WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 414 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 PM EST
SUNDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM
SATURDAY TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED.
LIGHT SNOW FROM THE FIRST OF TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS TO AFFECT THE
AREA IS GRADUALLY WINDING DOWN. SNOWFALL FROM THIS FIRST SYSTEM
RANGED FROM LESS THAN AN INCH ACROSS THE FAR NORTH TO AROUND 5
INCHES PORTIONS OF DOWNEAST MAINE.
A SECOND...MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT
THE REGION SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE
AREA FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY AND BECOME HEAVY
AT TIMES BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO
15 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO
DEVELOP BY LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH EXPECTED. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH VERY
DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED FROM LATE
SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
RESIDENTS OF THE AREA ALONG WITH HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD KEEP A
CLOSE WATCH ON THE SYSTEM...AS SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE
EXPECTED. CHECK FOR DETAILS ON THE RAPIDLY EVOLVING SITUATION BY GOING
TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM WILL HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE WARNING AREA. A
COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY
BE LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE IN FALLING SNOW WITH BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING NEAR WHITEOUTS AT TIMES.
$$
|
|
|
