Alert archive / Maine / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 13, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this winter storm warning at Nov 22, 2011, 3:57 AM EST for 11 counties in Maine; 7 counties in New Hampshire. It took effect at Nov 23, 2011, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 22, 2011, 3:57 AM EST (08:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 23, 2011, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2011, 2:38 PM EST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 32 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2498 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
105 WWUS41 KGYX 220857 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 357 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM POISED TO ADVERSELY AFFECT HOLIDAY TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY...THEN ACROSS OR JUST SOUTH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE MOISTURE-LADEN...AND WILL AID IN BRINGING HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW IN ALL AREAS...BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHERN MAINE...WHICH WILL QUICKLY SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD FROM THERE. MOST OF THE WARNING AREA WILL BE EXPERIENCING HEAVY SNOW BY DAWN WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL RATES COULD BE ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR FOR A PERIOD OF TIME LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. SLEET IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN WITH THE SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHERN MAINE AS WARMER AIR MOVES IN ALOFT. IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND COASTAL SOUTHERN MAINE...LOW LEVEL WARM AIR MAY WORK IN FROM OFF THE OCEAN AND ALLOW FOR A CHANGE TO A COLD RAIN. THIS WILL KEEP SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DOWN...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE A TRAVEL MESS. HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE EASTWARD INTO INTERIOR SOUTHERN MAINE AND CENTRAL MAINE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END FROM WEST TO EAST AS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO ALL AREAS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL CREATE VERY SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE CONSISTENCY OF THE SNOW WILL PROBABLY BE HEAVY AND WET...AND COULD POSE A POWER OUTAGE ISSUE DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW ON TREES AND WIRES. THE TIMING OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT ONE OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAYS OF THE YEAR. PEOPLE SHOULD PLAN THEIR TRAVEL ACCORDINGLY AND BE PREPARED TO ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. MEZ007>009-012>014-020>022-NHZ001-002-221700- /O.UPG.KGYX.WS.A.0010.111123T0500Z-111124T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGYX.WS.W.0013.111123T0500Z-111123T2300Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN- KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER 357 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...COOS COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE EASTWARD TO THE WESTERN MAINE MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS CENTRAL MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN PRIOR TO DAWN WEDNESDAY...AND BECOME HEAVY VERY QUICKLY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ019-NHZ003>007-221700- /O.UPG.KGYX.WS.A.0010.111123T0500Z-111124T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGYX.WS.W.0013.111123T0500Z-111123T2300Z/ INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN 357 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW....WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY MAINE AS WELL AS GRAFTON...CARROLL...AND SOUTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN PRIOR TO DAWN WEDNESDAY...AND BECOME HEAVY VERY QUICKLY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE 20S TONIGHT...THEN RISING INTO THE LOWER 30S WEDNESDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ025>028-221700- /O.NEW.KGYX.WS.W.0013.111123T0500Z-111123T2300Z/ SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE 357 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE MID COAST OF MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AWAY FROM THE COAST. SLIGHTLY LESSER ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE AT THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN PRIOR TO DAWN WEDNESDAY...AND BECOME HEAVY VERY QUICKLY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE 20S TO AROUND 30 TONIGHT...THEN RISING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S WEDNESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ018-024-NHZ008>010-221700- /O.NEW.KGYX.WS.W.0013.111123T0500Z-111123T2300Z/ INTERIOR YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...PORTLAND... SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA... MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER 357 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR YORK COUNTY MAINE...COASTAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY MAINE...AS WELL AS MERRIMACK...BELKNAP...AND STRAFFORD COUNTIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN FALLING NOT TOO LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND BECOME HEAVY VERY QUICKLY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. IT WILL TAPER OFF AND END LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX OR CHANGE OVER TO SLEET. SOME RAIN MAY MIX IN AS WELL. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE 20S TONIGHT...THEN RISING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S WEDNESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ023-NHZ013-014-221700- /O.NEW.KGYX.WW.Y.0017.111123T0500Z-111123T2300Z/ COASTAL YORK-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 357 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...COASTAL YORK COUNTY MAINE...AS WELL AS ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW TURNING TO SLEET AND RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN FALLING NOT TOO LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND BECOME HEAVY VERY QUICKLY. WARMER AIR WILL WORK INTO THE SYSTEM BY LATE TONIGHT TURNING THE SNOW OVER TO SLEET AND RAIN. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER TO MID 30S TONIGHT...RISING INTO THE UPPER 30S WEDNESDAY. * VISIBILITIES...A HALF MILE OR LESS IN SNOW LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MLE
8 follow-up statements
564 WWUS41 KGYX 221623 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1123 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM POISED TO ADVERSELY AFFECT HOLIDAY TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY...THEN ACROSS OR JUST SOUTH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE MOISTURE-LADEN...AND WILL AID IN BRINGING HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW IN ALL AREAS...BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHERN MAINE...WHICH WILL QUICKLY SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD FROM THERE. MOST OF THE WARNING AREA WILL BE EXPERIENCING HEAVY SNOW BY DAWN WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL RATES COULD BE ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR FOR A PERIOD OF TIME LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. SLEET IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN WITH THE SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHERN MAINE AS WARMER AIR MOVES IN ALOFT. IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND COASTAL SOUTHERN MAINE...LOW LEVEL WARM AIR MAY WORK IN FROM OFF THE OCEAN AND ALLOW FOR A CHANGE TO A COLD RAIN. THIS WILL KEEP SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DOWN...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE A TRAVEL MESS. HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE EASTWARD INTO INTERIOR SOUTHERN MAINE AND CENTRAL MAINE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END FROM WEST TO EAST AS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO ALL AREAS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL CREATE VERY SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE CONSISTENCY OF THE SNOW WILL PROBABLY BE HEAVY AND WET...AND COULD POSE A POWER OUTAGE ISSUE DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW ON TREES AND WIRES. THE TIMING OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT ONE OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAYS OF THE YEAR. PEOPLE SHOULD PLAN THEIR TRAVEL ACCORDINGLY AND BE PREPARED TO ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. MEZ007>009-012>014-020>022-025>028-NHZ001-002-230030- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.111123T0500Z-111123T2300Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN- KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO... CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE... COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER 1123 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...COOS COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE EASTWARD TO THE WESTERN MAINE MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS CENTRAL MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN PRIOR TO DAWN WEDNESDAY...AND BECOME HEAVY VERY QUICKLY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ018-019-024-NHZ003>010-230030- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.111123T0500Z-111123T2300Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-COASTAL CUMBERLAND- NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK... LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN... CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER 1123 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY MAINE AS WELL AS GRAFTON...CARROLL...AND SOUTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN PRIOR TO DAWN WEDNESDAY...AND BECOME HEAVY VERY QUICKLY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES...ANY POSSIBLY CHANGE TO RAIN AT THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ023-NHZ013-014-230030- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0017.111123T0500Z-111123T2300Z/ COASTAL YORK-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 1123 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...COASTAL YORK COUNTY MAINE...AS WELL AS ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW TURNING TO SLEET AND RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN FALLING NOT TOO LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND BECOME HEAVY VERY QUICKLY. WARMER AIR WILL WORK INTO THE SYSTEM BY LATE TONIGHT TURNING THE SNOW OVER TO SLEET AND RAIN. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
874 WWUS41 KGYX 222011 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 311 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM POISED TO ADVERSELY AFFECT HOLIDAY TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY...THEN ACROSS OR JUST SOUTH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL FEATURE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE...BRINGING HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AROUND MIDNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...WORKING NORTHEASTWARD FROM THERE. IT WILL ALSO LIKELY BEGIN AS ALL SNOW FOR THE AREA...EXCEPT FOR THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE OF SOUTHWESTERN MAINE AND INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE. FOR THE WARNING AREAS...SNOW WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL RATES WILL APPROACH 1 TO 3 INCHES AT TIMES DUE TO THE HIGH AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE AND FORCING PRESENT ON THE FRONT END OF THE STORM SYSTEM. AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD...WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL WORK INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. THIS MAY CAUSE SNOW TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANTLY CUT BACK ON SNOWFALL TOTALS...HOWEVER SLEET WILL MAKE TRAVEL EQUALLY HAZARDOUS. PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...MAY MIX OR CHANGE TO RAIN. ADDITIONALLY...THE ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE COULD SEE SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE EASTWARD INTO INTERIOR SOUTHERN MAINE AND CENTRAL MAINE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END FROM WEST TO EAST AS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO ALL AREAS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL CREATE VERY SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE CONSISTENCY OF THE SNOW WILL PROBABLY BE HEAVY AND WET...AND COULD POSE A POWER OUTAGE ISSUE DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW ON TREES AND WIRES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREAS. THE TIMING OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT ONE OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAYS OF THE YEAR. PEOPLE SHOULD PLAN THEIR TRAVEL ACCORDINGLY AND BE PREPARED TO ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. MEZ007>009-012>014-020>022-025>028-NHZ001-002-230415- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.111123T0500Z-111123T2300Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN- KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO... CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE... COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER 311 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...COOS COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE EASTWARD TO THE WESTERN MAINE MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS CENTRAL MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN PRIOR TO DAWN WEDNESDAY...AND BECOME HEAVY VERY QUICKLY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE AMOUNT OF SNOW MAY LEAD TO SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENT POWER OUTAGES * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ018-019-024-NHZ003>010-230415- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.111123T0500Z-111123T2300Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-COASTAL CUMBERLAND- NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK... LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN... CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER 311 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY MAINE AS WELL AS GRAFTON...CARROLL...AND SOUTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SLEET * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE INTERIOR. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWESTERN MAINE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND BECOME HEAVY VERY QUICKLY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES...AND POSSIBLY CHANGE TO RAIN AT THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. HEAVY...WET SNOW MAY LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENT POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ023-NHZ013-014-230415- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0017.111123T0500Z-111123T2300Z/ COASTAL YORK-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 311 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...COASTAL YORK COUNTY MAINE...AS WELL AS ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW TURNING TO SLEET AND RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN FALLING AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES. WARMER AIR WILL WORK INTO THE SYSTEM LATE TONIGHT TURNING THE SNOW OVER TO SLEET AND RAIN. RAIN MAY BE THE DOMINANT FORM OF PRECIPITATION ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ LEGRO
105 WWUS41 KGYX 230302 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1002 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM POISED TO ADVERSELY AFFECT HOLIDAY TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT...THEN ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL FEATURE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE... AND RESULT IN HEAVY PRECIPITATION ACROSS MUCH OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AROUND MIDNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...THEN SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD FROM THERE. IT WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS ALL SNOW FOR THE AREA...EXCEPT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE OF SOUTHWESTERN MAINE AND INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE. FOR THE WARNING AREAS...SNOW WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL RATES WILL APPROACH 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. WARMER AIR WILL GRADUALLY WORK IN ALOFT ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. THIS MAY CAUSE SNOW TO MIX WITH...OR EVEN CHANGE TO SLEET FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANY MIXING WITH SLEET HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY CUT BACK ON SNOWFALL TOTALS. PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...MAY MIX OR CHANGE TO RAIN. ADDITIONALLY...THE ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE COULD SEE SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND EXTEND EASTWARD INTO INTERIOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MAINE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END FROM WEST TO EAST AS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO ALL AREAS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL CREATE VERY SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE CONSISTENCY OF THE SNOW WILL PROBABLY BE HEAVY AND WET...AND COULD POSE A POWER OUTAGE ISSUE DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW ON TREES AND WIRES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREAS. THE TIMING OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT ONE OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAYS OF THE YEAR. PEOPLE SHOULD PLAN THEIR TRAVEL ACCORDINGLY AND BE PREPARED TO ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. MEZ007>009-012>014-020>022-025>028-NHZ001-002-231115- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.111123T0500Z-111123T2300Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN- KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO... CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE... COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER 1002 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...COOS COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE EASTWARD TO THE WESTERN MAINE MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS CENTRAL MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN PRIOR TO DAWN WEDNESDAY...AND BECOME HEAVY VERY QUICKLY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE AMOUNT OF SNOW MAY LEAD TO SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENT POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ018-019-024-NHZ003>010-231115- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.111123T0500Z-111123T2300Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-COASTAL CUMBERLAND- NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK... LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN... CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER 1002 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY MAINE AS WELL AS GRAFTON...CARROLL...AND SOUTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SLEET * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE INTERIOR. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWESTERN MAINE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND BECOME HEAVY VERY QUICKLY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES...AND POSSIBLY CHANGE TO RAIN AT THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. HEAVY...WET SNOW MAY LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENT POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ023-NHZ013-014-231115- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0017.111123T0500Z-111123T2300Z/ COASTAL YORK-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 1002 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...COASTAL YORK COUNTY MAINE...AS WELL AS ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW CHANGING TO SLEET AND RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN FALLING AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. WARMER AIR WILL WORK INTO THE SYSTEM LATE TONIGHT TURNING THE SNOW OVER TO SLEET AND RAIN. RAIN MAY BE THE DOMINANT FORM OF PRECIPITATION ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ES
