High Wind Watch Issued For Downeast Maine

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

HIGH WIND WATCH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
316 PM EDT THU OCT 26 2006

...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS DOWNEAST MAINE LATE SATURDAY...

.INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTH FROM SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
ON SATURDAY IS EXPECTED TO BRING RAPIDLY INCREASING SOUTHEAST
WINDS TO DOWNEAST MAINE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING.
THE BEST CHANCE FOR HIGH WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE COAST AND OVER
HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

MEZ015>017-029-030-270715-
/O.NEW.KCAR.HW.A.0005.061028T2000Z-061029T0800Z/
SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-
COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN...
AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND...
DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY...
PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT...
MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD
316 PM EDT THU OCT 26 2006

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT.

SOUTHEAST WINDS SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT MAY
APPROACH 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 55 MPH.

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.

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BLOOMER


Source: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/car/