WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 350 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
3 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 3 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
STEADY SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
INTO WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE AREA ARE EXPECTED TO
RANGE FROM 5 TO 13 INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
WEST OF A LINE FROM ALLAGASH TO ASHLAND. RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...SINCE ANY DEVIATION IN THE
FORECASTED AXIS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW CAN RESULT IN A SHARP
VARIATION IN THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM WILL HAVE A LOW TO MODERATE IMPACT ON THE WARNING
AREA. SNOWFALL ACROSS THE REGION WILL FALL AT LIGHT TO
OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RATES FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE
LONG DURATION OF THIS STORM WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...LIGHT WINDS AND SNOWFALL RATES OF
GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL RESULT IN ONLY MINOR
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
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