Mid-January Blizzard Update Two

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

958 PM EST THU JAN 20 2011



...SOME SPLASH OVER POSSIBLE MIDDAY FRIDAY...



HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL COMBINE WITH AN INTENSIFYING COASTAL

STORM TO BRING A THREAT FOR SPLASH OVER CONDITIONS ALONG THE

COASTLINE OF SOUTHWEST MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AROUND NOON TIME

ON FRIDAY. THE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE AT PORTLAND IS 11.2 FEET AT

11:43 AM FRIDAY. A STORM SURGE OF HALF A FOOT TO PERHAPS THREE

FOURTHS OF A FOOT IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL BRING THE WATER LEVEL

CLOSE TO THE 12 FOOT TIDAL FLOOD STAGE WITH MODERATE WAVE ACTION

CAUSING SPLASH OVER CONDITIONS.



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COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-

958 PM EST THU JAN 20 2011



HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL COMBINE WITH AN INTENSIFYING COASTAL

STORM TO BRING A THREAT FOR SPLASH OVER CONDITIONS ALONG THE

COASTLINE OF SOUTHWEST MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AROUND NOON TIME

ON FRIDAY. THE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE AT PORTLAND IS 11.2 FEET AT

11:43 AM FRIDAY. A STORM SURGE OF HALF A FOOT TO PERHAPS THREE

FOURTHS OF A FOOT IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL BRING THE WATER LEVEL

CLOSE TO THE 12 FOOT TIDAL FLOOD STAGE WITH MODERATE WAVE ACTION

CAUSING SPLASH OVER CONDITIONS.



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