A strong area of low pressure was situated off the coast of the Northeastern United States on Sunday, November 2nd and was moving northeast towards southeastern Canada. The flow around this storm caused strong north to northwest winds up to 40 MPH across western Massachusetts.
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The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
A strong area of low pressure was situated off the coast of the Northeastern United States on Sunday, November 2nd and was moving northeast towards southeastern Canada. The flow around this storm caused strong north to northwest winds up to 40 MPH across western Massachusetts. As a result of these winds, there were reports of trees and tree limbs down. One of these trees partially blocked a road. Winds diminished by the evening hours as the storm started to move away from the region.
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 Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 3, 9:36 AM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 936 AM EST MON NOV 3 2014 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE OUR WEATHER INTO TUESDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST...ITS ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT WILL LIFT THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND THE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. UNSETTLED WET WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO END THE WEEK WITH A WIDESPREAD RAINFALL THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE WARM ADVECTION CLOUDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AND SO DO THE LAKE ENHANCED CLOUDS EXTENDING ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK INTO THE EASTERN CATSKILLS. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONG STORM OVER THE CANADIAN MARITIMES WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE REGION TODAY AND PRODUCE NORTHWEST WINDS STILL GUSTING TO OVER 25 MPH THROUGH MOST THE DAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT TO GENERALLY UNDER 10 MPH...AND ALSO BEGIN SHIFTING TO A MORE SOUTHWEST OR SOUTH DIRECTION BY SUNRISE. LATER TONIGHT...CLOUDS WILL INCREASE AS A WARM FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE GREAT LAKES. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE IN THE MID 40S TO THE MID 50S. LOWS TONIGHT GENERALLY AROUND 30 TO 35. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... MDLS SUITE IN AGREEMENT (NAM/GFS/ECMWF/GEM) INTO WED NT...THEN IT BEGINS TO SPREAD. EARLIER TIMING SPREAD W/WED CDFNT HAS BEEN RESOLVED WITH ACROSS THE BOARD CONSISTENCY/AGREEMENT THERE...BUT NEW SPREADS EVOLVING WITH STORM LATER IN THE WEEK. TUES MRNG THE 500HPA RIDGE AXIS WILL BE FM QB TO FL. SFC HIGH PRESSURE COVERS THE E SEABOARD...BUT IS CENTERED OVER GA/SC WITH A RIDGE TO THE NE. EARLY TUE WAA OVER THE TOP OF THE RIDGE AND A WK WMFNT LIFTING NE ACROSS THE FCA WILL RESULT IN SOME HI/MID CLOUD...BUT THESE SHOULD EXIT QUICKLY IN THE AM. WITH MAINLY A W-SW SFC FLOW ACROSS THE RGN WE SHOULD AVOID THE USUAL MARITIME INFLOW UP THE HUDSON VLY. OTHERWISE FCA IN WARM SECTOR TUES/TUES NT. TUES NT 500HPA RIDGE MVS OFFSHORE...AS A SHORT WV MVS INTO THE GRTLKS. IT DRIVES A WEAK CDFNT QUICKLY ACROSS FCA WED MRNG WITH SCT -SHRA...WHICH QUICKLY EXITS WITH CLEARING MID DAY AND AFTN WED. WED NT THIS FRONT STALLS FM ROA VA TO ACK MA...AS A SERIES OF 500HPA SHORT WVS CARVE A NEW TROF IN THE GRTLKS. THE TROF IS ACCOMP BY ITS OWN CLIPPER LOW...AS THE DEEPENING TROF OVER THE MIDWEST...INITIATES CYCLOGENISUS OVER MD/DE/VA. AT THIS POINT THE MDL SUITE MEMBERS BEGIN TO DIVERGE FM BOTH PVS RUNS AND AMONG ITS CURRENT MEMBERS. THE GFS KEEPS THE N STREAM CLIPPER SYSTEM DOMINANT AS IT MVS FM MI TO NY/MAINE. THE GEM/ECMWF TRANSFERS MOST OF THE ENERGY IN A TOP DOWN DEVELOPMENT TO A COASTAL LOW. THE NAM IS INFERRING AN APPALACHIAN SPINAL TRACK. WHILE THE OVERALL EVOLUTION WILL SEE INCRG CLOUDS AND THREAT OF -SHRA WED NT...THUR COULD RANGE FM MILD WITH SCT -SHRA TO A WIDESPREAD RAIN. THE 00UTC GFS ENSEMBLE HAS MEMBERS FM 0.20 TO 2.0 IN QPF...BUT IS NOW LARGELY CLUSTERED BTWN 0.40 AND 0.90 WITH 4 HIGH OUTLIERS FOR THIS EVENT. CURRENT DETERMINISTIC RUNS GENERALLY ONLY PRODUCE QPFS ON THE ORDER OF 0.25 TO 0.50 EXCPT THE ECMWF WHICH IS ARND 1.0 IN. AT THIS POINT CHC -SHRA WED NT...CHC RAIN THU. THU NT WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED AS 500HPA TROF CROSSES RGN AND SFC LOW PRESSURE IS ALONG THE COAST OR CROSSING FCA...CHC -SHRA/SHSN. TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN ABV NORMAL INTO WED NT. THU THEY START TRENDING DOWN...THE DEGREE OF WHICH IS DEPENDENT ON WHICH OF THE ABV SCENARIOS PLAYS OUT W/STORM TRACK. