COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
Warning Issue Date: 920 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING THE REGION WILL CAUSE STORM FORCE
WINDS OVER THE GULF OF MAINE. THIS WILL CREATE A STORM SURGE ALONG
WITH OCEAN WAVES THAT COULD LEAD TO SPLASHOVER AND MINOR BEACH
EROSION ALONG THE COASTS OF WESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE DURING
THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE LATE TODAY.
THE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE IN PORTLAND AT 453 PM TODAY IS 9.4
FEET. THIS IS WELL BELOW THE TIDAL FLOOD STAGE OF 12.0 FEET.
HOWEVER...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL CREATE A STORM SURGE OF ONE AND A
HALF FEET...OR EVEN MORE...WHICH WOULD PUSH THE TIDE TO AROUND 11
FEET. THOUGH STILL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS WILL ALLOW BUILDING SEAS
FROM STRONG ONSHORE WINDS TO SPLASH WATER INTO THE MOST VULNERABLE
LOCATIONS ALONG THE COAST.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 336 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY.
ALONG THE COAST FROM BATH TO ROCKLAND...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN
800 AND 1000 AM...AND FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES INTO THE AFTERNOON.
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE THE FREEZING
MARK...THE SNOW MAY CHANGE TO RAIN. THE CHANGE WILL TAKE LONGER
FURTHER AWAY FROM THE SHORE...GENERALLY NORTH OF ROUTE 1....BUT BY
LATE AFTERNOON ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE THE SNOW CHANGE TO RAIN. BY THAT
TIME...BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES OF SNOW WILL HAVE FALLEN...WITH THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF ROUTE 1.
AS THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES LIGHTER TONIGHT...IT WILL LIKELY
FALL IN THE FORM OF DRIZZLE....FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SNOW FLURRIES.
THIS WILL DEPEND ON SURFACE TEMPERATURES...BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AFTER THIS EVENING.
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HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 342 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 PM EST THIS EVENING.
LOOK FOR EAST WINDS TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING...AND
WINDS MAY GUST ABOVE 55 MPH DURING THIS TIME. THE WINDS MAY BE
STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH
COULD RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES.
AS THE SECONDARY LOW MOVES NORTHEAST OF THE REGION LATER THIS
EVENING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SLACKEN.
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
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