Low pressure lifting north along the coast toward the Gulf of Maine brought strong gusty winds to the region. The strongest winds generally occurred across the coastal islands and along the immediate coast.
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The episode as NWS CAR wrote it up.
Low pressure lifting north along the coast toward the Gulf of Maine brought strong gusty winds to the region. The strongest winds generally occurred across the coastal islands and along the immediate coast. Peak wind gusts included 65 mph at Cutler...59 mph at West Quoddy and 58 mph at Lubec.
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 May 7, 1:13 PM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 213 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2005 .SYNOPSIS...INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE MID ATLANTIC SEABOARD WILL GRADUALLY MAKE ITS APPROACH TONIGHT. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO TRACK TO A POSITION OFF CAPE COD SUNDAY...THEN SLOWLY BACK OUT TO SEA MONDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS TO THE AREA. A WARM FRONT WILL THEN CROSS NORTHERN MAINE LATE TUESDAY...WITH A COLD FRONT THEN SHIFTING ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...MAJOR SPRING NOR-EASTER SPINNING UP THE COAST WILL BRING A WINDSWEPT HEAVY RAIN ACROSS DOWNEAST MAINE TONIGHT...WITH MODERATE RAIN EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH. THE LOW CENTER IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY APPROACH THE GULF OF MAINE OVERNIGHT AND THEN GRADUALLY TURN BACK OUT TO SEA LATER SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD RANGE FROM 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OVER DOWNEAST AREAS TO 0.5 TO .75 INCH UP NORTH...WITH THE LOWEST AMOUNTS OVER THE ST JOHN VALLEY. A COLD POOL ALOFT WILL ALLOW THE RAIN TO MIX WITH A BIT OF SNOW OR SLEET AT TIMES...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED AS THICKNESSES ARE VERY MARGINAL. RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF SUNDAY BUT THE SKY WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY AND NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 15 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA. AS THE STORM PULLS OUT TO SEA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY A WARM RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD BACK IN FROM THE WEST AND NORTH. MONDAY WILL TURN OUT PARTLY SUNNY AND WARMER WITH HIGHS REACHING THE 60S IN MOST AREAS. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... LONGER RANGE MODELS ARE IN RELATIVE AGREEMENT WITH REGARD TO THE TIMING OF WX SYSTEMS IN THE LONG TERM. INTIALLY...A WARM FRONT IS PROGGED TO CROSS THE FA BY LATE TUE WITH A FEW SHWRS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL SET THE THE NRN TWO THIRDS OF THE FA UP FOR A WARM AND MOSTLY DRY DAY ON WED...WITH TEMPS COOLER ACROSS THE SRN THIRD... SPCLY THE COAST WITH 210 DEG BL WIND DIRECTION FCST DURING THE AFT. SHWRS AND ISOLD THUNDER WILL ACCOMPANY THE MODLY STRONG COLD FRONT SLATED FOR WED EVE...WITH THE BEST POPS AND INSTABILTY ACROSS THE N. THIS FRONT WILL LIKELY STALL IN THE GULF OF MAINE AS ANOTHER S/WV AND ASSOCIATED SFC LOW FORMS ALONG IT...BRING THE THE FA ANOTHER CHC OF RNFL LATE THU INTO ERLY FRI MORN. AFT THIS SYSTEM...MOST OF THE WEEKEND LOOKS TO BE FAIR AND DRY WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPS. && .AVIATION... MOSTLY MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS WITH RN...WITH POCKETS OF IFR CIGS INTO SUN MORN. && .MARINE... CONT WITH GALE TNGT INTO SUN MORN...DIMINSHING SCA WINDS AND SEAS SUN AFT AND EVE. SEAS SHOULD FALL BELOW SCA THRESHOLDS BY MON EVE. NO HEADLINES ANTICIPATED FOR THE LONG TERM ATTM. && .HYDROLOGY...MODELS CONTINUE TO WARRENT THE FLOOD WATCH WITH UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF DOWNEAST MAINE. CONCERN WILL BE FOR RISES OF STREAMS AND SMALLER RIVERS. && .CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...FLOOD WATCH FOR MEZ015>017-029-030 TO 8 AM SUNDAY. ...WIND ADVISORY FOR MEZ015>017-029-030 TO 8 AM SUNDAY. MARINE...GALE WARNING FOR ANZ050 TO 10 AM SUNDAY. && SHORT TERM/MARINE...BLOOMER LONG TERM/MARINE...VJN AVIATION...SMF HYDROLOGY...BLOOMER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 441 AM EDT SAT MAY 7 2005 MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-080845- 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 441 AM EDT SAT MAY 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE MID ATLANTIC SEABOARD... WILL MOVE TO A POSITION EAST OF CAPE COD LATE TONIGHT...BEFORE MOVING OUT TO SEA ON SUNDAY. RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF DOWNEAST INTERIOR AND COASTAL SECTIONS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...WHERE TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN COULD ACCUMULATE BY SUNDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT...A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS. PLEASE SEE THE PRODUCT / PWMFFACAR / FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. MEANWHILE...AS THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MAKES ITS MOVE TOWARD OUR REGION LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...WINDS WILL INCREASE. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ACROSS PARTS OF DOWNEAST INTERIOR AND COASTAL MAINE... WHERE A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE THE PRODUCT / PWMNPWCAR / FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. A GALE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM EASTPORT TO STONINGTON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... RAINFALL AND WATER LEVEL REPORTS ON RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL BE NEEDED THIS WEEKEND. STUREY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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