Winter Weather Advisories Issued For Southern, Central & Northern Maine Friday Night-Saturday

...WINTRY WEATHER RETURNS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...

.AS LOW PRESSURE CROSSES THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND INTO THE
GULF OF MAINE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY... PRECIPITATION WILL
SPREAD INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE. PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS SNOW BUT AS WARM AIR BEGINS MOVING IN ABOVE THE SURFACE...
EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY
SATURDAY MORNING.

COLD AIR DAMMING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL MAINTAIN
COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES ACROSS EASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
INTERIOR WESTERN MAINE THROUGH THE MORNING AND POSSIBLY INTO THE
AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE... A COASTAL FRONT WILL MEANDER NEAR THE
COASTLINE AND KEEP AREAS NEAR THE COAST JUST ABOVE FREEZING
ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MIDCOAST OF MAINE.

IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE TEMPERATURES WILL BE GRADUALLY WARMING

THROUGH THE MORNING AND WILL ALLOW PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO
RAIN. FURTHER TO THE NORTH... PRECIPITATION MAY STAY ALL SNOW IN
THE MOUNTAINS WITH ACCUMULATIONS AS HIGH AS 6 INCHES.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS OF COLD
WEATHER... GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR FREEZING EVEN AS
SURFACE TEMPERATURES MAY WARM A FEW DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING. AS A
RESULT... RAIN MAY STILL FREEZE ON ROAD SURFACES EVEN FOR A TIME
AFTER THE AIR TEMPERATURE RISES ABOVE FREEZING.

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COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...
KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK
335 AM EST FRI DEC 5 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST SATURDAY.

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

* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW ALONG WITH LESS THAN ONE
  TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND
  TRANSITION TO SLEET... THEN FREEZING RAIN BY SATURDAY MORNING.
  TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING SATURDAY
  MORNING WITH PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO RAIN. LOCATIONS CLOSER TO
  THE COAST WILL SEE MORE RAIN FROM THIS EVENT.

* IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE ICE TO FORM ON EXPOSED
  SURFACES INCLUDING ROADS. COLD TEMPERATURES IN ADVANCE OF THE
  PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE ICE ACCRETION ON ROADWAYS MORE
  EFFICIENT. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY SLICK SATURDAY
  MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...NEAR 30 RISING INTO THE UPPER 30S.

SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
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
335 AM EST FRI DEC 5 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY.

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

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH
  UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND
  TRANSITION TO SLEET... THEN FREEZING RAIN BY SATURDAY MORNING.
  TEMPERATURES MAY RISE ABOVE FREEZING SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH
  PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO RAIN.

* IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE ICE TO FORM ON EXPOSED
  SURFACES INCLUDING ROADS. COLD TEMPERATURES IN ADVANCE OF THE
  PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE ICE ACCRETION ON ROADWAYS MORE
  EFFICIENT. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY SLICK SATURDAY
  MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES WILL CAUSE LIMBS TO SAG AND
  MAY LEAD TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S... RISING INTO THE LOW 30S.

NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS-
SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...
JACKMAN...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON
335 AM EST FRI DEC 5 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 PM EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 PM EST SATURDAY.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND LAST
  THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. THERE MAY BE TIMES WHERE PRECIPITATION
  CHANGES TO SLEET. IN ADDITION... A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN IS
  POSSIBLE IN THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CAUSE WINTRY DRIVING CONDITIONS.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S RISING INTO THE LOW 30S.

CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-
INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD...DANFORTH...
VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD
418 AM EST FRI DEC 5 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON EST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 3 AM TO NOON EST SATURDAY.

* LOCATIONS...EAST CENTRAL MAINE

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES.

* TIMING...SATURDAY MORNING

* IMPACTS...LOW MAINLY FOR TRAVEL

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.