UPDATED: Snow, Mix On The Way, Winter Storm Warnings & Advisories Issued For Saturday Night-Sunday Evening

UPDATED....SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...
WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON
338 PM EDT SAT MAR 14 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5
PM EDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AND WET FOR TIME.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH
  AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.

* TIMING...LIGHT INTERMITTENT SNOW AND RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH
  FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AT TIMES THIS EVENING...WILL CHANGE BACK
  TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY.

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

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

Forecast for Rockland:
Late Afternoon Rain likely before 5pm, then rain and snow likely. Cloudy, with a high near 37. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight Rain and snow, becoming all snow after 11pm. Low around 29. Blustery, with an east wind 15 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.


Sunday Snow, mainly before 5pm. High near 34. Breezy, with a north wind 20 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY AND CROSS THE
GULF OF MAINE TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL MOVE EAST OF THE MARITIMES
SUNDAY.

NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-
CENTRAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET...
PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...
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...
DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD...DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...
TOPSFIELD

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING

TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY...

* LOCATIONS...EAST CENTRAL AND INTERIOR DOWNEAST MAINE.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

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

* TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE. SNOW COVERED ROADS COULD LEAD TO TRAVEL
  DIFFICULTIES.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S.

COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...
EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING
TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY...

* LOCATIONS...COASTAL DOWNEAST MAINE.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN THIS EVENING...
   ESPECIALLY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND OUTER ISLANDS BEFORE
  CHANGING TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE
  HIGHER AMOUNTS INLAND AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST.

* TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

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

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30.

NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-
SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN-
KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-
NORTHERN CARROLL-
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...
BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...
NORTH CONWAY
1052 AM EDT SAT MAR 14 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 PM EDT SUNDAY...

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AND WET FOR TIME.

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

* TIMING...LIGHT INTERMITTENT SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH FREEZING
  RAIN AND SLEET AT TIMES ON TODAY...WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW
  TONIGHT AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO THE DAY
  ON SUNDAY.

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

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

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.

...SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE
TURNING OVER TO A LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN MIXTURE. COLDER AIR
MOVES IN TONIGHT WITH PRECIPITATION TURNING OVER TO ALL SNOW...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST TODAY....BRINGING
SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE. A MIX OF LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL FALL ACROSS
NORTHERN AREAS INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A SECOND LOW WILL DEVELOP
ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND COAST TONIGHT DRAWING COLDER AIR BACK INTO
THE AREA AND CHANGING PRECIPITATION BACK TO ALL SNOW. THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS 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 ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-NORTHERN GRAFTON-
SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM...
GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LITTLETON...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...
WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS
EVENING TO 5 PM EDT SUNDAY...

* HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...INTO SUNDAY.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL STICK TO TREES AND WIRES AND
  ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES COULD BE POSSIBLE. EXPECT ROADS TO
  ACCUMULATE SLUSHY SNOW MAKING TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS.

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

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN...
MARS HILL...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...BAXTER ST PARK...
CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...MOUNT KATAHDIN

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS
EVENING TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY...

* LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK...NORTHERN SOMERSET AND
  NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTIES.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

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

* TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...LOW. SNOW MAY LEAD TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND SOME
  TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S.

There is now a Winter Weather Advisory issued for Knox, Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties for tonight through Sunday into the evening.