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BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
* LOCATIONS... NORTHEAST... EAST CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST MAINE.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS... POTENTIALLY RANGING FROM 4 INCHES OF SNOW OVER FAR NORTHEAST MAINE UPWARDS TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST DOWNEAST MAINE.
* TIMING... SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MOST OF SUNDAY NIGHT.
* TEMPERATURES... 13 TO 26.
* WINDS... NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 55 MPH... WITH THE STRONGER WINDS AND WIND GUSTS IN PROXIMITY TO THE DOWNEAST COAST.
* VISIBILITIES... ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS... HIGH TO EXTREME... WITH SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSING THE GREATEST HAZARD WITH THIS EVENT RATHER THAN HEAVY SNOW RATES AND VERY DEEP ACCUMULATION WITH FALLING SNOW. SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY CAUSE FREQUENT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS.
Stay with RCN America as we will bring you the very latest on this latest winter storm to impact the area starting tomorrow evening....
