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SKYWARN · Maine

NWS Caribou CAR

6 counties, 2 radars, one forecaster on the warning desk when it goes bad. This page is what that desk is looking at, plus the nets that feed it.

📺 Wall mode#me-wx

Nothing active from this office

NWS checked 11:27 PM

Radar

NWS RIDGE · base reflectivity · last hour
KCBW radar loop

Deeper look: KCBW interactive ↗ · KCBW at College of DuPage ↗ · KGYX interactive ↗ · KGYX at College of DuPage ↗ - velocity, correlation coefficient and every tilt.

Satellite

GOES-East · NE sector · GeoColor
GOES-East · NE sector · GeoColor satellite image

NOAA STAR · updates every 5 min · all bands ↗

SPC outlook · day 1

categorical
SPC day 1 convective outlook

Marginal → Slight → Enhanced → Moderate → High · day 2 ↗ · mesoscale discussions ↗

Reports taken by this office today

0 · SPC preliminary
No spotter reports logged by CAR so far today (UTC).

Cameras near the office

none listed yet
No cameras listed near Caribou yet. Know one?

Radar tells you what the storm is doing; these tell you what it looks like. Pictures open at their source - ODOT and the Mesonet allow linking, not republishing.

SKYWARN & weather nets for this office

Suggest or fix one →
No net is listed for NWS Caribou yet. If you know the repeater and who runs it, suggest it - the state coordinator checks it and it shows up here and on the state hub. Never guess a frequency from memory; a wrong one during a warning is worse than none.

NOAA Weather Radio in this area

10 transmitters · this office’s first, neighbours after
162.400 MHz KEC93 · Ellsworthcovers Hancock, Penobscot (S), Waldo (SE), Washington (WESTERN EDGE) · 1000 W · NWS Caribou
162.550 MHz KHB54 · Milocovers Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset (Extreme SE) · 1000 W · NWS Caribou
162.475 MHz KHB55 · Frenchvillecovers Aroostook (N) · 300 W · NWS Caribou
162.425 MHz KHC47 · Meddybempscovers Washington · 300 W · NWS Caribou
162.425 MHz WNG542 · Greenvillecovers Piscataquis, Somerset (Central) · 300 W · NWS Caribou
162.450 MHz WNG543 · Jonesboro Marinecovers Washington · 1000 W · NWS Caribou
162.525 MHz WXM77 · Cariboucovers Aroostook, Penobscot (N) · 100 W · NWS Caribou
162.500 MHz WXN28 · Springfieldcovers Aroostook (S), Penobscot, Washington · 1000 W · NWS Caribou
162.500 MHz KZZ41 · Mt. Washingtoncovers Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford, Somerset, York · 100 W · NWS Gray/Portland
162.450 MHz WNG547 · Sugarloaf Mtncovers Androscoggin (NORTH 1/2), Franklin, Kennebec (NORTH 1/2), Oxford, Penobscot (NORTHWEST), Piscataquis (S 2/3), Somerset (SOUTHERN 2/3), Waldo · 100 W · NWS Gray/Portland

What to report, and where

Size charts and the full guide →
🌪️ Tornado, funnel, wall cloud
  • ·Tornado on the ground (say if you see debris)
  • ·Funnel cloud - rotating, not touching down
  • ·Wall cloud, especially a rotating one
  • ·Where it is relative to you, and which way it's moving
🧊 Hail
  • ·The largest stone, compared to a coin or ball (chart below)
  • ·1″ (quarter) is the severe threshold - smaller is still worth a report to most offices
  • ·How long it fell and whether it's covering the ground
💨 Wind
  • ·Measured gusts of 40 mph+; 58 mph is severe
  • ·Damage: trees down, limbs bigger than your arm, roof or structure damage, power lines
  • ·Say whether it was measured or estimated
🌊 Flooding
  • ·Water over a road, especially moving water
  • ·Creeks and rivers rising fast or out of their banks
  • ·Rainfall of 1″ or more in an hour if you have a gauge
❄️ Winter
  • ·Snowfall of 1″ an hour or more, and totals
  • ·Freezing rain and ice accumulation on wires and trees
  • ·Visibility under ¼ mile, blowing and drifting
🚫 Not this
  • ·Lightning and thunder on their own
  • ·Rain that isn't causing flooding
  • ·Ordinary dark clouds, scud, or clouds that only look scary
  1. 1 · The net, if one is up

    When the office activates SKYWARN, a net control on the local repeater takes reports in a set format and relays them straight to the forecaster. Listen first, check in when asked, keep it short: who, what, where, when.

  2. 2 · The office directly

    No net running? Every office has a spotter line or online report form on its SKYWARN page - for you that’s NWS Caribou. Trained spotters get the number in class; anyone can use the form.

  3. 3 · Tell the room here

    /report hail quarter · 71st & Memorial in #me-wx puts it in front of everyone watching the state. It does not reach the NWS - do 1 or 2 for that.

Counties served by NWS Caribou · 6
MEC003 Aroostook
MEC009 Hancock
MEC019 Penobscot
MEC021 Piscataquis
MEC025 Somerset
MEC029 Washington