Storm Coordination Message #3 – Wednesday Nite 1/1/25 Through Thursday 1/2/25 Strong to Damaging Wind Potential
Hello to all…
..Happy New Year to all Amateur Radio and non-Amateur Radio SKYWARN Spotters. We look forward to working with everyone in the new year!..
..Overnight rainfall of 0.50″-1.50″ was widespread over Southern New England with numerous reports of embedded thunderstorm activity. Focus now shifts to the pressure gradient between this storm system and high pressure moving into the area bringing strong to damaging winds over all of Southern New England Wednesday Evening through Thursday Evening..
..A Wind Advisory remains in effect from 7 PM Wednesday Evening through 10 PM Thursday Evening for the entire NWS Norton coverage area for sustained winds of 20-30 MPH with wind gusts of 45-55 MPH with isolated higher wind gusts in the higher elevations of Western and Central Massachusetts of 60 MPH. These winds will cause isolated to scattered pockets of tree and power line damage and power outages..
..SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor for final rain gauge reports from the ovenright period. SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor the potential strong to damaging winds for Wednesday Evening through Thursday Evening across Southern New England. Pictures and videos of wind damage can be sent as a reply to this message, via our WX1BOX Facebook and Twitter feeds and to the email address pics@nsradio.org with credit given to the spotter unless otherwise indicated..
Happy New Year to all Amateur Radio and non-Amateur Radio SKYWARN Spotters. We look forward to working with all of you again in the new year. The headlines depict the latest on the overnight rainfall and the strong to damaging wind potential for Wednesday Night into Thursday Night in the region. The key factors on the strong to damaging wind potential remain as follows:
1.) Strong mixing of the air allowing the strongest potential wind gusts of 60 MPH reaching the surface particularly in Western and Central Massachusetts.
2.) The prolonged nature of the strong wind gusts allowing for additional pockets of wind damage over a longer period of time.
3.) Whether wind gusts at the coast will be as strong as what we see farther inland in the higher elevations.
SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor for final rain gauge reports from the ovenright period. SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor the potential strong to damaging winds for Wednesday Evening through Thursday Evening across Southern New England. Pictures and videos of wind damage can be sent as a reply to this message, via our WX1BOX Facebook and Twitter feeds and to the email address pics@nsradio.org with credit given to the spotter unless otherwise indicated. An updated coordination message will be posted by 11 PM Wednesday Evening if any changes or upgrades to the situation occur and time allows for an update. Below is the NWS Boston/Norton Wind Advisory Statement/Wind Gust Map, Area Forecast Discussion and Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook:
NWS Boston/Norton Wind Advisory Statement/Wind Gust Map:
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=BOX&product=NPW&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off
https://wx1box.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NWS-Norton-Wind-Gust-Map-1-1-25.jpg
NWS Boston/Norton Area Forecast Discussion:
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=BOX&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off
NWS Boston/Norton Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook:
https://www.weather.gov/erh/ghwo?wfo=box
Respectfully Submitted,
Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
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