More Snow Means Winter Storm Watch for Wednesday Night-Thursday

Winter Storm Watch...BLUE

Mid-Coast Maine is now under a winter storm watch as more snow is on the way for Wednesday night through Thursday. There potential for several inches of snow. With 4-8 inches, locally higher amounts expected leads the U.S National Weather Service out of Gray to issue a winter storm watch.

...HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY

INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE GREAT LAKES LATE WEDNESDAY

AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHILE LOW PRESSURE PASSES BY OFFSHORE. A

DEVELOPING SURFACE TROUGH BETWEEN THESE TWO LOWS WILL PRODUCE A

BAND OF SNOW ACROSS OUR AREA LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THE DAY ON

THURSDAY. THIS TROUGH WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL

WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. SOME UNCERTAINTY EXISTS ON

EXACTLY WHERE THE TROUGH WILL FORM...AND HENCE WHERE THE HEAVIEST

SNOWFALL WILL BE. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 6 INCHES OR MORE OF

SNOW IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER

FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THE

DEVELOPMENT OF THIS WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM.

INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-

COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...

LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...

WINTERPORT...UNITY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...

BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...

CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE

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

THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM

WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH

THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH SOME

  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THE DAY THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL PRODUCE SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS.

* WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...12 TO 23.

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.

We will update readers when a winter storm warning or winter weather advisory is issued.