Winter Weather Advisory Issued For Tomorrow 10am-10pm

... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY.
* HAZARD TYPES... SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS... SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES.
* TIMING... SNOW DEVELOPING THURSDAY MORNING THEN ENDING THURSDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS... ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS SLIPPERY. THE ADDED WEIGHT OF SNOW ON ALREADY ICE LADEN TREES AND POWER LINES COULD ADD TO THE NUMBER OF POWER OUTAGES. ICY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE REPAIR EFFORTS MORE DIFFICULT FOR POWER COMPANIES.
* WINDS... SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES... IN THE MID 20S TO MID 30S.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NORMALLY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR THIS EVENT THE SNOW IS FALLING IN THE AREA HIT HARDEST BY THE ICE STORM. THIS WILL MAKE POWER RESTORATION EFFORTS MORE DIFFICULT DUE TO INCREASED WEIGHT ON TREES AND POWER LINES AND POOR TRAVELING CONDITIONS FOR ROAD CREWS.

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... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MID COAST REGION TO THE CAPITAL REGION OF MAINE FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM OVER THE GULF OF MAINE THURSDAY MORNING THEN HEAD OFF TO THE NORTHEAST REACHING THE MARITIMES THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS LATE DEVELOPING STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE CHANCE OF SOME LIGHT SNOW BREAKING OUT LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL WIND DOWN FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THURSDAY EVENING.
ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA... FROM THE MID COAST TO THE CAPITAL REGION OF MAINE THERE WILL BE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. ELSEWHERE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS... RANGING FROM 1 TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES. THIS ADVISORY AREA IS ACROSS THE SAME REGION HIT HARDEST BY THE ICE STORM.
SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO RAIN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME OVER THE ISLANDS AND PERHAPS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE DUE TO WARMING ONSHORE WINDS.