#MEwx The National WEather Service in Gray has issued a WINTER WEATHER WATCH for our area for Saturday morning into Saturday night. Details are as follows: A COASTAL STORM MAY BRING HEAVY SNOW TO SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE COASTAL PLAIN OF MAINE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING... LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TONIGHT AND TRACK RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD SATURDAY TO A POINT SOUTHEAST OF CAPE COD BY LATE IN THE DAY. THE LOW WILL THEN RACE INTO THE MARITIMES SATURDAY NIGHT. THE LOW LOOKS TO COME CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE COAST TO BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA...MAINLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM TRACK IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN. A TRACK FURTHER NORTHWEST WOULD BRING HEAVY SNOW FURTHER INLAND. A TRACK FURTHER SOUTHEAST WOULD BRING LESS SNOW. Counties impacted: INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF AND END AROUND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY SNOW WOULD BRING TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AND WET FOR A TIME NEAR THE COAST AND POSSIBLY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES THERE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * 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.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:00:31 +0000
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