Strong winds downed trees onto power lines and caused about 6000 power outages. Wind gusts were generally in the 30 to 40 mph range.
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The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.
Strong winds downed trees onto power lines and caused about 6000 power outages. Wind gusts were generally in the 30 to 40 mph range.
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 Nov 28, 9:59 AM EST, 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 959 AM EST SUN NOV 28 2004 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)...AFTER A LOOK AT THE 12Z TEPHIGRAMS FROM KGYX AND KALB HAVE DECIDED TO EXPAND THE WIND ADV TO ALL SECTIONS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAVE ALSO ADDED RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES TO ALL AREAS. I ADJUSTED MAX TEMPS UP A BIT AND HOURLY TEMPS/DEW-POINTS/WINDS WERE ALSO ADJUSTED. WAVES ALREADY 7 TO 8 FT AT MOST BUOYS AND HAVE BUMPED THEM UP SEVERAL FT AS WELL. && .PREV SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS EAST OF VIRGINIA. THE LOW AND FRONT WILL PASS E OF THE GRAY MAINE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE COAST AND ADJACENT AREAS. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...TONIGHTS EVENT QUICKLY MOVES OUT MONDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE APPROACHING REGION LATER MONDAY AND MOVING ACROSS REGION ON TUESDAY. NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES REGION TUESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME MENTION OF PRECIPITATION THEREAFTER. THIS EVENT LOOKS TO BE COLDER WITH PRECIPITATION IN THE FROZEN FORM OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND SOME SORT OF DAYTIME LIQUID/NIGHTTIME FROZEN PRECIPITATION ELSEWHERE. && .AVIATION...MARGINAL VISUAL FLIGHT RULES THIS MORNING DUE TO LOW CLOUDS. CONDITIONS WILL LOWER FROM WEST TO EAST TO INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT WITH VISUAL FLIGHT RULES AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER NEW HAMPSHIRE SPREADING EAST. && .MARINE...GALE WARNING TODAY INTO TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT MONDAY MORNING...GOING BELOW SCA LATER MONDAY. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...WIND ADVY ZNS 007>009/012>014-018>028. NH...WIND ADVY ZNS 001>010/013/014. MARINE...GALE WARNING. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 347 AM EST SUN NOV 28 2004 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-291000- 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 347 AM EST SUN NOV 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MAINE AND NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDS ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR COASTAL AND ADJACENT INTERIOR MAINE AS WELL AS THE FOOTHILLS OF MAINE. THE ADVISORIES ALSO INCLUDE COASTAL ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. A STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH EXPECTED. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME SMALL DOWNED TREES AND LIMBS WHICH COULD PRODUCE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO RELAX AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
17 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, November 2004
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