WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1151 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
.A TROUGH OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM
THE NORTHEAST TODAY AND THEN CROSS THE AREA...AS UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE FROM EASTERN ONTARIO MOVES SOUTHEAST INTO THE GULF OF
MAINE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THESE SYSTEMS WILL COMBINE TO BRING
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MAINE TODAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
MEZ015>017-030-230100-
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SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-
COASTAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN...
AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND...
DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY...
PRINCETON...EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD
1151 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY.
SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING.
STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE AREA ARE EXPECTED TO
RANGE FROM AROUND 4 INCHES NEAR BANGOR AND INCREASE TO OVER A
FOOT IN THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN FRINGES OF THE WARNING AREA.
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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WALKER
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