Strong winds blew over an old hanger at the Bethel Airport and falling trees caused scattered power outages which affected about 5000 people across the area. Wind gusts were generally in the 30- to 40-mph range.
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Strong winds blew over an old hanger at the Bethel Airport and falling trees caused scattered power outages which affected about 5000 people across the area. Wind gusts were generally in the 30- to 40-mph range. with Portland reporting a maximum gust of 55 mph.
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 3, 3:00 AM EST, 6 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 300 AM EST WED NOV 3 2004 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)...TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. RAIN WILL END RAPIDLY FROM WEST TO EAST BY SUNRISE. SOME LINGERING RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. GOOD DRYING AND STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL RESULT IN RAPID CLEARING LEE OF MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING WITH CLEARING DELAYED UNTIL LATER THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION AND A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS TODAY. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. THESE SPEEDS ARE JUST BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA HENCE NO HEADLINES TODAY. A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT RESULTING IN DIMINISHING WINDS EARLY TONIGHT. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)...HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS REGION ON THURSDAY WITH LOW PRESSURE ARRIVING THURSDAY NIGHT AND INTENSIFYING AS IT MOVES OFFSHORE ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL DRAW DOWN COLDER AIR MASS WHICH WILL BRING THE THREAT OF SOME DEGREE OF FROZEN PRECIPITATION EVEN TO COASTAL AREAS ON FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES MODERATE A BIT OVER THE WEEKEND && .AVIATION...WIDESPREAD INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES EARLY THIS MORNING WITH RAPID CLEARING AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES BY MID MORNING. LINGERING MARGINAL VISUAL FLIGHT RULE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVER THE MOUNTAINS UNTIL LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. && .MARINE...GALE WARNINGS TODAY. WINDS WILL DROP TO SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA TONIGHT. LONG TERM LOOKS LIKE STRONG SCAS OR GLWS MAY BE REQUIRED AGAIN FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...GLW. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 259 AM EST WED NOV 3 2004 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-041000- 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 259 AM EST WED NOV 3 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MAINE AND NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND WILL DEVELOP TODAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS ON THE ORDER OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUST TO 40 MPH. THIS MAY BRING DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND COULD CAUSE SOME ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WINTER WEATHER WILL MAKE AN INITIAL APPEARANCE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. TOO EARLY FOR SPECIFICS...BUT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD EVEN MAKE IT DOWN TO THE COASTAL AREAS. .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.
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