A strong dust devil with winds estimated around 60 mph tipped a camping trailer on to a pickup truck at a farm near the town of Carroll. The camping trailer was 40 feet long and weighed around 7000 lbs.
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A strong dust devil with winds estimated around 60 mph tipped a camping trailer on to a pickup truck at a farm near the town of Carroll. The camping trailer was 40 feet long and weighed around 7000 lbs. Other heavy objects were moved around the yard.
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 May 12, 11:05 AM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Caribou ME 1205 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2016 .SYNOPSIS... A ridge of high pressure will remain across the area into Friday. A trough of low pressure will approach late Friday afternoon and cross the area Friday evening. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... Noon Update. Raised temps a couple degrees and decreased cloud cover over the northeast. Expect a sunny and very warm afternoon with a bit of haze from the Canadian forest fire smoke over the region. Previous discussion...Another quiet day on tap across the Pine Tree State as the region remains entrenched under high pressure. Other than a few passing high clouds across the far north, expect lots of sunshine and mild temperatures. Winds will still be a little breezy but less so than what we saw Wednesday. However, conditions remain dry so fire danger is still a concern. Highs will top out in the lower to mid 70s areawide, though the coast will be a little cooler as winds will turn onshore later this afternoon. The dry weather continues tonight, though dewpoints will increase overnight. This will keep lows in the 40s in most spots. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... Most models have gone back to a slower timing with the lead s/wv apchg from from the grt lks Fri ngt and Sat morn. This means that all of Fri day will be dry for the FA, with just a chc of shwrs late in the aftn as shwrs just begin crossing ovr from Srn QB and NW New Eng. Due to a geostrophic S to SSW wind, hi temps Fri will definitely have an inverted ptn, with nrn vly lctns warmest. Shwrs will then advc W to E ovr the remaining ptns of the FA Fri ngt...with most models now indicating shwrs not yet clrg NE ptns of the FA til erly Sat aftn. For this reason, we did not make any sig chgs to fcst hi temps Sat from ystdy's aftn fcst update until models settle ovr onset/exit tm of the shwrs. Given the potential of a half inch + with this event, max PoPs with the core of this event late Fri ngt have been risen to arnd 90 percent. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... Aft a brief break from rnfl late Sat aftn into Sat eve, longer range models cont to advertise additional s/wv energy from the grt lks digging ESE toward our FA late Sat ngt into Sun...which will likely bring additional shwrs/rnfl for these tm pds in addition to cooler temps. Sun ngt and Mon will cont to be unsettled as an upper low closes off ovr the FA, then moves E into the Can Maritimes. Cold enough air alf may exist for rn shwrs to mix with sn shwrs ovr the highest trrn of nrn ME late Sun ngt into erly Mon morn...but with no accumulation. Shwrs will pivot ESE out of the FA late Mon and Mon eve as the sfc/upper low moves E toward the open Atlc...with improvement Mon ngt into Tue in the way of at least prtl clrg and some recovery of hi temps by Tue aftn and more so on Wed. The next chc of shwrs could be as early as Wed ngt with another system movg ENE from the grt lks...but longer range models have differing onset tmg with this system... so both confidence and PoPs are low with this system attm. && .AVIATION /16Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... NEAR TERM: VFR conditions will prevail over the next 24 hours under mostly clear skies. SHORT TO LONG TERM: VFR clgs will cont all TAF sites Fri into Fri eve...then lower to MVFR clgs/vsbys with heavier shwrs late Fri ngt into Sat morn...with pockets of IFR clgs/vsbys. Conditions improve to VFR slowly from SW to NE Sat aftn and eve. Aftwrds, clgs and attms vsbys will lower in shwrs again late Sat ngt and con't so into Mon. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM: High pressure will build over the waters today and tonight, generally keeping winds below Small Craft Advisory levels. Winds may increase a bit this afternoon as they turn to the southwest but should remain under 20 kt. SHORT TERM: Initially no hdlns anticipated, then winds and seas increase to SCA late Sun into Mon. Went slightly below WW3 wv guidance for wv hts durg the potential SCA pd, otherwise, kept close to guidance. && .FIRE WEATHER... We will see low relative humidity once again today but winds will not be quite as gusty as yesterday. Fuels are dry, especially where green-up has not yet come to completion. Later shifts may need to consider issuing a Special Weather Statement highlighting fire conditions. && .CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...None. MARINE...None. && Near Term...Hastings/MCB Short Term...VJN Long Term...VJN Aviation...Hastings/VJN Marine...Hastings/VJN Fire Weather...Hastings
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 625 AM EDT THU MAY 12 2016 MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-131030- 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- 625 AM EDT THU MAY 12 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL DOWNEAST MAINE...EAST CENTRAL MAINE...EASTERN MAINE...FAR NORTHERN MAINE...INTERIOR DOWNEAST MAINE...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL MAINE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TODAY ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS. THIS WILL KEEP AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER...ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS WHERE GREEN UP HAS NOT YET OCCURRED. WIND GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY OFFICE BEFORE DOING ANY BURNING. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT A BURN PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR ALL BURNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ANZ050>052-131030- COASTAL WATERS FROM EASTPORT, ME TO SCHOODIC POINT, ME OUT 25 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT, ME TO STONINGTON, ME OUT 25 NM- INTRA COASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT, ME TO STONINGTON, ME- 625 AM EDT THU MAY 12 2016 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong dust devil with winds estimated around 60 mph tipped a camping trailer on to a pickup truck at a farm near the town of Carroll. The camping trailer was 40 feet long and weighed around 7000 lbs. Other heavy objects were moved around the yard.
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