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...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 7 AM EST
MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 7 AM EST
MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-
KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-
LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...ROCHESTER...
DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW... BLOWING SNOW... AND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 18 TO 24 INCHES.
TIMES INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE BY SUNDAY MORNING
CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW. SNOW COMES TO AN END DURING THE
DAY SUNDAY BUT BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY
LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THIS MAY MAKE DRIVING
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
* WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
* VISIBILITIES...NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ESPECIALLY NEAR OPEN AREAS
LIKE FIELDS AND PARKING LOTS.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS.
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARMINGTON...WILTON
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 7 AM EST
MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 7 AM EST
MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW... BLOWING SNOW... AND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 12 TO 16 INCHES.
* TIMING...SNOW BEGINS DURING THE DAY SATURDAY AND INCREASES IN
INTENSITY SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW COMES TO AN END SUNDAY NIGHT BUT
BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS AT TIMES. DRIVING WILL BE DANGEROUS WITH SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITY.
* WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* VISIBILITIES...NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
* TEMPERATURES...NEAR ZERO TO TEN ABOVE.
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-
CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM SATURDAY TO 7 AM EST
MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM SATURDAY TO 7 AM EST
MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS...CENTRAL PENOBSCOT AND
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES.
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 18 TO 26 INCHES.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO
SUNDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...VERY HIGH. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE
TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND COULD MAKE SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE.
HIGH WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING
-20F WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE.
* WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 5 TO 10 ABOVE INLAND AND AROUND 20F NEAR
THE COAST. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL DURING THE DAY.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MOST OF SUNDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL 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
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST
MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM
EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN MAINE.
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 18 INCHES. THE HIGHER
END OF THE RANGE WILL OCCUR IN SOUTHERN AROOSTOOK WHILE THE
LOWER END OF THE RANGE WILL OCCUR TOWARDS THE ALLAGASH.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE SOUTHERN
PART OF THE WARNED AREA AND REACH THE SAINT JOHN VALLEY LATER
SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...HIGH. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL
EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. HIGH WINDS MAY CAUSE A FEW POWER OUTAGES.
WIND CHILLS APPROACHING -20F WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF
HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE.
* WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...1 BELOW TO 6 ABOVE ZERO.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-
SOUTHERN OXFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...
JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT
EST SUNDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
4 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES.
* TIMING...SNOW BEGINS DURING THE DAY SATURDAY AND INCREASES IN
INTENSITY SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW COMES TO AN END SUNDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD LEAD TO NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. DRIVING MAY BE HAZARDOUS WITH
SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITY.
* WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO.
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.
According to the town of Rockport; What? Another Blizzard?
Just when you think winter couldn’t get any worse, it’s about to. The latest weather forecast is for as much as two feet of more blowing and drifting snow. In itself this is difficult enough, but we’re Mainers, a foot is just good traction. However, another two feet of new snow added to the snow we already have on the ground and banks along the roads can cause serious problems if we are not prepared. We will need your help and patience over the next few days.
Our public works crew has been doing everything they can to open roads and push back snow to make room for more snow, but we need to make everyone aware that we are running out of spaces to put it. That will mean, for a period of time, roads will likely become more narrow than they are now. At some points during the storm roads in the village could be reduced to a single lane. Further, the expected wind and drifting will likely make it harder and harder for our crews to keep up with it throughout the day on Sunday and into Monday.
The Public Works employees have been and will continue to be doing the best job that they can. None of them believe that they are just doing a job; they take their work very seriously and will do whatever it takes to keep the roads clear for emergency responders and residents. Please keep in mind, that while we are all home safe and warm watching storm center, we are sending these employees out into the worst of the storm, in a big truck sporting a wing on the side, often at night when the visibility is at its worst. The snow is blowing onto their windshields and over the plow blade making it impossible to see much in front of them. They will likely hit more mailboxes. As much as it seems like to, they really are not trying to hit them. Often it is the volume and the weight of the snow coming off of the blade that knocks them down. Sometimes it is just not possible to avoid them.
A storm like this will force our public works crews to be on the road for long stretches of time with little time for food or rest before they are back out doing it again. They will likely be out and away from their own homes and families from Saturday afternoon until Monday afternoon - possibly longer. How can you help?
