Strong winds developed in advance of a cold front crossing the region. were reported.
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The episode as NWS CAR wrote it up.
Strong winds developed in advance of a cold front crossing the region. Sustained winds of 25 to 35 mph...with gusts of 50 to 60 mph...were reported. The winds contributed to numerous power outages.
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 Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 14, 3:45 AM EST, 7 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
345 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005
.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY.
RAIN EARLY TODAY MAY CHANGE TO SNOW BRIEFLY BEFORE ENDING AS THE
COLDER AIR WORKS INTO THE REGION. HIGH PRESSURE ON WILL BUILD ACROSS
THE AREA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SAT )...
MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE THE WINDS EARLY ON & QPF. WILL CONT W/HIGH WIND WARNINGS
& ADVISORIES THROUGH 12 PM. HYDRO CONCERNS ARE THERE & WILL REFERENCE THIS ISSUE
BLO.
WILL STAY CLOSE TO GFS SOLN TODAY GIVEN LATEST OBS & RADAR/SATL IMAGERY ESP FOR
TIMING OF THE FRONT & TEMP PROFILES. STABLE AIRMASS HOLDING TOUGH W/STG LLVL JET
OF 60-65 KTS FROM 2-3K FT PER VWPS (CAR/GYX). THIS JET STAYING ALF FOR THE TIME
BEING. NOT SO SURE HOW MUCH WIND WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SFC. COULD SEE SOME STG
GUSTS ESP IN HEAVY RAFL. WINDOW OF HIGH WINDS WILL BE NARROW (2-3 HRS) AT BEST.
FRONT TO ENTER NWRN ME THIS MORNING & THEN CROSS THE REST OF THE CWFA DURING THE
DAY REACHING THE COAST BY LATE AFTN. DID BACK UP TIMING OF PRECIP PER LATEST
RADAR & OBS. THINKING RA WILL CHG TO SN ACROSS NWRN CWFA THIS MORNING AS CAA COMES
IN BEHIND THE FRONT. WILL SEE TRANSITION TO SN THE REST OF THE CWFA FROM LATE
MORNING INTO THE AFTN. DID PUSH SNOW AMT GRIDS TO 1 INCH ACROSS N & NW CWFA.
REST OF THE CWFA...LITTLE OR NO ACCUMS. COULD SEE SOME BRIEF BLOWING SNOW
THIS AFTN W/GUSTY WNW WINDS. SNOW TO END LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS FRONT
CLEARS THE COAST & NVA WORKS IN. PUSH EARLY MORNING MAXES UP QUITE A BIT W/SOME
NEAR RECORD MAXES & THEN GRIDS SHOW COOLDOWN.
TONIGHT INTO SAT...COLD AIR TO CONT TO FILTER INTO THE CWFA. ACTUALLY WILL SEE UP
UPPER LVL FRONT TO MOVE ACROSS THE CWFA EARLY TONIGHT WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE WIND
FIELDS FROM THE NW. DID NOT USE ETA/GFS MIN GRIDS TONIGHT AS THEY LOOK TOO
COLD GIVEN WINDS STAYING UP. TOOK PREV GRIDS & MAKE SOME SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS DOWN.
ONE CAVEAT TO THIS IS IF WINDS LAY UP QUICKER...THEN TEMPS WILL HAVE TO CHC TO
PLUMMET FURTHER. DAYCREW CAN ASSESS FURTHER W/LATER RUNS. HIGH PRES TO WORK
ACROSS THE CWFA ON SAT W/CONTD COLD CONDITIONS. WEAK FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE CWFA
SAT AFTN WHICH WILL BRING SOME CLOUDS INTO THE CWFA. LEANED W/PC SKY GRIDS AFT
18Z.
NOW FOR THE HYDRO CONCERNS...LATEST HYDROVIEW TIME SERIES SHOWING SOME SLIGHT
FLUCTUATIONS ESP ON THE ST. JOHN & THE ALLAGASH RIVERS. MOST LIKELY DUE TO
SNOWMELT. WILL CONT W/THE FLS & BEEF UP THE WORDING. DECENT SHOT OF QPF
W/WARMING TEMPS & WIND WILL HELP TO INCREASE RUNOFF LEADING TO RIVER RISES.
JAMS COULD BEGIN TO MOVE & LOCK UP AGAIN ESP W/COOLDOWN TAKING EFFECT LATER
TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THINGS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
COULD SEE A DELAYED REACTION AS WAS EVIDENT W/THE LAST 2 EVENTS W/A WARMUP & QPF.
&&
.LONG TERM (SAT NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS ON SATURDAY WITH COLD BUT DRY
WEATHER EXPECTED. A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE DOWN ACROSS THE
REGION DURING SUNDAY. THERE COULD BE SOME FLURRIES/SNOW SHOWERS BUT
ONLY INDICATED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE GRIDS. DURING MONDAY A
SHORTWAVE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST AND MOVE ACROSS MONDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY TIME FRAME. GFS ALSO INDICATING AN INVERTED TROF
SETTING UP ALONG THE MAINE COAST. AT TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE MAIN
AFFECTS WOULD BE SOUTH OF OUR CWA SO MADE NO CHANGES TO FORECAST
GRIDS.
&&
.AVIATION...
IFR CONDITIONS THIS MORNING GOING TO MVFR LATER THIS MORNING & THEN VFR BY THE
AFTN AS THE FRONT MOVES THRUOGH THE CWFA. STG LLVL JET (65 KTS) AT 2-3K FT WILL
LEAD TO SOME MODERATE TO OCNL SVR TURBULENCE FROM ABOUT 13Z-16Z.
&&
.MARINE...
KEPT GLW GOING THROUGH EARLY AFTN USING THE GFS80 IN THE WIND FIELDS
W/ADJUSTMENTS. BROUGHT CONDITIONS DOWN TO STG SCA LVLS THIS AFTN AS THAT LVLL
JET EXITS THE REGION. LOOKING FOR SCA CONDITIONS ESP IN THE SEA DEPT THROUGH 18Z
SAT AS THOSE SEAS WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO COME DOWN.
&&
.CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR MEZ015-MEZ016-MEZ017-MEZ029-MEZ030 THROUGH 12 PM
TODAY.
...WIND ADVISORY FOR MEZ001-MEZ002-MEZ003-MEZ004-MEZ005-MEZ006-
MEZ010-MEZ011-MEZ031-MEZ032 THROUGH 12 PM TODAY .
MARINE...GALE WARNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.
&&
SHORT TERM/MARINE...HEWITT
LONG TERM/MARINE...DUDA
AVIATION...CALDERON/DUDA/HEWITTHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 622 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005 MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-151000- CENTRAL PENOBSCOT ME-CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS ME-CENTRAL WASHINGTON ME- COASTAL HANCOCK ME-COASTAL WASHINGTON ME-INTERIOR HANCOCK ME- NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK ME-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT ME-NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS ME- NORTHERN SOMERSET ME-NORTHERN WASHINGTON ME-NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK ME- SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK ME-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT ME-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS ME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...BANGOR...BAR HARBOR... BAXTER ST PARK...BLUE HILL...BROWNVILLE JUNCTION...BUCKSPORT... CALAIS...CARIBOU...CHERRYFIELD...CLAYTON LAKE...DAAQUAM...DANFORTH... DEBOULLIE MOUNTAIN...DEXTER...DOVER-FOXCROFT...EAGLE LAKE... EASTPORT...ELLSWORTH...FORT FAIRFIELD...FORT KENT...GREENVILLE... GUILFORD...HOULTON...HOWLAND...LIMESTONE...LINCOLN...LUBEC... MACHIAS...MADAWASKA...MILLINOCKET...MOUNT KATAHDIN...NEWPORT... OLD TOWN...PATTEN...PORTAGE...PRESQUE ISLE...RIPOGENUS... SAINT PAMPHILE...VAN BUREN AND VANCEBORO 622 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE. .DAY ONE... HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM EST FOR INTERIOR DOWNEAST AND COASTAL MAINE. WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MAINE UNTIL 1 PM EST. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE REFER TO THE STATEMENT ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE (PWMNPWCAR). RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING CHANGING TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN MAINE BEFORE ENDING. