HURRICANE EARL LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
813 AM EDT FRI SEP 3 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA INCLUDING
PENOBSCOT BAY...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN
MAINE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA
INCLUDING PENOBSCOT BAY.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
COASTAL YORK...COASTAL CUMBERLAND...SAGADAHOC...LINCOLN...KNOX...
COASTAL WALDO AND COASTAL ROCKINGHAM.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR
CASCO BAY.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EARL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 36.2N...LONGITUDE 73.6W. THIS WAS ABOUT 546 MILES SOUTH-
SOUTHWEST OF PORTLAND ME. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 18
MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 105 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 955
MB OR 28.20 INCHES OF MERCURY.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE EARL IS NOW PASSING THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA
AND WILL GRADUALLY TURN MORE TO THE NORTHEAST AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES. EARL WILL MOVE PAST CAPE COD AROUND 2 AM SATURDAY
MORNING AND ACCELERATE NORTHEAST TO BE LOCATED SOUTH OF MONCTON
NEW BRUNSWICK BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD
SOUTHERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE BY EARLY EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY
AT TIMES BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHEAST
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME GUSTY DURING THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. MINOR BEACH EROSION AND SPLASHOVER MAY OCCUR AT
THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING AND SATURDAY MORNING. CONDTIONS
WILL IMPROVE BY NOON SATURDAY.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. CLOSELY
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR
OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION AND FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE
FORECAST.

OVER INLAND AREAS...TROPICAL CYCLONE CONDITIONS ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. FOR THE
MARINE WATERS...TROPICAL CYCLONE CONDITIONS ARE ALSO ASSOCIATED
WITH DANGEROUS SEAS. TROPICAL STORMS HAVE WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...
WHICH EQUATES TO 34 TO 63 KNOTS.

HEAVY RAIN MAY ACCOMPANY TROPICAL CYCLONES. A TROPICAL STORM
WATCH MEANS THAT THE STATED CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
NEXT 48 HOURS FOR THE SPECIFIED AREAS. IN ORDER TO MAKE THE BEST
DECISIONS...BE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE TERMINOLOGY AND
DEFINITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONE EVENTS.


&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN GRAY AROUND 12 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

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STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME OUT TO 25 NM-PENOBSCOT BAY-
PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME OUT TO 25 NM-
CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM-
813 AM EDT FRI SEP 3 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
THERE IS NO NEW INFORMATION.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION
THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LESS THAN OR
EQUAL TO 8 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 59 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A
GENERAL UPWARD TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE EARL APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TONIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAXIMUM WINDS
ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 25 TO 35 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO
45 KNOTS. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING.