Not More Snow, Winter Storm Watches Issued For Saturday Night-Sunday Evening

...SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH A MORE SUBSTANTIAL SNOWFALL POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST ON SATURDAY....BRINGING
A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF THE AREA INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT. A SECOND LOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND COAST
SATURDAY NIGHT DRAWING COLDER AIR BACK INTO THE AREA AND CHANGING PRECIPITATION BACK TO ALL SNOW. THE POTENTIAL EXITS FOR 6 INCHES
OR MORE OF WET SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY IN AREAS NORTH
AND EAST OF PORTLAND BEFORE THE DEVELOPING COASTAL LOW EXITS INTO
THE MARITIMES.

NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-

SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN-
KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...
JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON...
WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...LEWISTON-AUBURN...
LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...
BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...
CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW.

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

* TIMING...LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY
  NIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO THE DAY
  ON SUNDAY.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CAUSE SLICK TRAVEL AND SCATTERED
  POWER OUTAGES.

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

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S.

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.

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 WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...EAST CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST MAINE.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...THE POTENTIAL OF 7 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL LEAD TO SNOW COVERED ROADS WHICH COULD
  LEAD TO SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.

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

* TEMPERATURES...LOWER TO MID 20S SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH MID 20S TO
  AROUND 30 SUNDAY.

* VISIBILITIES...A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

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.