Winter Storm Warning For Most Of The State

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO NOON
EDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY
TO NOON EDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...MIXING WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN
  AT TIMES.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 14 INCHES...ALONG
  WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN DURING THE LATE MORNING ON
  WEDNESDAY...THEN TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW BY
  EVENING. ALL RAIN IS POSSIBLE FOR A TIME ON THE IMMEDIATE COAST.
  THE MIXTURE MAY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IN SPOTS WEDNESDAY
  EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE AT NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
  ANY PRECIPITATION COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW OR HEAVY MIXED
  PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE
  SNOW THAT FALLS WOULD LIKELY BE WET AND HEAVY...AND ALONG WITH
  SLEET AND ANY FREEZING RAIN COULD MAKE FOR POWER OUTAGE ISSUES.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

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

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE.

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE UP THE NORTHEAST COAST WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND TO
THE NORTH OF THIS LOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE
MOUNTAINS. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND RAIN IS EXPECTED FURTHER
SOUTH...WITH FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE
CHANGING BACK TO SNOW LATE.


ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...
AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BATH...TOPSHAM...
BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...
THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE