Heavy rain which fell during a storm at the end of March caused flooding on the Kennebec River beginning on the 30th of March. The river remained above flood stage through the 1st of April.
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The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.
Heavy rain which fell during a storm at the end of March caused flooding on the Kennebec River beginning on the 30th of March. The river remained above flood stage through the 1st of April.
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 Mar 31, 6:05 PM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
705 PM EDT WED MAR 31 2010
.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE SOUTHEAST OF CAPE COD WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST
TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVERHEAD THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
AND MOVE EAST OF THE REGION SATURDAY ALLOWING FOR VERY WARM AIR TO
MOVE INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST
ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY EVENING.
&&
.NEAR TERM /OVERNIGHT/...
7PM UPDATE..HAVE UPDATED GRIDS AND TEXT FORECASTS MAINLY TO
REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS FOR SKIES AND TEMPERATURES. LIGHT RAIN
SHOWERS AND DRIZZLE CONTINUE IN SOME SPOTS. COULD SEE SOME FOG
DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE
40S. IN THE ABSENCE OF SIGNIFICANT DRY ADVECTION...EXPECT
TEMPERATURES NOT TO FALL TOO MUCH WITH MAINLY 30S AND 40S EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY/...
7PM UPDATE...ONCE SKIES FINALLY CLEAR TOMORROW...THE WARMING
TREND WILL BEGIN. TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 60S ARE EXPECTED
INLAND. MAY SEE SOME COOLING NEAR THE COAST WHERE A SEA BREEZE MAY
KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
A LARGE RIDGE OF AN OMEGA BLOCK WILL BUILD OVER THE EAST COAST
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND...BRINGING STRONG SUBSIDENCE OVER
THE AREA. THIS WILL RESULT IN SUNNY SKIES AND VERY WARM
TEMPERATURES...WITH MANY LOCATIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY IN THE
60S AND 70S. TEMPERATURES ON THESE DAYS WILL BE TEMPERED BY THE
SEABREEZE ALONG THE COAST...THEREFORE THE HIGHEST READINGS WILL
OCCUR INLAND. LOWER 80S OR BETTER ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN NH AND
ME SATURDAY AHEAD OF A WEAK FRONT WHICH WILL HELP GIVE A WESTERLY
COMPONENT TO THE WINDS. HOWEVER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TRAPPED UNDER
AN INVERSION MAY LIMIT HEATING FOR A FEW HOURS...AT LEAST ALONG
THE COAST...AND COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL FILTER IN BEHIND THE
FRONT.
A COOLER AIRMASS WILL ARRIVE FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK AS
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA MONDAY. THE EXTENDED
MODELS DIFFER AS FAR AS THE PLACEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A POTENT
SHORTWAVE WHICH WILL MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON TUESDAY. THE
SYSTEM WILL ACQUIRE A NEGATIVE TILT AS IT MOVES TOWARDS THE
NORTHEASTERN U.S. AND QUEBEC. FROPA WILL OCCUR MIDWEEK WITH WARM
AIR ADVECTION SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER NEW ENGLAND AS EARLY AS
TUESDAY. FOR NOW WENT WITH CHANCE POPS UNTIL THE MODELS SHOW MORE
CONTINUITY AS FAR AS TIMING.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
SHORT TERM...IFR TO MVFR CONDS INTO THIS EVNG AND MAY PERSIST IN
AREAS OVERNIGHT AS SOME PATCHY FOG DEVELOPS. CONDS BECOMING VFR
ALL AREAS AFT 12Z.
LONG TERM...VFR CONDITIONS THU NIGHT THROUGH SAT. MVFR CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE SUN AND MON AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA.
&&
.MARINE...
SHORT TERM...SEAS CONT HIGH BUT WINDS HAVE BECOME LGT. WILL CONT A
SCA FOR SEAS THRU 2AM IN THE BAYS AND THRU 2PM.
LONG TERM...WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN BELOW SCA CRITERIA.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
NO ISSUES TODAY WITH DAMP CONDITIONS. TEMPS WILL SOAR FRIDAY AND
SAT WITH DRY WEATHER. MINIMUM RH VALUES WIL DROP TO BETWEEN 30 AND
35% MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS IN A DRIER AIRMASS BUT WINDS
WILL BE LIGHT.
&&
.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...NONE.
NH...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 2 AM EDT
THURSDAY FOR ANZ151-153.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 2 PM EDT
THURSDAY FOR ANZ150-152-154.
&&
NEAR TERM...KIMBLE
SHORT TERM...KIMBLEHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 430 AM EDT WED MAR 31 2010 MEZ007>009-NHZ001>003-005-007-010830- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SULLIVAN- 430 AM EDT WED MAR 31 2010 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MEZ023-024-NHZ014-010830- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 430 AM EDT WED MAR 31 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES ARE PREDICTED TO PEAK AROUND 10.6 FEET TODAY AT 1 PM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL STORM SURGE OF 1 TO 1.25 FEET. MINOR BEACH EROSION AND SPLASH OVER MAY OCCUR WITH THE MIDDAY HIGH TIDE TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MEZ012>014-018>022-025>028-NHZ004-006-008>010-013-010830- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC- LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN CARROLL- MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- 430 AM EDT WED MAR 31 2010 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ150>154-010830- 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- 430 AM EDT WED MAR 31 2010 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY 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.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused flooding on the Kennebec River at Augusta (flood stage 12.0 ft) which began on the 30th of March and continued through much of the 1st of April. The river crested at 14.3 ft.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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