Winter Storm Warnings Posted For Wednesday Afternoon Through Thursday Morning

...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THANKSGIVING TRAVEL...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE UP THE COAST ON WEDNESDAY...REACHING A
POINT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST OF CAPE COD BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS
WILL SPREAD SNOW NORTHWARD INTO MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SNOW MAY BEGIN AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN OVER SOUTHERN AND COASTAL AREAS...BUT A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING...ACCUMULATING AT RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR.

BECAUSE OF THE EXPECTED INTENSITY AND ACCUMULATION OF

SNOW...DRIVING WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS ON ONE OF THE BUSIEST
TRAVEL DAYS OF THE YEAR. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DURING THESE
TIMES...AND TRAVELERS SHOULD BE AT THEIR DESTINATION BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON TO AVOID HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.

SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-
SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-
STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...
FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...
SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...
LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...
WINTERPORT...UNITY...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...
KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...
TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...
ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE...BERLIN...
LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...
PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...
CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...
ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM
EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY
TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG
  WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW
  HAMPSHIRE...AND BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REST OF NEW
  HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY FOR A TIME
  WEDNESDAY EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS ON A
  VERY BUSY TRAVEL DAY. TRAVELERS IN WESTERN MAINE AND NEW
  HAMPSHIRE SHOULD BE AT THEIR DESTINATION BY WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON TO AVOID HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...A HEAVY
  WET SNOW NEAR THE COAST COULD LEAD TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

* WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ALONG THE
  COAST.

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

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30.

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.

NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-
SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-
COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET...
PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...
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

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM EST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY
TO 9 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A HOULTON TO SHERMAN TO
  MILLINOCKET TO DOVER FOXCROFT LINE.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH RAIN AT THE ONSET
  DOWNEAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING TO ALL SNOW.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 11 INCHES.

* TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...HIGH IMPACT PRIMARILY FOR TRAVEL. THE SNOW WILL START
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. KEEP THIS TIME IN MIND IF TRAVELING TO OR
  FROM TO AREA. IF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS ARE AT ALL FLEXIBLE...MAKE
  ADJUSTMENTS TO ARRIVE OR LEAVE EARLY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS
  EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...HIGHEST
  NEAR THE COAST.

* VISIBILITIES...DOWN TO ONE HALF MILE IN TIMES IN MODERATE
  SNOWFALL.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S.

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.