"Strong and damaging winds" forecast for Thurs -- Fri (12/17 -- 12/18/2009)

[sardog1]

The NWS Gray/Portland office has issued a forecast for "strong and damaging winds" for the Whites for Thursday and Friday. http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClic...2148438&site=gyx&smap=1&marine=0&unit=0&lg=en

"Thursday: Sunny and cold, with a high near -6. Wind chill values as low as -49. Strong and damaging winds, with a northwest wind between 55 and 60 mph, with gusts as high as 75 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around -13. Wind chill values as low as -51. Strong and damaging winds, with a northwest wind between 55 and 60 mph, with gusts as high as 75 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 13. Strong and damaging winds, with a west wind between 55 and 60 mph, with gusts as high as 75 mph.

Friday Night: A slight chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -5. Strong and damaging winds. Chance of precipitation is 20%."

 

[Tom Rankin]

I hope there are some birds left to count on Saturday!

Thanks for the heads up. The current Weather Channel forecast is 0% chance of precipitation on Saturday. That always make me nervous!

 

[Waumbek]

Oh no, not again. I just finished cleaning up from last week's storm before the downed trees blocking the front door froze solid into the ground today.

 

[sardog1]

The folks at "Eye on the Sky" have a somewhat more temperate view of the lower elevations as of this writing:

Mountain Forecast:
Today: Summits above 4000 feet in and out of clouds today. Partly cloudy below. Scattered snow showers. Windy.
Tonight and Thursday: Thin partial cloudiness, with highest summits occasionally in thin cloud. Patchy flurries. Continued windy.

WINDS.............Wednesday............................Thursday
2000 FT.........NW 15-30 mph..................NW 12-25 mph
4000 FT.........NW 30-45 mph..................NW 25-30 mph
6000 FT.......WNW 70-80 mph.................NW 60-80 mph

TEMPERATURES
2000 FT...............10-15 > 5-10................00-10
4000 FT...............00-05.........................05B-07A
6000 FT...............Nr 12B.......................Nr 06B

 

[sardog1]

NWS Gray/Portland has now backed off considerably and entirely dropped the "strong and damaging":

Thursday: Sunny and cold, with a high near -1. Wind chill values as low as -47. Windy, with a northwest wind around 32 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -12. Wind chill values as low as -30. West wind between 11 and 16 mph.

Friday: Sunny and cold, with a high near 7. West wind between 10 and 14 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -8.

 

[erugs]

Darn. I keep waiting for some strong and damaging winds to take those dead branches off the oak outside my condo.