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST MAINE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS WESTERN AND DOWNEAST AREAS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN ARES...MAINLY ACROSS ELEVATED AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN...WIND AND SNOW WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR FLOODING OF SMALLER STREAMS AND RIVERS LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. ICE JAMS ON THE AROOSTOOK AND THE ST. JOHN RIVER COULD BREAK UP...MOVE AND THEN LOCK UP AGAIN LEADING TO RAPID RISES ON THESE RIVERS. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD STATEMENT (PWMFLSCAR) ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. HEWITT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
704 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005
MEZ001>005-010-031-141345-
AROOSTOOK...PISCATAQUIS...PENOBSCOT AND SOMERSET COUNTIES...
704 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED SPECIAL
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR PERSONS IN...AROOSTOOK...PISCATAQUIS...
PENOBSCOT AND SOMERSET COUNTIES...
AT 659 AM EST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN
WITH GUSTY WINDS STRETCHING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSEL
CROSSING TO 18 MILES WEST OF BLANCHARD. THE LINE WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED THROUGH 845 AM EST INCLUDE...
OXBOW... CHESUNCOOK... ROCKWOOD... CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...
MONSON... GUILFORD... BLANCHARD... TELOS LAKE...
RUSSEL CROSSING...
THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAIN HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE...
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...
HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH SOME PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS...
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT.
REPORT WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CARIBOU.
LAT...LON 4516 7066 4505 6921 4692 6793 4695 6922
HEWITTSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1010 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005 MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-150000- CENTRAL PENOBSCOT ME-CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS ME-CENTRAL WASHINGTON ME- COASTAL HANCOCK ME-COASTAL WASHINGTON ME-INTERIOR HANCOCK ME- NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK ME-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT ME-NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS ME- NORTHERN SOMERSET ME-NORTHERN WASHINGTON ME-NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK ME- SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK ME-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT ME-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS ME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...BANGOR...BAR HARBOR... BAXTER ST PARK...BLUE HILL...BROWNVILLE JUNCTION...BUCKSPORT... CALAIS...CARIBOU...CHERRYFIELD...CLAYTON LAKE...DAAQUAM...DANFORTH... DEBOULLIE MOUNTAIN...DEXTER...DOVER-FOXCROFT...EAGLE LAKE... EASTPORT...ELLSWORTH...FORT FAIRFIELD...FORT KENT...GREENVILLE... GUILFORD...HOULTON...HOWLAND...LIMESTONE...LINCOLN...LUBEC... MACHIAS...MADAWASKA...MILLINOCKET...MOUNT KATAHDIN...NEWPORT... OLD TOWN...PATTEN...PORTAGE...PRESQUE ISLE...RIPOGENUS... SAINT PAMPHILE...VAN BUREN AND VANCEBORO 1010 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005 A POWERFUL COLD FRONT PUSHING ACROSS THE AREA WILL CHANGE THE RAIN OVER TO A PERIOD OF SNOW FOLLOWED BY ABRUPTLY FALLING TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON. THE CHANGE TO SNOW WILL OCCUR BY NOON ACROSS THE NORTH AND LATE AFTERNOON OVER DOWNEAST AREAS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH UP TO 3 INCHES OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WATCH FOR ICY ROADS AND RAPIDLY DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS AS ROAD SURFACES QUICKLY BECOME ICY THIS AFTERNOON. MCB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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