersed in the waters. Anyone on boats or paddlecraft should use extreme caution to avoid this threat. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued on days when a significant number of boats and paddlecraft are expected to be out on the water and when warm air temperatures may cause people to underestimate the danger of the cold water. Paddle smart from the start. Always wear your life jacket. Be aware of wind conditions, tides, and localized currents. && $$
576 WHUS41 KCAR 052334 CFWCAR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Caribou ME 734 PM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026 MEZ029-030-060045- /O.EXP.KCAR.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-260706T0000Z/ Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- 734 PM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... With the overnight hours approaching, the potential for recreational activities on the water will diminsih. As a result, the statement has been allowed to expire. $$ ASB
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this beach hazards statement 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 beach hazards statement went out at Jul 4, 7:46 PM EDT, 28 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- 1) Near normal, to slightly above normal level, temperatures with lower humidity Sunday through early next week. Increasing heat and humidity mid to late week with a return of daily shower and thunderstorm chances.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 7:46 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Caribou ME
746 PM EDT Sat Jul 4 2026
.WHAT HAS CHANGED...
-Updated Aviation Section below.
&&
.KEY MESSAGES...
1) Near normal, to slightly above normal level, temperatures
with lower humidity Sunday through early next week. Increasing
heat and humidity mid to late week with a return of daily shower
and thunderstorm chances.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
KEY MESSAGE 1...Near normal, to slightly above normal level,
temperatures with lower humidity Sunday through early next week.
Increasing heat and humidity mid to late week with a return of
daily shower and thunderstorm chances.
KEY MESSAGE 1 DESCRIPTION...
High pressure will build across the region tonight through
early next week. Temperatures will be at near normal, to
slightly above normal, levels Sunday through early next week.
Less humid conditions will also occur Sunday through early next
week. Increasing heat and humidity then return mid to late week
along with a return of daily shower and thunderstorm chances.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
Tonight...Generally VFR. Potential for an isolated shower or
thunderstorm possible across northern areas during the evening.
Variable conditions with any patchy fog overnight. NW winds
5-10 kts, with some gusts to 20kts possible this evening. Winds
relax overnight.
Sunday...Variable conditions with any patchy fog early.
Otherwise, VFR. N winds 5-10 kts, becoming variable. Winds begin
to shift S in southern terminals by Sunday evening.
Sunday night...Variable conditions with any patchy fog
overnight. Otherwise, VFR. Light and variable winds.
Monday-Monday night...VFR. Light and variable or near calm
winds, with a S wind sea breeze developing at southern terminals
Monday afternoon.
Tuesday...Mainly VFR, though may see MVFR BHB and coastal Downeast
terminals in -shra. S winds 5-15kts in the afternoon.
Tuesday night-Wednesday...Mainly VFR, though may see MVFR/IFR
Downeast terminals in fog late Tue/early Wed. S winds 5-10kts.
Wednesday night-Thursday...MVFR possible at northern terminals
in some scattered showers, otherwise VFR. SW winds 5-10 kts.
&&
.MARINE...
Winds/seas below small craft advisory levels tonight through
Sunday night.
Seas and winds will remain below small craft levels through the
middle of next week. Seas will begin to climb toward 5ft 25-60NM
Tuesday evening with wind gusts between 5-15kts. Patchy fog will
reduce visibilities over the waters at night.
&&
.CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...Air Quality Alert from 9 PM Sunday to midnight EDT Sunday
night for MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032.
Beach Hazards Statement until 8 PM EDT this evening for MEZ029-
030.
MARINE...None.
&&
DISCUSSION...CN/JMM
AVIATION...ASB/CN/JMMNearby
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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.