837 WWUS41 KGYX 230622 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 122 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM POISED TO ADVERSELY AFFECT HOLIDAY TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT...THEN ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY. HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND EXTEND EASTWARD INTO INTERIOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MAINE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END FROM WEST TO EAST AS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO ALL AREAS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL CREATE VERY SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE CONSISTENCY OF THE SNOW WILL PROBABLY BE HEAVY AND WET...AND COULD POSE A POWER OUTAGE ISSUE DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW ON TREES AND WIRES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREAS. THE TIMING OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT ONE OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAYS OF THE YEAR. PEOPLE SHOULD PLAN THEIR TRAVEL ACCORDINGLY AND BE PREPARED TO ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. MEZ024-231430- /O.CAN.KGYX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KGYX.WW.Y.0018.111123T0622Z-111123T2300Z/ COASTAL CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK 122 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...COASTAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW AND RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED WEST OF THE TURNPIKE. ON THE COAST...LITTLE OR NO SNOW IS EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MEZ023-NHZ013-014-230730- /O.CAN.KGYX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ COASTAL YORK-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 122 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...A BURST SNOW RESULTING IN 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. $$ MEZ007>009-012>014-020>022-025>028-NHZ001-002-231430- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN- KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO... CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE... COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER 122 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...COOS COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE EASTWARD TO THE WESTERN MAINE MOUNTAINS...EASTWARD TO THE MID COAST. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY VERY QUICKLY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE AMOUNT OF SNOW MAY LEAD TO SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENT POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ018-019-NHZ003>010-231430- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-NORTHERN GRAFTON- NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN- MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON... HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT... CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER 122 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR YORK COUNTY MAINE...INTERIOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY MAINE...GRAFTON...CARROLL...SULLIVAN...MERRIMACK...BELKNAP...AND STRAFFORD COUNTIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SLEET * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY VERY QUICKLY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. HEAVY...WET SNOW MAY LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENT POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
160 WWUS41 KGYX 230832 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 332 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT HOLIDAY TRAVEL EARLY THIS MORNING AND INTO THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL REDEVELOP ALONG THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST THIS MORNING...THEN MOVE ACROSS CAPE COD AND THEN INTO THE GULF OF MAINE BY THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND EXTEND EASTWARD INTO INTERIOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MAINE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO ALL AREAS BY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL CREATE VERY SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE CONSISTENCY OF THE SNOW WILL PROBABLY BE HEAVY AND WET...AND COULD POSE A POWER OUTAGE ISSUE DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW ON TREES AND WIRES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREAS. THE TIMING OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT ONE OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAYS OF THE YEAR. PEOPLE SHOULD PLAN THEIR TRAVEL ACCORDINGLY AND BE PREPARED TO ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. MEZ007>009-012>014-020>022-025>028-NHZ001-002-231645- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN- KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO... CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE... COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER 332 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...COOS COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE EASTWARD TO THE WESTERN MAINE MOUNTAINS...EASTWARD TO THE MID COAST. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE AMOUNT OF SNOW MAY LEAD TO SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENT POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ018-019-NHZ003>010-231645- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-NORTHERN GRAFTON- NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN- MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON... HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT... CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER 332 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR YORK COUNTY MAINE...INTERIOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY MAINE...GRAFTON...CARROLL...SULLIVAN...MERRIMACK... BELKNAP...AND STRAFFORD COUNTIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SLEET AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. HEAVY...WET SNOW MAY LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENT POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ024-231645- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ COASTAL CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK 332 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...COASTAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS... ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...LITTLE OR NO SNOW IS EXPECTED...BUT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED JUST A FEW MILES INLAND WEST OF THE TURNPIKE. * TIMING...SNOW AND RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
