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Friday, December 13, 2013

WINTER WEATHER ALERT: Winter Storm Warning Issued For Saturday Evening-Sunday Evening

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM SATURDAY TO NOON EST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM SATURDAY TO
NOON EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SLEET DURING
  THE MIDDAY HOURS ALONG THE COAST ON SUNDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 14 INCHES ALONG THE
  COAST AND 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF
  MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION LATE
  SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE SLICK
  ROADS AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...4 TO 24 ABOVE.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

Be safe if you need to travel Saturday evening and Sunday as conditions will bad in snow falling across the state. Don't travel if not needing to.

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