Winter Storm Warning Issued For Eastern Maine

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT BEGINNING SATURDAY EVENING...

.A STRENGTHENING COASTAL STORM WILL BRING SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES ALONG WITH VERY STRONG WIND TO CENTRAL AND EASTERN MAINE.

THE FIRST WAVE OF PRECIPITATION WILL ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW. MORE SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION WILL ARRIVE WITH THE MAIN SYSTEM LATE TONIGHT AND
CONTINUING SUNDAY. WE EXPECT STRONG WIND ALONG WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES. FOR SUNDAY...THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH RAIN AND EVEN
SOME SLEET AT TIMES OVER WASHINGTON AND HANCOCK
COUNTIES...POSSIBLY EVEN AS FAR NORTH AND WEST AS BANGOR. STORM
TOTALS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY BY SUNDAY NIGHT AWAY
FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS LOOK TO OCCUR OVER
INTERIOR WASHINGTON AND HANCOCK COUNTIES NORTH AND WEST INTO
SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT AND SOUTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTIES.

NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-

SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-
SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-
COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN...
MARS HILL...BAXTER ST PARK...CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...
MOUNT KATAHDIN...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET...PATTEN...
MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...
GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD...LINCOLN...HOWLAND...
SPRINGFIELD...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN...AMHERST...
AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND...DEBLOIS...
GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON...
ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT...MACHIAS...
CHERRYFIELD...DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD...DANFORTH...
VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD
123 PM EDT SAT NOV 1 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING TO
1 AM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
8 PM EDT THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 7 TO 14 INCHES...ALONG WITH
  TRACE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE POSSIBLE.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST...EAST CENTRAL...DOWNEAST MAINE.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WIND.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 14 INCHES.

* TIMING...SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

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

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT
  IN VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS STARTING SATURDAY EVENING
  AND CONTINUING SUNDAY. IN ADDITION... SINCE THE SNOW WILL BE WET
  IN NATURE THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BUILD UP ON TREES AND
  POWER LINES RESULTING IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES
  ESPECIALLY WHERE THE LEAVES ARE STILL ON THE TREES.

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.