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... DEPENDING ON MDL 500HPA TROF/CUT OFF AND COASTAL LOW/SFC LOW MVS FM RGN OFFSHORE FRI AND FRI NT. REGARDLESS FCA UNDER CONSIDERABLE DYNAMICS AND CAA FRI WITH INCRG NW WIND GRADIENT. RATHER UNPLEASANT DAY WITH CLOUDS...-SHRA/-SHSN HIR TRRN. SYSTEM LIFTS AWAY SLOWLY FRI NT WITH DIM CLOUDS AND SHOWERS. REST OF FCST GFS/ECMWF/HPC MORE OR LESS IN AGREEMENT. ONCE FRI STORM DEPARTS FCA UNDER FAST 500 HPA FLOW. SFC RIDGE BRIEFLY CRESTS OVR RGN SAT W/FAIR WX. NEXT CDFNT AND SVRL SHORT WVS MV THROUGH SAT NT INTO SUN NT WITH CONSIDERABLE CLOUDS AND CHC -SHRA /-SHSN. TEMPS WILL BE TRENDING DOWNWARD TO NR OR BLO NORMAL. ITS NOVEMBER AND ITS GONNA FEEL LIKE IT. WILL POPULATE EFP GRIDS W/HPC EXCPT IN NEED BE ADD CHC POPS SUN NT. && .AVIATION /15Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF FORECAST PERIOD ENDING 12Z/TUE. MAINLY P6SM SKC CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THE KALB/KGFL/KPOU/KPSF TAF SITES DURING THE TAF PERIOD AS A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT PREVAILS. THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS DURING THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON DUE TO SOME WARM ADVECTION ALOFT...AND ANOTHER PERIOD OF MID LEVEL CLOUDS LATE TONIGHT AS A WARM FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE GREAT LAKES. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONG STORM OVER THE CANADIAN MARITIMES WILL CONTINUE ITS INFLUENCE ON THE REGION TODAY. NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 KTS WITH GUSTS OF 18 TO 25 KTS. LATE IN THE DAY AND DURING THIS EVENING... WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE TO LESS THAN 10 MPH...AND THEN 5 KTS OR LESS BY THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD. OUTLOOK... TUE NIGHT: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX. WED-WED NIGHT: LOW OPERATIONAL IMPACT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHRA. THU-THU NIGHT: HIGH OPERATIONAL IMPACT. LIKELY RA. FRI-FRI NIGHT: MODERATE OPERATIONAL IMPACT. CHANCE OF SHRA. SAT: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX. && .FIRE WEATHER... FAIR DRY WEATHER AND PRESSURE ALONG THE EAST COAST WILL DOMINATE OUR WEATHER INTO TUESDAY. EARLY WEDNESDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BUT ONLY WITH A TENTH OF AN INCH OR SO OF RAINFALL. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL UNTIL MIDWEEK. WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY A STORM WILL ORGANIZE OVER THE GREAT LAKES...MOVE EAST...AND RESULT IN A WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION TO END THE WEEK. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 35 TO 45 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO OVER 90 PERCENT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT. TUESDAY AFTERNOON THEY WILL FALL TO 40 TO 50 PERCENT. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE TONIGHT AND SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH TUESDAY. && .HYDROLOGY... NO WIDESPREAD HYDROLOGIC CONCERNS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. UNSETTLED WET WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO END THE WEEK WITH A WIDESPREAD RAINFALL THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. FOR DETAILS ON SPECIFIC AREA RIVERS AND LAKES...INCLUDING OBSERVED AND FORECAST RIVER STAGES AND LAKE ELEVATIONS...PLEASE VISIT THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ GRAPHS ON OUR WEBSITE. && .ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. NY...NONE. MA...NONE. VT...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...IAA/SNYDER NEAR TERM...IAA/GJM SHORT TERM...SNYDER LONG TERM...SNYDER AVIATION...IAA/GJM FIRE WEATHER...SNYDER HYDROLOGY...IAA/SNYDER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 425 AM EST MON NOV 3 2014 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-041100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER- SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN- NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE- WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER- WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 425 AM EST MON NOV 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .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.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were reported down in Savoy as a result of strong winds. The downed trees partially blocked Route 116.
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