COASTAL FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 415 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
AN INTENSE STORM MOVING NORTHWEST TOWARD COASTAL DOWNEAST MAINE
FROM THE OPEN ATLANTIC WILL BRING A STORM SURGE OF AT LEAST 1 TO
2 FEET ON TOP OF VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES DURING THE
MIDDAY TODAY.
HIGH TIDE AT BAR HARBOR IS EXPECTED SHORTLY AFTER 11AM EST AND
AROUND NOON EST AT EASTPORT. MAXIMUM ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE IS
13 FT AT BAR HARBOR AND 23 FT AT EASTPORT. TOTAL STORM TIDES AT
THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE MIDDAY SATURDAY WILL BE 14 TO 15 FT AT BAR
HARBOR AND AROUND 24 FT AT EASTPORT.
STRONG WINDS AND STORM SURGES WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR
POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING OVER THE NEXT TWO HIGH TIDE CYCLES
LATE THIS EVENING AND EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON RESPECTIVELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT AROUND THE TIME OF THE REFERENCED HIGH TIDES. COASTAL
RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA ESPECIALLY IN MACHIAS AND THE
CAUSEWAY TO DEER ISLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR
FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS...AND TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT PROPERTY.
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BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 420 PM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES
ACROSS THE REGION. THE SNOW COULD MIX WITH RAIN AT TIMES LATER
TONIGHT ALONG THE DOWNEAST COAST AND NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER...
POSSIBLY LIMITING ACCUMULATIONS THERE.
NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...
REACHING SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY
LATER THIS EVENING. SIMILAR WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THIS WILL
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT
TIMES WITH VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
RESIDENTS OF THE AREA ALONG WITH HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD KEEP A
CLOSE WATCH ON THIS SYSTEM AS TRAVEL THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. CHECK
FOR DETAILS ON THE RAPIDLY EVOLVING SITUATION BY GOING TO
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS STORM WILL HAVE AN EXTREME IMPACT ON
THE WARNING AREA. VERY STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE POTENTIALLY DEADLY OUTDOOR
CONDITIONS. WHITEOUTS...DEEP SNOW DRIFTS AND FROSTBITE OF EXPOSED
SKIN CAN BE EXPECTED.
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