As a strong low pressure system rapidly intensified and moved east of the area, high winds developed in its' wake. The Automated Surface Observing Systems at Westhampton Beach and Montauk Point measured peak wind gusts to 56 mph at 11:51 am and to 54 mph at 12:43 pm.
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As a strong low pressure system rapidly intensified and moved east of the area, high winds developed in its' wake. The Automated Surface Observing Systems at Westhampton Beach and Montauk Point measured peak wind gusts to 56 mph at 11:51 am and to 54 mph at 12:43 pm. The weather station at East Hampton measured a peak wind gust of 58 mph.A trained spotter measured wind gusts from 61 to 70 mph in Wading River from 11:49 am until 1:13 pm.Law enforcement reported downed trees and power lines in Southold.Amateur radio operators reported downed trees and power lines with broken windows in East Hampton.A trained spotter reported many downed large branches and trees in Sag Harbor.
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 New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 9, 11:40 AM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1140 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005
.SHORT TERM (THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY)...
ANALYSIS PUTS LOW JUST SOUTH OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND PRESSURE
FALLS INDICATE IT IS MOVING JUST S OF CAPE COD...RIGHT ON SCHEDULE.
PRECIPITATION WRAPPING AROUND INTENSIFYING LOW MOVING EAST. UPDATED
GRIDS AND PACKAGE COMING SHORTLY. WILL CANCEL WARNINGS...ADVISORIES
FOR WESTERN HALF OF CWA (WEST OF NEW HAVEN COUNTY CT).
OTHERWISE...JUST DIGESTING 12Z RUNS AND FORECAST SHOULD NOT BE AS
COMPLEX THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND. VERY BRIEF COLD AIR ADVECTION GIVES
WAY TO WARM AIR ADVECTION AS UPPER TROUGH PUSHES EAST AND WEAK RIDGE
BUILDS IN. THIS RIDGE WILL ALSO QUICKLY GIVE WAY TO MUCH MORE
IMPRESSIVE UPPER TROUGH BY LATER SUNDAY...AND MONDAY. REINFORCING
SHOT OF COLD AIR WITH CLIPPER SYSTEM MAY GIVE US SOME SNOW SHOWERS
MONDAY.
GUIDANCE TEMPS ACCEPTED THIS TIME PERIOD.
&&
.LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)...
MORE TO COME. THIS FROM EARLIER POST.
BRIEF RIDGING LATER WEDNESDAY FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER SHORTWAVE THAT
WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE MID WEST AND APPROACH THE EAST COAST
THURSDAY. THIS WILL BE WHEN THE NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIP OCCURS. STILL
SOME DISPARITY IN MODEL SOLUTIONS...BUT OVERALL...LOOKS COLD FOR THE
EARLY PORTION OF THE WEEK.
&&
.MARINE...GALE WINDS WILL BE DEVELOPING AROUND MIDDAY AS COASTAL LOW
DEEPENS RAPIDLY. WILL LOWER THE STORM WARNING OVER EASTERN OCEAN
WATERS...AS THE PROXIMITY OF THE TRACK OF THE LOW WILL MAKE IT
DIFFICULT TO REACH THAT CRITERIA DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND DONT
THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO EFFICIENTLY MIX DOWN 45 TO 50 KT LLJ AT
3000 FT TO THE SURFACE TO JUSTIFY EVEN FREQUENT GUSTS TO STORM
FORCE. BELIEVE THAT GALES WILL SUFFICE. AS THE LOW PULLS AWAY FROM
THE AREA TONIGHT WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BELOW GALE WITH SMALL
CRAFT CRITERIA SEAS LIKELY REMAINING ACROSS THE EASTERN OCEAN ZONES.
HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WITH ANOTHER LOW FROM
THE NORTH POSSIBLY AFFECTING THE WATERS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. WINDS
AND SEAS DURING THIS PERIOD WILL APPROACH...BUT SHOULD REMAIN JUST
BELOW SMALL CRAFT LEVELS.
&&
.AVIATION...
CONDITIONS WILL BE GRADUALLY IMPROVING FROM ABOUT 18-20Z AS LOW PRES
DEPARTS FROM THE NORTHEAST. EXPECT RAIN ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHERN
TERMINALS OF KJFK-KISP-KBDR-KGON. OTHER TERMINALS IN THE NYC
VICINITY WILL SEE SNOW MIXING WITH RAIN BEFORE ENDING. KSWF-KHPN
WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW BEFORE TAPERING OFF. AS LOW PRESS RAPIDLY
INTENSIFIES OVER NOVA SCOTIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL
BECOME QUITE GUSTY LATER THROUGH THE EVENING.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
URBAN PROBLEMS ACROSS LI IN HEAVY RAIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
THEREAFTER...NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIP EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS.
&&
.OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CTZ006 UNTIL 5 PM FRIDAY.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CTZ010>012 UNTIL 4 PM FRIDAY.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CTZ007-008 UNTIL 5 PM FRIDAY.
NJ...NONE.
NY...NONE.
MARINE...GALE WARNING FOR ANZ330-335-338-355 UNTIL 9 PM FRIDAY.
...GALE WARNING FOR ANZ350-353 UNTIL 1 AM SATURDAY.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 923 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 CTZ005-NJZ002-NYZ067>070-101430- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 923 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS MORNING BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES...THEN TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS. PLEASE REFER TO NYCWSWOKX FOR FURTHER DETAILS. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED FOR SNOWFALL REPORTS. CTZ009-NJZ006-NYZ071>076-101430- SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-HUDSON-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS- 923 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM TODAY. SNOW AND SLEET WILL MIX WITH PLAIN RAIN LATE THIS MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF BROOKLYN...QUEENS AND STATEN ISLAND WILL BE PREDOMINATELY RAIN. TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH SLIGHTLY LESSER AMOUNTS NEAR THE IMMEDIATE SHORE. PLEASE REFER TO NYCWSWOKX FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED FOR SNOWFALL REPORTS. CTZ010>012-101430- SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- 923 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM TODAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGEOVER TO ALL RAIN BEFORE ENDING THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH SOME ICING. PLEASE REFER TO NYCWSWOKX FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED FOR SNOWFALL REPORTS. CTZ006-101430- NORTHERN NEW HAVEN- 923 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM TODAY. SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN LATE THIS MORNING...THEN POSSIBLY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER...AND POSSIBLY MIX WITH SLEET AS IT DOES SO. TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS. PLEASE REFER TO NYCWSWOKX FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED FOR SNOWFALL REPORTS. NYZ077>081-101430- NASSAU-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 923 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE EARLIER MIXED PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED TO PLAIN RAIN ACROSS NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES...THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. SLUSHY OR ICY SPOTS MAY REMAIN ON A FEW ROADWAYS THROUGH MID MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED FOR SNOWFALL REPORTS. NJZ003>005-011-101430- BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-UNION- 923 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM TODAY. SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN LATE THIS MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED. PLEASE REFER TO NYCWSWOKX FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED FOR SNOWFALL REPORTS. CTZ007-008-101430- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON- 923 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM TODAY. SNOW AND SLEET WILL MIX WITH PLAIN RAIN LATE THIS MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER THIS MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. PLEASE REFER TO NYCWSWOKX FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED FOR SNOWFALL REPORTS. ANZ330-335-338-350-353-355-101430- LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 923 AM EST FRI DEC 9 2005 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT FOR NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NO SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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