WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 327 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM
EST SUNDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4
PM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
LOOK FOR SNOW TO BECOME STEADIER AND HEAVIER TODAY...AS NORTH
WINDS INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
TONIGHT...AND WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. THE COMBINATION
MAY RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATER THIS EVENING AND
DURING THE OVERNIGHT.
THE SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHTER SUNDAY AS LOW PRESSURE DROPS SOUTH OF
THE REGION. BY THAT TIME...NEW SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FOR TODAY...TONIGHT
AND SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS ACROSS CENTRAL MAINE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
CONTINUE SUNDAY AS WINDS GUST TO 40 MPH.
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
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