Rainfall of 1 to 2 inches caused brief minor flooding on the Kennebec River at Skowhegan.
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Rainfall of 1 to 2 inches caused brief minor flooding on the Kennebec River at Skowhegan.
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 May 22, 2:38 AM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 338 AM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRIEFLY BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH ON TODAY. A WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT...THEN MOVE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT BRINGING WITH IT WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON, BEFORE BECOMING STATIONARY SOUTH OF THE REGION. THE FRONT WILL RETURN NORTH AS A WARM FRONT LATER IN THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO WORK SOUTHWARD OUT OF NORTHERN MAINE THIS MORNING WITH BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE. THIS HAS ALLOWED FOR A DECREASE IN DRIZZLE AND FOG COVERAGE...ESPECIALLY ON THE COASTAL PLAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDS. HOWEVER...CLOUDS WILL STILL HAVE A HARD TIME BEING SCOURED OUT TODAY. WHILE WE ARE NOT EXPECTING MUCH IF ANY IN THE WAY OF MEASURABLE PRECIP TODAY /FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LIKE A WEEK/ THE CLOUDS MAY STICK AROUND WITH SOME BREAKS HERE AND THERE...ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM THE COAST. MAX TEMPS A BLEND OF MAV/MET GUDIANCE WHICH WILL YIELD A SLIGHT COOLER DAY THAN Y/DAY. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY/... SFC HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY MOVES AWAY FROM THE COAST TONIGHT. DEVELOPING SOUTHERLY FLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE HIGH WILL ALLOW FOR LOW CLOUDS AND SOME FOG TO REDEVELOP ON THE COASTAL PLAIN TONIGHT. A SHORT WAVE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL BRING THE LIKELIHOOD OF SHOWERS ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN NH TONIGHT...BUT COVERAGE SHOULD LESSEN WITH EASTWARD EXTENT AS SHORT WAVE TROUGH WEAKENS. THEREFORE...EXPECTING JUST MAINLY CLOUDS ACROSS MAINE ALONG WITH SOME FOG AND DRIZZLE...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. FOR MONDAY...NOT LOOKING LIKE MUCH IN THE WAY OF MEASURABLE PRECIP...BUT ONSHORE FLOW AND MOISTENING ARIMASS WILL LIKELY ALLOW FOR CLOUDS/PATCHY FOG AND DRIZZLE. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BRING WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR INTO THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS THE WARM FRONT GRADUALLY PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. ATMOSPHERE LOOKS STABLE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT BUT WILL DESTABILIZE TUESDAY AHEAD OF APPROACHING FRONT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG FRONT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FRONT WILL MOVE OFFSHORE TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN BECOME STATIONARY WEDNESDAY AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST FROM THE MID ATLANTIC STATES. PRECIP FROM THIS LOW LOOKS MOSTLY CONFINED TO SOUTHERN AREAS. ANOTHER LOW WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE FRONT LATE IN THE WEEK. MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON OVERALL PATTERN...HOWEVER THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN THE SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION OF THE FRONT AND THE TIMING AND STRENGTH OF DISTURBANCES. HAVE GENERALLY USED MOS TEMPS. && .AVIATION /07Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... SHORT TERM... LONG TERM...MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS MONDAY NIGHT IN LOW CLOUDS...SHOWERS AND FOG WILL IMPROVE TO MVFR/VFR TUESDAY BEFORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BREAK OUT ACROSS THE REGION. MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH DETERIORATION TO MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN AND COASTAL AREAS WEDNESDAY. GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. && .MARINE... SHORT TERM...OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 KT AND SEAS 3 TO 5 FT WILL GRAUALLY SUBSIDE THIS MORNING. COVERAGE OF SCA CONDITIONS DOESN/T SEEM WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO WARRANT A SCA FOR EARLY THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE...SUB-SCA CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON THE WATERS THROUGH MONDAY. LONG TERM...SCA CONDITIONS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SEAS SHOULD GRADUALLY FALL BELOW SCA LEVELS WEDNESDAY. && .FIRE WEATHER...THE PROCESS OF GRADUALLY DRYING OUT THE FUELS WILL LIKELY OCCUR STARTING TODAY IN MANY AREAS...HOWEVER ABUNDANT CLOUDS AND CHANCES FOR SHOWERS HERE AND THERE THROUGH MID WEEK WILL INHIBIT FIRE GROWTH. && .HYDROLOGY...THE KENNEBEC RIVER AT SKOWHEAGAN SHOULD BRIEFLY CREST JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BETWEEN 7 AM AND 9 AM THIS MORNING THEN FALL. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && NEAR TERM...EKSTER SHORT TERM...EKSTER LONG TERM...JENSENIUS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 332 AM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-230745- 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- 332 AM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ150>154-230745- 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- 332 AM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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.
Rainfall of 1 to 2 inches caused a brief period of minor flooding on the Kennebec River at Skowhegan (flood stage 35,000 cfs), which crested at 35,200 cfs.
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