Strong winds downed trees onto power lines causing numerous power outages throughout the area. According to Central Maine Power Company, about 11,000 customers lost power in southern Maine.
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The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.
Strong winds downed trees onto power lines causing numerous power outages throughout the area. According to Central Maine Power Company, about 11,000 customers lost power in southern Maine. In Lebanon, a wind gust toppled a large pine tree crushing part of a home.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 1, 4:06 PM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 406 PM EST WED DEC 1 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND THURSDAY)... LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY AS IT TRACKS FROM NORTHERN NEW YORK...ACROSS NORTHERN MAINE. SNOW HAS CHANGED OVER TO RAIN IN MOST LOCATIONS...WITH EVEN HIGHER ELEVATIONS CHANGING TO RAIN PER THE MWN OBSERVATION. WILL DROP THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WITH THIS PACKAGE. STRONG WESTERLY FLOW AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD RESULT IN UPSLOPE AIDED SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE FAIRLY INTENSE IN SPOTS...BUT WILL BE LIMITED BY THE LESS FAVORABLE WESTERLY FLOW AND BY TIME GIVEN THE SPEED THE SYSTEM IS MOVING OUT. WILL MENTION 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW SHOWER ACCUMULATION IN THE MOUNTAINS BEHIND THE SYSTEM. WILL ALSO RAISE A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS EVENING. UPSTREAM...GUSTS TO 50 MPH REPORTED BY ASOS IN PENNSYLVENNIA...WITH TAUNTON ALREADY REPORTING SOME WIND DAMAGE. GRADIENT WEAKENS A BIT OVER OUR AREA... BUT STILL STRONG ENOUGH FOR WINDS TO PUSH 35 MPH AT TIMES THIS EVENING. EXPECT A QUIETER DAY TOMORROW. SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD BE DONE BY DAYBREAK...WITH A BRISK BUT DRY DAY BEHIND THE SYSTEM. USE MAV/ETA MOS COMPROMISE TONIGHT...BUT GO BELOW THIS FOR THURSDAY. STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION...AND CANNOT SEE TEMPERATURES REACHING THE LOWER TO MID 40S (AS MOS SUGGESTS) ANYWHERE IN OUR CWA. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY. A WEAK AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. MINOR DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND. THESE DISTURBANCES WILL GENERATE SOME CLOUDS BUT LITTLE IN THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION. A MORE SIGNIFICANT LOW WILL BRING RAIN TO THE AREA TUESDAY. && .AVIATION... IFR TO LIFR CONDITIONS...RAPIDLY IMPROVING BEHIND THE FRONT FROM 20 TO 01Z. VFR CONDITIONS TONIGHT...EXCEPT SCT MVFR IN MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS. WINDS MAY BE A CONCERN...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS APPROACHING 25 KTS AT TIMES. && .MARINE... WILL CARRY STRONG GALES TONIGHT. MATINICUS FLIRTING WITH STORM FORCE IN THE WARM AIR ADVECTION...BUT EXPECT THIS TO TREND DOWN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. WINDS TO PICK UP AGAIN ON THE BACK-SIDE...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS JUST BELOW STORM FORCE LIKELY. A FEW GUSTS TO STORM FORCE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. WINDS DROP OFF TO SCA DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...WIND ADVISORY. NH...WIND ADVISORY. MARINE...GLW. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 443 AM EST WED DEC 1 2004 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-020938- ANDROSCOGGIN ME-BELKNAP NH-CENTRAL SOMERSET ME-COASTAL CUMBERLAND ME- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM NH-COASTAL WALDO ME-COASTAL YORK ME- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND ME-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM NH-INTERIOR WALDO ME- INTERIOR YORK ME-KENNEBEC ME-KNOX ME-LINCOLN ME-MERRIMACK NH- NORTHERN CARROLL NH-NORTHERN COOS NH-NORTHERN FRANKLIN ME- NORTHERN GRAFTON NH-NORTHERN OXFORD ME-SAGADAHOC ME- SOUTHERN CARROLL NH-SOUTHERN COOS NH-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN ME- SOUTHERN GRAFTON NH-SOUTHERN OXFORD ME-SOUTHERN SOMERSET ME- STRAFFORD NH-SULLIVAN NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALFRED...AUBURN...AUGUSTA...BATH... BELFAST...BERLIN...BETHEL...BETHLEHEM...BIDDEFORD... BOOTHBAY HARBOR...BRIDGTON...BRUNSWICK...CAMDEN...CLAREMONT... COBURN GORE...COLEBROOK...CONCORD...CONWAY...DAMARISCOTTA...DERRY... DOVER...DURHAM...EUSTIS...EXETER...FAIRFIELD...FARMINGTON... FRANKLIN...FRYEBURG...GARDINER...HAMPTON...HENNIKER...JACKMAN... KITTERY...LACONIA...LANCASTER...LEBANON...LEWISTON...LINCOLN... LINCOLNVILLE...LITTLETON...MECHANIC FALLS...MEREDITH... MOULTONBOROUGH...NAPLES...NEW LONDON...NORTH WINDHAM...NORTHWOOD... OAKLAND...OSSIPEE...PITTSFIELD...PLYMOUTH...PORTLAND...PORTSMOUTH... RANGELEY...ROCHESTER...ROCKLAND...RUMFORD...SALEM...SANFORD... SEARSPORT...SKOWHEGAN...SOUTH PARIS...SOUTH PORTLAND...THORNDIKE... TOPSHAM...TURNER...WATERVILLE...WESTBROOK...WISCASSET AND WOODSVILLE 443 AM EST WED DEC 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MAINE AND NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY INTO THIS EVENING FOR FAR NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MAINE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 2 TO 6 INCHES IS LIKELY BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maine in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, December 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5432431, 5432432, 5432433, 5432434, 5432435, 5432436, 5432437, 5432438.