8+ Inches Of Snow Means Winter Storm Warnings

...HEAVY SNOW LIKELY ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST AND
EXTEND INLAND TONIGHT. THIS FEATURE WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR HEAVY
SNOWFALL WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS
WILL BE LOCALIZED... HOWEVER WIDESPREAD 6 TO 10 INCHES IS
EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
PER HOUR ARE LIKELY AT TIMES. THE TROUGH WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE AT
FIRST BEFORE GRADUALLY SHIFTING EAST OVERNIGHT.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE GULF OF MAINE
AND CONTINUE SNOWFALL FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MAINE.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 6 INCHES OR MORE IS POSSIBLE BEFORE
PRECIPITATION WINDS DOWN EARLY FRIDAY.

NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN OXFORD-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-

ANDROSCOGGIN-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-
NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...SANFORD...
BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...
LIVERMORE FALLS...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...
KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...
TOPSHAM...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...NORTH CONWAY...
WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEAST
  ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY CLOSER
  TO THE COAST. HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THURSDAY...
  BUT LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER INTO THURSDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES COULD LEAD
  TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

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

* TEMPERATURES...9 TO 28 ABOVE.

NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-
SOUTHERN SOMERSET-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...
BINGHAM...JACKMAN...FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...
PITTSFIELD...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...
BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...
THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM
EST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 1 AM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES.

* TIMING...SOME LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING. HEAVIER
  SNOWFALL WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING. THIS SNOW
  WILL TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES COULD LEAD
  TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

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

* TEMPERATURES...7 TO 27 ABOVE.

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.

CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-
INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-
COASTAL 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...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...
EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD...DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...
GUILFORD...DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 4 AM EST
FRIDAY...

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

* LOCATIONS...DOWNEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MAINE.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES.

* TIMING...THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE IMPACT. SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. DUE
  TO THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND ACROSS
  PARTS OF DOWNEAST MAINE IT WILL MAKE SNOW REMOVAL DIFFICULT.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...HIGH TEMPERATURES THURSDAY FROM THE LOWER TO MID
  20S NORTHERN AREAS TO THE UPPER 20S INTERIOR DOWNEAST WITH
  AROUND 30 ALONG THE DOWNEAST COAST.

* VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A 1/2 MILE OR
  LESS AT TIMES.

NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
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

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM
EST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY
TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN MAINE.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES.

* TIMING...THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE IMPACT. SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...HIGH TEMPERATURES THURSDAY IN THE UPPER TEENS TO
  LOWER 20S.

* VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A 1/2 MILE OR
  LESS AT TIMES.

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.