WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 319 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
ALONG THE COAST FROM PORTLAND TO ROCKLAND...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY...AND FALL HEAVILY AT
TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...AS TEMPERATURES
WARM ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK...THE SNOW MAY CHANGE TO RAIN. THE
CHANGE WILL TAKE LONGER FURTHER AWAY FROM THE SHORE...GENERALLY
NORTH OF ROUTE 1....BUT BY LATE AFTERNOON ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE THE
SNOW CHANGE TO RAIN. MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEFORE
THE CHANGE TO RAIN.
AS THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES LIGHTER WEDNESDAY NIGHT...IT MAY
FALL IN THE FORM OF RAIN....FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. THIS WILL
DEPEND ON SURFACE TEMPERATURES...BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED AFTER WEDNESDAY EVENING.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 342 PM EST MON DEC 07 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH
WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
EASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
EVENING...AND WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH DURING THIS TIME.
THE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER
LINES...WHICH COULD RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES.
AS THE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST OF THE REGION LATER WEDNESDAY
EVENING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SLACKEN.
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STJEAN/NWS GRAY MAINE
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