Winter Storm Watch Issued For Wednesday Night Through Thursday Morning

...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN MAINE AND MUCH
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE UP THE COAST...REACHING THE MID ATLANTIC AREA WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL SPREAD SNOW NORTHWARD INTO MAINE AND NEW
HAMPSHIRE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SNOW MAY BEGIN AS A
BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN OVER SOUTHERN AREAS...BUT THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE SNOW.

SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE PLOWABLE SNOW IS
POSSIBLE. THEREFORE A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DRIVING WILL BECOME
TREACHEROUS AND WILL OCCUR DURING ONE OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAYS
OF THE YEAR.

NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-

SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-
NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-
MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...
JACKMAN...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...COLEBROOK...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 WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...6 INCHES OR MORE SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS.

* WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND IN THE LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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...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

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST MAINE

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

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE.
  NO ICE ACCUMULATION.

* TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...HIGH IMPACT PRIMARILY FOR TRAVEL. THE SNOW WILL START
  LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. KEEP THIS TIME IN MIND IF TRAVELING TO
  OR FROM NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE. IF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS ARE AT
  ALL FLEXIBLE...MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO ARRIVE OR LEAVE EARLY. KEEP
  IN MIND THAT ALTHOUGH THE STORM WILL BEGIN LATE WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE...IT WILL BEGIN EARLIER
  FURTHER SOUTHWEST.

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

* TEMPERATURES...MID 20S TO LOWER 30S...COOLEST NORTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.