Winter Weather Advisory, Wind Advisory, Blizzard Watch

Wind Advisory Brown...Winter Weather Advisory Blue...Blizzard Watch Light Green

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO

7 PM EST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER

ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10

PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO

LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...KENNEBEC...WALDO...SAGADAHOC...LINCOLN... AND KNOX

  COUNTIES IN MAINE.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND INCREASE

  IN INTENSITY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF

  THE DAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MARKEDLY AS SUNDAY

  PROGRESSES WHICH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.

* IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND SHARPLY REDUCED

  VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY SUNDAY

  AFTERNOON.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES ON SUNDAY.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT

VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND

BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN

AREAS.

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST

SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...

WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH SUNDAY

  AND SUNDAY EVENING. A FEW HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE ON THE MID COAST

  OF MAINE.

* TIMING...SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE LIMBS. HIGH

  PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTIES AT

  TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES. THESE WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY

  COMBINE WITH FALLING LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW ON THE

  COASTAL PLAIN...ALLOWING FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF

46 TO 57 MPH CAN LEAD TO DAMAGE DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND

SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH

LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH

LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST...EAST CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST MAINE.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MOST OF SUNDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL POSE THE

  GREATEST HAZARD WITH THIS EVENT. SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL

  CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS AND LIKELY CAUSE

  FREQUENT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR

BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.

THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY

DANGEROUS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE

SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL

DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR.