5 inches of precipitation which caused minor flooding on the Saco River.
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The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.
A cold front produced 1.5 to 2.5 inches of precipitation which caused minor flooding on the Saco River.
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 Dec 2, 2:33 AM EST, 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 233 AM EST THU DEC 2 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AS A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE OFFSHORE...A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA ON FRIDAY WILL THEN ROTATE BACK ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. A SECOND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL THEN BEGIN TO INTENSIFY AS IT ROTATES BACK INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... BACK EDGE OF PRECIPITATION CURRENTLY OVER WESTERNMOST MAINE AND THIS EDGE WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSLATE EASTWARD THROUGH SUNRISE. LOOKS LIKE A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN/MOUNTAIN SECTIONS. ELSEWHERE...SKIES SHOULD CLEAR COURTESY OF DOWNSLOPING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE FROM THE MID 30S TO MID 40S. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/... MOISTURE FIELD INCREASES SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT SO EXPECT TO SEE AN INCREASE OF HIGH...PERHAPS SOME MID LEVEL CLOUDS OVERNIGHT. EVEN WITH SOME CLOUD COVER TEMPERATURES WILL BE NOTICEABLY COOLER WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE LOWER 20S OVER NORTHERN/MOUNTAIN SECTIONS TO THE LOWER 30S OVER SOUTHERN/COASTAL SECTIONS. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS HUDSONS BAY UPPER LEVEL LOW RETREATS NORTHWARD THROUGH CANADA...ANOTHER DRIVES SOUTHEASTWARD FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...BEFORE CLOSING OFF NEAR CAPE COD SATURDAY MORNING. MODELS DIVERGE AS TO THE LOCATION OF THE SURFACE FEATURE APPROACHING THE COASTLINE FROM THE OPEN ATLANTIC WATERS. FOR NOW...WILL FOLLOW GFS SOLUTION CLOSELY WHICH BRINGS THE LOW TO THE DOWNEAST COAST OF MAINE SATURDAY. THIS IS A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE NAM SOLUTION WHICH IS FURTHER NORTH THAN THIS POSITION...AND THE EURO WHICH IS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE AND FURTHEST SOUTH. THIS WOULD YIELD CHC POPS OVER SOUTHERN ZONES...WITH LIKELY POPS UP IN THE NORTH. THE ATMOS WILL REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN AND OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST...EXPECT SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE OVER AND NEAR THE PENOBSCOT RIVER VALLEY AS WARM AIR WRAPS BACK INTO THE REGION WITH THE RETROGRADING LOW. ANOTHER...DEEPER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH DOWNEAST MAINE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. ONCE AGAIN...IT APPEARS THE HIGHEST POPS WILL BE OVER THE NORTH AND MOUNTAINS...WITH DOWNSLOPING OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE LIMITING THE PCPN. AGAIN...ANY FURTHER SHIFT IN THE PLACEMENT OF THE SFC LOW WOULD CHANGE THIS FORECAST SIGNIFICANTLY. FOR THE REST OF NEXT WEEK...MODELS SUGGEST IT WILL BE CHILLY AND BREEZY. LOOK FOR MAINLY UPSLOPE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN. && .AVIATION /07Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... SHORT TERM... VFR THROUGH TONIGHT EXCEPT FOR ANY LOCAL MVFR IN ANY SHOWER ACTIVITY OVER NORTHERN/MOUNTAIN SECTIONS TODAY. LONG TERM... MAINLY VFR. HOWEVER...THE LOWEST CIGS WILL BE LATER FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. && .MARINE... SHORT TERM... GALE CONDITIONS EARLY THIS MORNING...LOWERING BACK TO SCA CONDITIONS AFTER SUNRISE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS MORNING...THEN LOWERING TO BELOW SCA CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. LONG TERM... GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM THE NW FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. GALES MAY BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN WATERS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A STORM TO OUR EAST. && .HYDROLOGY... AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN SOME AREAS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE UPSLOPE HIGHER TERRAIN IN NORTH-CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE PEMY WILL CREST NEAR OR JUST BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT WOODSTOCK OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH THE SACO AT CONWAY REACHING FS BY EARLY TO MID MORNING. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...GALE WARNING UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR ANZ150>154. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 145 AM EST THU DEC 2 2010 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-030645- 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- 145 AM EST THU DEC 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ150>154-030645- 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- 145 AM EST THU DEC 2 2010 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... 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...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1024 PM EST WED DEC 01 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0330 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG HANOVER 43.70N 72.28W
12/01/2010 GRAFTON NH TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN ON CARRIAGE LANE.
0345 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG LANDAFF CENTER 44.17N 71.89W
12/01/2010 GRAFTON NH TRAINED SPOTTER
MULTIPLE TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON RABBIT PATH ROAD. PEARL
LAKE ROAD ALSO CLOSED DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND WIRES.
&&The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused minor flooding on the Saco River at Conway (flood stage 9.0 ft) which crested at 9.9 ft.
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