COASTAL FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 811 PM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 2 PM EST
SATURDAY...
...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 2 PM EST
SATURDAY. A NEW COASTAL FLOOD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
AN INTENSE STORM MOVING NORTHWEST TOWARD COASTAL DOWNEAST MAINE
FROM THE OPEN ATLANTIC WILL BRING A STORM SURGE OF AT LEAST 1 TO 2
FEET ON TOP OF VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES MIDDAY SATURDAY.
HIGH TIDE AT BAR HARBOR IS EXPECTED SHORTLY AFTER 11AM EST AND
AROUND NOON EST AT EASTPORT. MAXIMUM ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE IS 13
FT AT BAR HARBOR AND 23 FT AT EASTPORT. TOTAL STORM TIDES AT THE
TIME OF HIGH TIDE MIDDAY SATURDAY WILL BE 14 TO 15 FT AT BAR
HARBOR AND AROUND 24 FT AT EASTPORT.
STRONG WINDS AND STORM SURGES WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR
POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING OVER THE NEXT TWO HIGH TIDE CYCLES LATE
SATURDAY EVENING AND EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON RESPECTIVELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT AROUND THE TIME OF THE REFERENCED HIGH TIDES. COASTAL
RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA ESPECIALLY IN THE MACHIAS THE
CAUSEWAY TO DEER ISLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR
FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS...AND TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT PROPERTY.
$$
RLN/VJN
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 811 PM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 2 PM EST
SATURDAY...
...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 2 PM EST
SATURDAY. A NEW COASTAL FLOOD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
AN INTENSE STORM MOVING NORTHWEST TOWARD COASTAL DOWNEAST MAINE
FROM THE OPEN ATLANTIC WILL BRING A STORM SURGE OF AT LEAST 1 TO 2
FEET ON TOP OF VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES MIDDAY SATURDAY.
HIGH TIDE AT BAR HARBOR IS EXPECTED SHORTLY AFTER 11AM EST AND
AROUND NOON EST AT EASTPORT. MAXIMUM ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE IS 13
FT AT BAR HARBOR AND 23 FT AT EASTPORT. TOTAL STORM TIDES AT THE
TIME OF HIGH TIDE MIDDAY SATURDAY WILL BE 14 TO 15 FT AT BAR
HARBOR AND AROUND 24 FT AT EASTPORT.
STRONG WINDS AND STORM SURGES WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR
POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING OVER THE NEXT TWO HIGH TIDE CYCLES LATE
SATURDAY EVENING AND EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON RESPECTIVELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT AROUND THE TIME OF THE REFERENCED HIGH TIDES. COASTAL
RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA ESPECIALLY IN THE MACHIAS THE
CAUSEWAY TO DEER ISLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR
FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS...AND TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT PROPERTY.
$$
RLN/VJN
WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 849 PM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO
1 PM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO
1 PM EST SUNDAY.
STEADY SNOWFALL WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST
SATURDAY MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 15 INCHES ACROSS THIS PORTION OF THE WARNING
AREA. NORTH WINDS WILL BEGIN INCREASING BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY SATURDAY NIGHT. 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 THIS SYSTEM AND THE FORECAST FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
AN UPGRADE TO A BLIZZARD WARNING. 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.
$$
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