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WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* LOCATIONS... KENNEBEC... WALDO... SAGADAHOC... LINCOLN... AND KNOX COUNTIES IN MAINE.
* HAZARD TYPES... THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING.
* ACCUMULATIONS... 6 OR MORE INCHES POSSIBLE.
* TIMING... SOME LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR SATURDAY DAYTIME. HOWEVER... THE MAIN PART OF THE EVENT AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS... THE POTENTIAL FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SNOW.
* WINDS... NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
* TEMPERATURES... IN THE MID 20S.
* VISIBILITIES... A HALF MILE OR LESS POSSIBLE.
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.
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... POTENTIAL FOR GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... THEN MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD NOVA SCOTIA ON SUNDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DELIVER MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE WATCH AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM IS STILL UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. A SLIGHTLY MORE EASTERLY TRACK BY AS LITTLE AS 50 MILES OR SO COULD MEAN A MINOR SNOW EVENT. HOWEVER... A TRACK MORE TOWARD THE WEST COULD MEAN A MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FORECAST ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS CONFIDENCE IN STORM TRACK INCREASES.
Stay with RCN America as we will bring you the very latest on this latest winter storm to impact the area starting tomorrow evening....
