Coastal Maine: Winter Weather Advisory Issued For Tonight-Wednesday Morning

The national weather service out of Gray, Maine has issued a winter weather advisory for tonight into Wednesday due to snow to impact the area. Areas along coastal Maine could see 6 inches of snow with very little the farther away from the coast you are.

National Weather Service out of Gray, Maine statement.

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH COLD WIND CHILLS...

.VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY
COLD WIND CHILLS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN MAINE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.
TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW ZERO WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS OF 10 TO
15 MPH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 BELOW ZERO OR
COLDER... WITH 30 BELOW ZERO READINGS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE LATE TODAY THEN
SPREAD NORTHEAST ALONG THE MAINE COAST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN LET UP AROUND MIDDAY.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE
COAST... WITH AROUND 6 INCHES EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE.
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW... INCREASING THE IMPACT FROM THIS SNOWFALL.

INTERIOR YORK-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-
KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...BIDDEFORD...SACO...
OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...
WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...
WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...
LINCOLNVILLE

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 PM EST WEDNESDAY.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING...TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES FROM SNOW AND BLOWING
  SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

Please stay safe and send your snowfall totals and photos to rockycoastnews@live.com.