WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 350 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
STEADY SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BY LATE AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATER
TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY.
STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE AREA ARE EXPECTED TO
RANGE FROM 6 TO 14 INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
NORTH OF A LINE FROM BANGOR TO CALAIS. 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 SNOW AMOUNTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM WILL HAVE A MODERATE TO HIGH IMPACT ON THE WARNING AREA.
SNOWFALL ACROSS THE REGION WILL FALL AT MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY
HEAVY RATES FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE LONG DURATION OF THIS
STORM WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS...AND SIGNIFICANT
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
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DUDA/NOUHAN
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