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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Winter Weather Advisory For Knox, Lincoln & Waldo Counties

...A QUICK SNOWFALL EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY...

.WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST OF CAPE TONIGHT AND THEN
INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A QUICK 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TO
THE MID COAST AND PENOBSCOT BAY AREA STARTING LATE TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END BY MIDDAY WITH
RAPID CLEARING DURING THE AFTERNOON.

INTERIOR WALDO-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...
WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...
LINCOLNVILLE

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON EST WEDNESDAY.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW

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

* TIMING...SNOW BEGINS AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND COULD BECOME BRIEFLY
  HEAVY AT TIMES AROUND DAYBREAK AND INTO THE MORNING
  COMMUTE...BEFORE ENDING BY MIDDAY.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...13 TO 25.

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.

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