WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 417 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...
.INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...WILL
APPROACH LATER THIS AFTERNOON...THEN CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT.
THE LOW WILL BRING A MIX OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO
CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST AREAS WITH MOSTLY SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH.
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CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD...
LINCOLN...HOWLAND...SPRINGFIELD...DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...
GUILFORD...DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD
417 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
THURSDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY.
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE INTO LATE EVENING WITH SNOWFALL
RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY MIX
WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EARLY TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG
WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM WILL HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE WARNING AREA. HEAVY
SNOW WILL COVER ROADS AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES MAKING TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS POSSIBLY GUSTING UP
TO 30 MPH...WET SNOW AND SLEET COULD CONTRIBUTE TO DOWNED TREES
AND POWER LINES ALONG WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES.
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