Weather Alert: Blizzard & Winter Storm Warnings Issued for Downeast Maine

COASTAL HANCOCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...INTERIOR HANCOCK AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES.

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

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES.

* TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
  BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE.

* WINDS...NORTH 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT
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CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...
MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON...EASTPORT...MACHIAS...
CHERRYFIELD

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...COASTAL AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING SNOW.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES.


* TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE.

* WINDS...NORTH 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER OF A MILES OR LESS AT TIMES.

INTERIOR HANCOCK-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...
GREAT POND...ORLAND...DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
EDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM
WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...INTERIOR HANCOCK AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES.

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

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES.

* TIMING...VERY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW COULD LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ROADS
  COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE.

* WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For those living in Knox and Waldo counties, there is still a Winter Storm Watch. Stay with us if this gets upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning or a Winter Weather Advisory. It appears downeast Maine will see the most snow with very little to nothing in Northern and western Maine.