HIGH WIND WATCH issued for Downeast Maine

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

HIGH WIND WATCH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1020 AM EDT WED OCT 11 2006

...STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST LATE TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING...

.THE COMBINATION OF STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH
CENTRAL CANADA AND HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED OVER NORTHEASTERN CANADA
WILL PRODUCE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT. THIS WILL LEAD TO STRONG
SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING
ALONG COASTAL HANCOCK AND WASHINGTON COUNTY.

MEZ029-030-112100-
/O.NEW.KCAR.HW.A.0004.061012T0500Z-061012T1500Z/
COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...
EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD
1020 AM EDT WED OCT 11 2006

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING.

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER TONIGHT TO SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35
MPH AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
WIND GUSTS TO REACH 60 MPH ESPECIALLY ALONG THE OUTER ISLANDS.
THESE STRONG WINDS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES.

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

$$

HEWITT


Source:

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/wwamap/wwatxtge ... nd%20watch