Showers and thunderstorms developed across Downeast areas during the afternoon of the 8th with an upper level disturbance moving south across the region. An isolated severe thunderstorm produced damaging winds across portions of southern Penobscot county.
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Showers and thunderstorms developed across Downeast areas during the afternoon of the 8th with an upper level disturbance moving south across the region. An isolated severe thunderstorm produced damaging winds across portions of southern Penobscot county.
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 Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 8, 12:14 PM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 114 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2014 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL REMAIN OVER THE CANADIAN MARITIMES TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN SLOWLY BUILD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... 110 PM UPDATE: BASED ON LATEST RADAR IMAGERY AND LGTNG DETECTION RATES... WE OPTD TO INCREASE TSTM CVRG TO SCT FOR THE HEART OF THE MID TO LATE AFTN HRS. BASED ON OBS FROM KBGR AIRPORT DURG THE RECENT PASSAGE OF A TSTM THERE...WE ALSO PLACED GUSTY WIND ENHANCED WORDING WITH SCT TSTMS...BOTH OF WHICH WERE INCLUDED WITH LIKELY AND ABV POPS TIL 22Z ATTM. PREV FCST: FCST SHWR POPS THIS UPDATE WERE RE-DONE THRU SAT BASED ON EACH SUCCESSIVE 6 HRLY QPF FCST. IN ADDITION...WORDING FOR SMALL HAIL WAS INCLUDED FOR THIS AFTN FOR ANY ISOLD TSTM... BUT WE BELIEVE THE POTENTIAL WILL BE LESS THIS AFTN COMPARED TO YSTDY AFTN AND ERLY EVE...WITH LESS IN THE WAY OF FCST SBCAPE. ONE XCPTN MAY BE OVR SRN AND WRN PTNS OF THE FA AHEAD OF THE GENERAL CLD DECK ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW MOVG NE TO SW INTO THE FA FROM NE NB PROV...WHERE THERE COULD BE A LITTLE MORE SFC HTG TO GENERATE LLVL INSTABILITY WITH THE ALREADY STEEP MID LVL LAPSE RATES. MAX POPS THIS AFTN INTO ERLY EVE WILL BE IN THE HIGH LIKELY RANGE OVR ERN PTNS OF THE FA. OTHERWISE...LATEST SFC OBS WERE INCLUDED TO MODIFY FCST HRLY TEMPS TO SLIGHTLY MODIFIED HI TEMPS LATER THIS AFTN. HI TEMPS TDY WILL BE TRICKY GIVEN THE TRANSIENT NATURE OF SHWRS. A SMALL SHORTWAVE ROTATING AROUND AN UPPER LEVEL LOW TO OUR EAST WILL DROP DOWN FROM THE NORTH TODAY. THIS WILL BRING CLOUDS DOWN FROM THE NORTH AND SCATTERED SHOWERS TO MAINLY FAR NORTHEAST AND EASTERN AREAS DURING THE MIDDAY TODAY AND THEN DOWNEAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SOUNDINGS SHOW SOME THIN CAPE SO HAVE INCLUDED A MENTION OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST. THE BEST CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WOULD BE DOWNEAST LATE TODAY. CAPES ARE AROUND 200 J/KG OVER THE NORTH AND 500 J/KG DOWNEAST. NORTHERN AREAS WILL PROBABLY HAVE TOO MUCH CLOUDINESS TO DEVELOP MUCH CONVECTION BUT SOME HEATING IS EXPECTED DOWNEAST BEFORE THE CLOUDS REACH SOUTHERN AREAS. SKIES SHOULD BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT AS THE SHORTWAVE CONTINUES SOUTH OF THE AREA AND WEAK SUBSIDENCE FOLLOWS FROM THE NORTH. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL REMAIN NEAR NEWFOUNDLAND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND THE LOW WILL CROSS THE REGION BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DIURNAL HEATING AND THE DISTURBANCES CROSSING THE REGION WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ANY SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE DURING THE EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING LEAVING PARTLY CLOUDY/MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHTS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT NEAR NORMAL...TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL...LEVELS SATURDAY/SUNDAY. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... ANOTHER DISTURBANCE ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LOW WILL CROSS THE REGION MONDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION TUESDAY WITH THE CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. LOW PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY APPROACH FROM THE WEST TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN CROSS THE REGION LATER WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HOWEVER...UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS REGARDING THE EXACT TRACK...TIMING AND INTENSITY OF THE LOW. EXPECT INCREASING SHOWER CHANCES ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY IN ADVANCE OF THE LOW...WITH A STEADIER RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WITH THE LOW AND OCCLUDED FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS ALSO REMAIN UNCERTAIN WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY DEPENDENT ON THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE LOW. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT NEAR NORMAL...TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL...LEVELS MONDAY/TUESDAY. NEAR NORMAL...TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL...LEVEL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY WITH BELOW NORMAL LEVEL TEMPERATURES THURSDAY. && .AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... NEAR TERM: VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF CONDITIONS BRIEFLY DROPPING TO MVFR IN ANY SHOWER TODAY. SHORT TERM: GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HOWEVER...VARIABLE CONDITIONS COULD OCCUR WITH ANY SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM: WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW SCA TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH LIGHT OFFSHORE WINDS CONTINUING. SHORT TERM: WINDS/SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && NEAR TERM...VJN SHORT TERM...NORCROSS LONG TERM...NORCROSS AVIATION...VJN/NORCROSS MARINE...VJN/NORCROSS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 320 AM EDT FRI AUG 8 2014 MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-090730- NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET- NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK- CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT- INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK- COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- 320 AM EDT FRI AUG 8 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN MAINE...SOUTHEAST MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL MAINE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ050>052-070-090730- COASTAL WATERS FROM EASTPORT ME TO SCHOODIC POINT ME OUT 25 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT ME TO STONINGTON ME OUT 25 NM- INTRACOASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT ME TO STONINGTON ME- WATERS FROM EASTPORT ME TO STONINGTON (DEER ISLE) ME FROM 25 TO 40 NM- 320 AM EDT FRI AUG 8 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and wires were toppled on Pushaw Road by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. The time is estimated.
Numerous trees were toppled on Sandy Beach Shore Road by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. The time is estimated.
Trees and wires were toppled across parts of town by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. The time is estimated.
Trees and wires were toppled on Essex Street by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. The time is estimated.
Trees were toppled on Kelly Road by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. The time is estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maine in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, August 2014
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: 539370, 539371, 539373, 539372, 539374.