Christmas Storm Update Number Seven

Christmas Storm Update Number Six

Christmas Storm Update Number Five

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1059 AM EST THU DEC 25 2014

....SOME SPLASH-OVER AND MINOR BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE ALONG
SOME DOWNEAST BEACH SITES NEAR THE TIME OF THE HIGH TIDE EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON...

.A STRENGTHENING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND WILL PRODUCE TIDES AS
MUCH AS 1 TO 2 FT ABOVE NORMAL TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF ABOVE
NORMAL TIDES AND BUILDING SEAS COULD RESULT IN SOME SPLASH OVER...
ALONG WITH VERY MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION AROUND
THE MIDDAY TO EARLY AFTERNOON HIGH TIDE.

MEZ029-030-252000-
/O.CON.KCAR.CF.S.0003.141225T1700Z-141225T2000Z/
COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
1059 AM EST THU DEC 25 2014

* TIMING...FROM NOON EST TODAY TO 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...MINOR SPLASH OVER...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR
  BEACH EROSION OR COASTAL FLOODING. A FEW LOW LYING ROADWAYS
  RUNNING ALONG THE BEACH COULD EXPERIENCE MINOR SAND AND ROCK
  WASH-UP.

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VJN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
950 AM EST THU DEC 25 2014

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER MOSTLY OVER NORTHWEST MAINE LATER
THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT...

.WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE WEST...SOUTHWEST LATER THIS
AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND AS WINDS ALOFT INCREASE. THIS
PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE
SUBSIDING LATE TONIGHT.

MEZ001-002-260500-
/O.EXT.KCAR.WI.Y.0010.141225T2000Z-141226T0500Z/
NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA...
FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN...
MARS HILL
950 AM EST THU DEC 25 2014

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LOW IMPACT. GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED POWER
  OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN ALSO
LEAD TO DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND A FEW DOWNED TREES. ISOLATED
POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

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VJN