If possible, stay off the roads! First, stay off the roads for your own safety. Second, if you go off the road (which is very possible), we will likely need to send an emergency response crew to the scene, putting them at risk and diverting resources from what they should be doing. Third, where ever you think you are going, will likely be closed anyway.
Prepare now for the storm so that you don’t need to go out, and so you’ll be okay even if you lose power for a while.
.And one last thing – Please keep an eye out for your neighbors and any elderly people you know.
CONTINUING SAFETY MESSAGES: Do not travel during Blizzard….reduce snow loads on roofs where possible before this storm…..keep snow cleared from exterior wall heating appliance or other home appliance vents….Check on neighbors…..If generators are used, used wisely to avoid Carbon Monoxide Poisoning…..Take precautions to prevent freezing skin during periods with very low wind chill temps…downed wires are not safe to touch…
Message from Ellsworth Police Department; Just to keep you as updated as possible, Hancock and Washington County predictions have been increased to a possible 24-36 inches of snow beginning Saturday around 6 p.m. and going through Sunday. Winds will gusts will be 60-70 mph if the storm continues as predicted. Visibility will be zero in blowing and drifting snow. Please plan ahead for potential power outages. Please limit travel to emergency vehicles only during the storm. Please stay safe.
According to the town of Rockport; What? Another Blizzard?
Just when you think winter couldn’t get any worse, it’s about to. The latest weather forecast is for as much as two feet of more blowing and drifting snow. In itself this is difficult enough, but we’re Mainers, a foot is just good traction. However, another two feet of new snow added to the snow we already have on the ground and banks along the roads can cause serious problems if we are not prepared. We will need your help and patience over the next few days.
Our public works crew has been doing everything they can to open roads and push back snow to make room for more snow, but we need to make everyone aware that we are running out of spaces to put it. That will mean, for a period of time, roads will likely become more narrow than they are now. At some points during the storm roads in the village could be reduced to a single lane. Further, the expected wind and drifting will likely make it harder and harder for our crews to keep up with it throughout the day on Sunday and into Monday.
The Public Works employees have been and will continue to be doing the best job that they can. None of them believe that they are just doing a job; they take their work very seriously and will do whatever it takes to keep the roads clear for emergency responders and residents. Please keep in mind, that while we are all home safe and warm watching storm center, we are sending these employees out into the worst of the storm, in a big truck sporting a wing on the side, often at night when the visibility is at its worst. The snow is blowing onto their windshields and over the plow blade making it impossible to see much in front of them. They will likely hit more mailboxes. As much as it seems like to, they really are not trying to hit them. Often it is the volume and the weight of the snow coming off of the blade that knocks them down. Sometimes it is just not possible to avoid them.
A storm like this will force our public works crews to be on the road for long stretches of time with little time for food or rest before they are back out doing it again. They will likely be out and away from their own homes and families from Saturday afternoon until Monday afternoon - possibly longer. How can you help?
If possible, stay off the roads! First, stay off the roads for your own safety. Second, if you go off the road (which is very possible), we will likely need to send an emergency response crew to the scene, putting them at risk and diverting resources from what they should be doing. Third, where ever you think you are going, will likely be closed anyway.
Prepare now for the storm so that you don’t need to go out, and so you’ll be okay even if you lose power for a while.
.And one last thing – Please keep an eye out for your neighbors and any elderly people you know.
CONTINUING SAFETY MESSAGES: Do not travel during Blizzard….reduce snow loads on roofs where possible before this storm…..keep snow cleared from exterior wall heating appliance or other home appliance vents….Check on neighbors…..If generators are used, used wisely to avoid Carbon Monoxide Poisoning…..Take precautions to prevent freezing skin during periods with very low wind chill temps…downed wires are not safe to touch…
Message from Ellsworth Police Department; Just to keep you as updated as possible, Hancock and Washington County predictions have been increased to a possible 24-36 inches of snow beginning Saturday around 6 p.m. and going through Sunday. Winds will gusts will be 60-70 mph if the storm continues as predicted. Visibility will be zero in blowing and drifting snow. Please plan ahead for potential power outages. Please limit travel to emergency vehicles only during the storm. Please stay safe.
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