The remnants of Hurricane Ida slowly meandered off the coast before weakening and moving out to sea on the 16th. 8 ft in Portland Harbor), combined with large waves to produce splash-over around the time of high tide.
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The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.
The remnants of Hurricane Ida slowly meandered off the coast before weakening and moving out to sea on the 16th. High storm tides, (10.8 ft in Portland Harbor), combined with large waves to produce splash-over around the time of high tide. York Beach had minor erosion of road shoulders of beach roads. Wehannett Street in Wells reported minor damage as did the town of Kennebunk and South Portland. Streets flooded with water and small rocks on Surf and Riverside Streets in Saco.
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 16, 4:07 AM EST, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 407 AM EST MON NOV 16 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL EXIT THE REGION THIS MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE FRONT TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE GREAT LAKES ON THURSDAY INTO CENTRAL QUEBEC FRIDAY AFTERNOON...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY. AFTER A COOLER AND DRIER SATURDAY...A COASTAL SYSTEM MAY DEVELOP SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY OR MONDAY AND BRING ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...THE AIRMASS CHANGE IS UNDERWAY THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT GETS READY TO EXIT THE FORECAST AREA. WHILE THE WINDS HAVE YET TO RESPOND BEHIND THE FRONT OUTSIDE OF THE TERRAIN...RETURNS ON THE GYX RADAR SUGGEST WINDS ABOVE THE LOW LEVEL INVERSION HAVE INCREASED MARKEDLY. WINDS HAVE STARTED GUSTING IN THE TERRAIN IN THE PAST HOUR. THE LAST OF THE CIRRUS AHEAD OF THE SHORT WAVE CROSSING THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING IS EXITING...AND THERE IS SOME HINT OF UPSLOPE CLOUDINESS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY. SINCE THE INCOMING AIRMASS IS DRY...WOULD EXPECT THE UPSLOPE CLOUDS TO BE SHORT LIVED. WATCHING HIGH AND MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND WESTERN NEW YORK STATE IN THE WEAK WARM AIR ADVECTION AHEAD OF A SHORT WAVE OVER WESTERN ONTARIO. EXTRAPOLATION OF THIS FEATURE BRINGS IT TO THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING...AND THE CLOUDS AHEAD OF IT LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. THE CLOUDS SHOULD AFFECT MAINLY THE NORTHERN ZONES (PARTLY SUNNY)...WITH LESS ACROSS THE SOUTH (MOSTLY SUNNY). WITH WINDS AT THE TOP OF THE INVERSION ALREADY NEAR 25 KNOT...SHOULD SEE WINDS GUST TO 25 AND 30 MPH SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE...AS MIXING IN THE COLD AIR ADVECTION MAXIMIZES. WHILE THE COLD AIR ADVECTION IS IMPRESSIVE...DOES NOT LOOK IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH TO HALT AT LEAST A MODEST TEMPERATURES RISE LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. A BLEND OF MOS NUMBERS WAS USED FOR HIGHS. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY/... A SHORT WAVE ACROSS WESTERN ONTARIO EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES THIS EVENING. THE COLUMN IS DRY...SO NOT EXPECTING ANY PRECIPITATION...EVEN IN THE UPSLOPE AREAS. HOWEVER...MAY SEE SOME CLOUDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...WHERE MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGEST MOISTURE GETS TRAPPED UNDER THE POSY SHORT WAVE INVERSION. FURTHER SOUTH...NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF CLOUDS. THE GUSTY WINDS SHOULD ABATE IN THE EVENING...AS DECOUPLING OCCURS. INSERTED PATCHY FOG IN THE USUAL LOCATIONS AS THESE AREAS SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MOIST GROUND. ELSEWHERE...DESPITE THE WET GROUND...THE AIRMASS MAY BE TOO DRY TO FORM FOG. WITH NEAR IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING...LEANED TOWARD THE COOLER NAM MOS NUMBERS FOR LOWS. THE MID LEVEL FLOW BECOMES NORTHWEST TUESDAY...AND THE COOLEST PART OF THE NEW AIRMASS CROSSES NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THE SECOND SHOT OF COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL BE AT ITS PEAK TUESDAY MORNING...SO WINDS COULD BE GUSTY THEN. OTHERWISE...THE AIRMASS IS VERY DRY AND CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE OUT OF REACH. USED A BLEND OF MOS NUMBERS FOR HIGHS. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...UNTHREATENING HIGH PRESSURE KEEPS SUNNY DRY AND UNSEASONABLY WARM CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. LOW PRESSURE SPINNING IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH MIDWEEK ULTIMATELY LIFTS INTO THE GREAT LAKES ON THURSDAY AND APPROACHES NEW ENGLAND ON FRIDAY. THE MEDIUM-RANGE MODELS TRACK THE SURFACE LOW NORTH OF THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY...DRAGGING A MODEST FRONT ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY. FOR THE WEEKEND...MODELS SHOWING CONSIDERABLE SPREAD REGARDING A WAVE UNDERCUTTING THE SPLIT SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AND HEADING OUR WAY SUNDAY OR MONDAY. UNCERTAINTY WOULD SEEM TO JUSTIFY LOW CHANCE POPS FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTER A MAINLY DRY SATURDAY. && .AVIATION /08Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... IN THE NEAR TERM /TODAY/...THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING IS MAKING INROADS INTO THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND HELPING TO DISSIPATE THE FOG. WOULD EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE...EXCEPT FOR KLEB. THE MIXING BEHIND THE FRONT MAY NOT EXTEND INTO THE VALLEY...AND LIFR CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE THERE THROUGH 1300 UTC. ELSEWHERE...WOULD EXPECT GUSTY WINDS IN THE COLD AIR ADVECTION...AND 25 KNOT GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE AT KCON AND PERHAPS KAUG. CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE HIGH ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE MUCH IN THE WAY OF CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS EXPANDING EAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES MAKE RESULT IN VFR CEILINGS DURING THE DAY. IN THE SHORT TERM /TONIGHT AND TUESDAY/...ANY GUSTINESS SHOULD TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH DECOUPLING. A SECOND SHOT OF COLD AIR ADVECTION MAY PREVENT WINDS FROM GOING CALM...AND THIS COULD KEEP FOG DEVELOPMENT TO A MINIMUM. FOG WILL BE INSERTED INTO THE FORECAST FOR KLEB BETWEEN 0800 UTC AND 1300 UTC TUESDAY...BUT THAT SHOULD BE THE ONLY TERMINAL WITH FOG.AND WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING EAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES TUESDAY...WOULD EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS. LONG TERM...VFR THROUGH THURSDAY WITH CHANCES FOR MVFR CEILINGS WITH INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW AND SHOWERS AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE ON FRIDAY. && .MARINE... IN THE NEAR TERM /TODAY/...A WEAK COLD FRONT IS IN THE PROCESS OF CROSSING THE WATERS EARLY THIS MORNING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WINDS ARE FAIRLY LIGHT...BUT LONG PERIOD SOUTHEAST SWELL CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE WATERS...WITH SEAS STILL AT OR ABOVE 5 FEET IN ALL WATERS. AS THE COLD FRONT EXITS...COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL DEEPEN THE MIXED LAYER TO ABOUT 3000 FEET. THIS WILL ALLOW ACCESS TO 25 KNOT WINDS AT THE TOP OF THE INVERSION...AND THE COLD AIR ADVECTION SHOULD MAKE THE MOMENTUM TRANSFER RELATIVELY EFFICIENT. THUS...WOULD EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS ACROSS ALL WATERS TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...THE SOUTHEAST SWELL WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO SORT ITSELF OUT...SINCE THE PERIOD OF THE SWELL IS STILL NEAR 12 SECONDS. IN THE SHORT TERM /TONIGHT AND TUESDAY/...A SECOND PUSH OF COLD AIR FOLLOWS A WEAK COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW ACCESS TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS OF WIND AT THE TOP OF THE INVERSION...AND THIS COULD RESULT IN 25 KNOT WIND GUSTS. SINCE THE BEST COLD AIR ADVECTION DOES NOT WIND ITSELF BEFORE 0900 UTC TUESDAY...THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WAS EXTENDED THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. SEAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO FALL AS THE SWELL SORTS ITSELF OUT. WOULD NOT EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF LOCAL WIND WAVE GIVEN THE WIND DIRECTION. WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD DROP OFF TUESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE WATERS. WINDS COULD STILL GUST TO 20 KNOTS AS THE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE HIGH AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MARITIMES COULD SUPPORT THIS. LONG TERM...NO SIGNIFICANT MARINE HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY FOR ANZ150>154. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM... SHORT TERM... LONG TERM...STJEAN AVIATION... MARINE...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 526 AM EST MON NOV 16 2009 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-171030- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 526 AM EST MON NOV 16 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ150>154-171030- 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- 526 AM EST MON NOV 16 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
The remnants of Hurricane Ida produced large waves which resulted in minor beach erosion and splash-over in Saco at the time of high tide.
The remnants of Hurricane Ida produced large waves at the time of high tide resulting in minor beach erosion and splash-over in South Portland.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maine in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, November 2009
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 203970, 203971.