Winter Storm Watch Issued For Northern Maine

...A COASTAL STORM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO
THE REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OFF THE CAROLINA COAST TUESDAY THEN
MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD INTO NEW ENGLAND THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL BREAKOUT ACROSS THE REGION DURING TUESDAY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. ALONG THE COAST...A MIX TO RAIN IS LIKELY AS WARMER AIR WRAPS IN OFF THE OCEAN. ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...A PERIOD OF HEAVY WET
SNOW AND SLEET...MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN
IS LIKELY. IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO PINPOINT THE EXACT TIMING OF
PRECIPITATION CHANGEOVER AND THEREFORE PRECISE SNOW...SLEET...AND
GLAZE AMOUNTS. AS THE STORM TRACK BECOMES MORE CLEAR...WARNINGS
AND ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA.

NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-

SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS-
SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-
SULLIVAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...
JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON...
WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...
LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...
PLYMOUTH...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN

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

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND SLEET...WITH POCKETS OF
  FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...WET SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 14
  INCHES...WITH SOME POCKETS OF ICING POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...TUESDAY INTO THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS MAY DOWN LIMBS AND
  PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES.

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

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

NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA...
FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN...
MARS HILL...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...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...DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...
GUILFORD
333 PM EST SUN DEC 7 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

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

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MAINE.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A
  QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF ICE.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...QUARTER TO HALF INCH.

* TIMING...BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO
  THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HIGH IMPACT POSSIBLE. EXPECT TRAVEL
  DIFFICULTIES. SNOW...SLEET AND A GLAZE OF ICE WILL PRODUCE
  SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. ICE MAY CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO SNAP WITH
  SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE.

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

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

* VISIBILITIES...BRIEF 1/2SM OR LESS POSSIBLE IN THE SNOW PHASE OF
  THE EVENT.

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.