WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 333 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 11 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 11 PM EST
WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW
WILL THEN MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE
AFTERNOON...MAINLY SOUTH OF A BANGOR TO CALAIS LINE. A WINTRY MIX
WILL THEN CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM WILL HAVE A MODERATE IMPACT ON THE WARNING AREA. HEAVY
SNOW WILL COVER ROADS AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES MAKING TRAVEL
DIFFICULT (FROM TIME TO TIME). THE COMBINATION OF WINDS POSSIBLY
GUSTING UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH...WET SNOW AND SOME ICE ACCUMULATION ON
TREES COULD CONTRIBUTE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ALONG WITH
SOME POWER OUTAGES.
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