Winter Storm Watch Interior Maine

Winter Storm Watch shaded in blue

Interior Maine - RCN America has learned about a complex Winter Storm that could bring this area of interior Maine between 8 and 12 inches of snow from Wednesday through Thursday afternoon. This storm should be monitored by all living in interior Maine for the very latest. Due to this complex storm the National Weather Service issued this following statement.

...COMPLEX WINTER STORM HEADED TOWARD NEW ENGLAND...

.A WINTER STORM WILL TRACK OUT OF THE PLAINS AND TOWARD THE GREAT
LAKES ON TUESDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY
BY WEDNESDAY... WITH RAIN AND SNOW SPREADING INTO NORTHERN NEW
ENGLAND AHEAD OF IT. AS LOW PRESSURE REDEVELOPS NEAR CAPE COD ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MAINE
AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. THERE WILL BE PERIODS WHERE SNOW MAY CHANGE TO
RAIN AND BACK TO SNOW...GREATLY IMPACTING SNOWFALL TOTALS. THIS
WILL BE A PROLONGED WINTER STORM...WITH SNOW BEGINNING AS EARLY
AS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND ENDING BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST
SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ON THURSDAY.

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND INLAND AREAS OF WESTERN
  MAINE.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW WHICH MAY CHANGE BACK AND FORTH TO
  RAIN AND SNOW.

* TIMING...EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IS POSSIBLE
  OVER THE 36 HOUR PERIOD.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ON
  UNTREATED ROADWAYS. A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN MAY MAKE SNOW COVERED
  ROADS EVEN MORE SLIPPERY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES MAY
  SNAP WEAK LIMBS AND LEAD TO SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO MID 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

If you don't like the snow then think about Spring and the blooming flowers that's just 6-8 weeks away. Stay tuned to RCN America and the National Weather Service for the very latest.