The remnants of Hurricane Ida produced heavy rain across New Hampshire and Maine. 30 inches.
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The remnants of Hurricane Ida produced heavy rain across New Hampshire and Maine. Rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches were common with Wells, Maine reporting 6.30 inches. The rain produced minor flooding on the Presumpscot River in Westbrook.
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 14, 9:56 PM EST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 956 PM EST SAT NOV 14 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL SLOWLY DRIFT EAST TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH OFFSHORE EARLY SUNDAY NIGHT AND HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT OFFSHORE THURSDAY AND A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY. THE FRONT WILL STALL OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 7 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... 950 PM UPDATE... BACK EDGE OF HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION MOVING NORTHWARD THROUGH NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY...THOUGH STILL SOME LIGHTER PRECIP MOVING ONSHORE. ANOTHER BATCH OF HEAVY PRECIP NOTED ON RADAR LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF CAPE COD AND HEADING NORTHWARD...SO COULD SEE ANOTHER BATCH OF HEAVIER QPF AFTER MIDNIGHT. FLOOD WARNINGS TO REMAIN IN EFFECT AND HAVE ALSO ISSUED FLOOD WARNING FOR PRESUMPSCOT RIVER (PWMFLWGYX). 815 UPDATE... AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE WITH SOME COASTAL STORM TOTALS BROACHING THE 4 INCH MARK...THUS HAVE UPGRADED ADVISORIES TO FLOOD WARNINGS. (SEE PWMLWGYX). ALSO...WATCHING THE PORTLAND TIDE GAGE WHICH IS RUNNING BETWEEN 1/2 TO 3/4 FOOT ABOVE FORECAST LEVEL. STILL EXPECT IT TO REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE BUT SPLASHOVER AT TIME OF HIGH TIDE A DISTINCT POSSIBLITY AS SEAS RUNNING 8 TO 12 FT. 540 PM UPDATE... COASTAL FRONT DEVELOPMENT OFF THE SOUTHERN MAINE COAST PROVIDING MORE THAN ANTICIPATED ADDITIONAL LIFT...RESULTING IN HIGHER QPF THAN FORECAST. RADAR ESTIMATES RUNNING CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN GROUND TRUTH REPORTS WITH SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF APROX 2 INCHES OVER PORTIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND STILL ANOTHER COUPLE HOURS OF R+ EXPECTED. HAVE GONE WITH FLOOD ADVISORY IN AFFECTED AREAS. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... HEAVIER RAIN NOW FALLING AND SPREADING ACROSS MOST OF NH AND ME. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL MOVE SLOWLY ENE THRU MAINE ALONG WITH UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT. INVERTED SURFACE TROF NOW ALONG THE COAST WILL HELP TO FOCUS HEAVIER PRECIP WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. INSULATING CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP LOWS IN THE 40S AND 50S OVERNIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /7 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY/... POPS WILL DECREASE BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON/EVENING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THRU NEW ENGLAND. MOISTURE WILL REMAIN TRAPPED UNDER THE INVERSION PRIOR TO THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WHICH WILL MAKE FOR A CLOUDY...FOGGY...DRIZZLY DAY. MODELS ARE OPTIMISTICALLY ADVERTISING 50S AND EVEN LOWER 60S FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NH AND ME DUE TO COMPRESSIONAL WARMING AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY AND AMPLE WARM AIR ADVECTION. WENT WITH A BLEND OF MODELS FOR TEMPS. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... ANOTHER RATHER QUIET WEEK ON TAP AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. DEPARTING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH OFFSHORE EARLY SUNDAY EVENING AND SHOULD SEE AT LEAST PARTIAL CLEARING. INCREASING NORTHWEST GRADIENT BEHIND THE FRONT SHOULD HELP TO KEEP TEMPS UP IN MOST SPOTS. BREEZY BUT MOSTLY SUNNY DOWNWIND OF THE MOUNTAINS FOR MONDAY WITH TEMPERATURES CONTINUING ABOVE NORMAL. LOOKING FOR AT LEAST PARTLY SUNNY SKIES IN THE MOUNTAINS BUT MORE IN THE WAY OF CLOUDS IN THE UPSLOPE FLOW. BACK DOOR COLD FRONT DROPS THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT ENHANCING CLOUDS IN THE THE MOUNTAINS FOR A TIME BUT PRODUCING LITTLE MORE THAN VARIABLE CLOUDS ELSEWHERE. ANOTHER SUNNY DAY ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. LOOKING AT SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS BUT STILL AT OR A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CREST OVER THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WILL SLOWLY SHIFT OFFSHORE ON THURSDAY BRINGING MODERATING TEMPS IN RETURN FLOW AS FAIR WEATHER CONTINUES. SHORTWAVE SWINGING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES WILL PUSH A TRAILING COLD FRONT TOWARD THE REGION ON FRIDAY BUT AT THIS POINT LOOKS RATHER MOISTURE STARVED AND WEAK. THIS BOUNDARY FORECAST TO CROSS THE REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH JUST A LOW CHANCE OF SHOWERS. THIS BOUNDARY WILL STALL JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SHORTWAVE MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE OHIO VALLEY ON SATURDAY WILL ENHANCE PRECIPITATION ALONG THIS STALLED BOUNDARY BUT APPEARS AT THIS POINT ANY SHOWERS WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. WITH THIS IN MIND HAVE GENERALLY GONE WITH LOW CHANCE POPS FROM GMOS FOR DAYS 6 THROUGH 7. && .AVIATION /03Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... SHORT TERM...LIFR/IFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THRU TOMORROW WITH RAIN THIS EVENING AND DRIZZLE/FOG EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE DAY TOMORROW. LONG TERM...BECOMING VFR SUNDAY NIGHT AND REMAINING VFR THROUGH THURSDAY. && .MARINE... SHORT TERM...SCA IN EFFECT FOR WINDS AND SEAS THRU TOMORROW MORNING...THEN MAINLY FOR SEAS BETWEEN 7-11 FT THRU 7 PM SUN. LONG TERM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR SEAS EXTENDED INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AND WINDS WILL APPROACH SCA LEVELS ON MONDAY. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST SUNDAY FOR ANZ150>154. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 307 AM EST SAT NOV 14 2009 MEZ007>009-NHZ001>003-005-007-150815- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SULLIVAN- 307 AM EST SAT NOV 14 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MEZ012>014-018>022-NHZ004-006-008>010-013-150815- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN CARROLL-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- 307 AM EST SAT NOV 14 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RAIN MAY FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME...NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MEZ023>028-NHZ014-150815- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 307 AM EST SAT NOV 14 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE COMBINATION OF A PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW...INCREASING ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AND BUILDING SEAS MAY RESULT IN SPLASHOVER AROUND OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...RAIN MAY FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME...NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ150>154-150815- STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME OUT TO 25 NM-PENOBSCOT BAY- PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME OUT TO 25 NM-CASCO BAY- CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM- 307 AM EST SAT NOV 14 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CASCO BAY...PENOBSCOT BAY...THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA...THE COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME AND THE COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 513 PM EST SAT NOV 14 2009 MEZ018>021-023>026-150115- INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA... WATERVILLE...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY... PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM... BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO 513 PM EST SAT NOV 14 2009 ...HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING... RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVER COASTAL AS WELL AS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF MAINE THIS EVENING. RAINFALL RATES LATE THIS AFTERNOON BORDERED ON A HALF INCH OR MORE PER HOUR. THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AS WELL AS LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF LEAF CLOGGED CATCH BASINS. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE GREATLY REDUCED IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION ON ROADWAYS THIS EVENING AND TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS SAFELY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 730 PM EST SAT NOV 14 2009 MEZ012-018>021-023>026-NHZ014-150330- SOUTHERN OXFORD-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN- KENNEBEC-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD... SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE... BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND... SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 730 PM EST SAT NOV 14 2009 ...RAINFALL TOTALS WILL CONTINUE TO SOAR IN A FEW AREAS TONIGHT...CAUSING FLOODING... BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO FORM ALONG A STRONG COASTAL FRONT AND THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM IDA. THE SEACOAST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MAINE WILL HAVE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THROUGH MIDNIGHT. EXPECT RAINFALL TOTALS FROM HAMPTON IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY TO GRAY IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS TO BE 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM THIS STORM. LOCALLY...UP TO 5 INCHES MAY FALL IN THE PORTLAND AREA. URBAN STREET FLOODING AND RAPID RISES ON SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL BE A PROBLEM OVERNIGHT. DO NOT DRIVE OVER FLOODED ROADWAYS JC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida caused minor flooding on the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, (flood stage 15.0 ft). The river crested at 18.76 ft.
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