SUNDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING.
* LOCATIONS...MUCH OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AS WELL AS SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL MAINE AND THE WESTERN MAINE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SLEET ON SUNDAY
ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF GREATER THAN 6 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY
EVENING REACHING THE PENOBSCOT VALLEY TOWARDS MIDNIGHT.
* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE SLICK
ROADS AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...5 TO 15 ABOVE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WITH TEENS AND
LOWER 20S ELSEWHERE.
* VISIBILITIES...WILL DROP BELOW ONE-HALF MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING
SNOW AS WELL AS IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
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.
RCN America Network will keep our readers updated on this first snowstorm of the season if a Winter Storm Warning is posted.
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