178 WWUS41 KGYX 231113 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 613 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT HOLIDAY TRAVEL EARLY THIS MORNING AND INTO THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL REDEVELOP ALONG THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST THIS MORNING...THEN MOVE ACROSS CAPE COD AND THEN INTO THE GULF OF MAINE BY THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND EXTEND EASTWARD INTO INTERIOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MAINE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO ALL AREAS BY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL CREATE VERY SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE CONSISTENCY OF THE SNOW WILL PROBABLY BE HEAVY AND WET...AND COULD POSE A POWER OUTAGE ISSUE DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW ON TREES AND WIRES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREAS. THE TIMING OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT ONE OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAYS OF THE YEAR. PEOPLE SHOULD PLAN THEIR TRAVEL ACCORDINGLY AND BE PREPARED TO ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. NHZ010-231915- /O.CAN.KGYX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ /O.EXA.KGYX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ STRAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...DOVER 613 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...STRAFFORD COUNTY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE NORTHERNMOST PORTION OF THE COUNTY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. RAIN AND SLEET WILL FALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. HEAVY...WET SNOW MAY LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENT POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MEZ007>009-012>014-020>022-025>028-NHZ001-002-231915- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN- KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO... CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE... COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER 613 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...COOS COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE EASTWARD TO THE WESTERN MAINE MOUNTAINS...EASTWARD TO THE MID COAST. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE AMOUNT OF SNOW MAY LEAD TO SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENT POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ018-019-NHZ003>009-231915- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-NORTHERN GRAFTON- NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN- MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON... HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT... CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH 613 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR YORK COUNTY MAINE...INTERIOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY MAINE...GRAFTON...CARROLL...SULLIVAN...MERRIMACK... BELKNAP...AND STRAFFORD COUNTIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. HEAVY...WET SNOW MAY LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENT POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ024-231915- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ COASTAL CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK 613 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...COASTAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE WESTERNMOST PORTION OF THE ZONE. NO ACCUMULATION EASTERN PORTION. * TIMING...SNOW AND RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
007 WWUS41 KGYX 231746 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1246 PM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM GRADUALLY WINDING DOWN THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE HAS MOVED TO NEAR CAPE COD...AND WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD TO A POSITION SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA BY THIS EVENING. AS IT DOES SO SNOW IS GRADUALLY COMING TO AN END ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE. LATER THIS AFTERNOON SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS MAINE. WITH DRY SLOT MOVING THROUGH AND PRECIPITATION BECOMING MORE SHOWERY IN NATURE...THE BULK OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS OVER FOR MOST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWESTERN MAINE. THEREFORE WILL CANCEL THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR THESE AREAS. WRAP AROUND SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN MAINE MOUNTAINS AND THE MIDCOAST FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS SO WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE THERE. EXPECT PERHAPS AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS OVER THESE AREAS...BEFORE SNOW WINDS DOWN. AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO FALL BEHIND THE SYSTEM...ANY MELTED SNOW AND WATER ON THE ROADS WILL LIKELY REFREEZE. THIS WILL RESULT IN PATCHY BLACK ICE AND CONTINUE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EVEN AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS. KEEP THIS IN MIND AND BE PREPARED IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL TODAY. MEZ018-019-NHZ001>009-231900- /O.CAN.KGYX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO... OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD... HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH 1246 PM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS COME TO AN END. CONTINUE TO TAKE CAUTION ON SNOW COVERED ROADS AND BEWARE OF PATCHY BLACK ICE DEVELOPING THIS EVENING. $$ MEZ024-NHZ010-231900- /O.CAN.KGYX.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ COASTAL CUMBERLAND-STRAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK... ROCHESTER...DOVER 1246 PM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION. BEWARE OF PATCHY BLACK ICE DEVELOPING THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOL DOWN AND FREEZE ANY WATER ON THE ROADWAYS. $$ MEZ007>009-012>014-020>022-025>028-232300- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN- KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO... CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE 1246 PM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN MAINE MOUNTAINS...EASTWARD TO THE MID COAST. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW MAY BE BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF WITH TIME...LINGERING THE LONGEST AT THE MIDCOAST. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE AMOUNT OF SNOW MAY LEAD TO SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENT POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
077 WWUS41 KGYX 231938 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 238 PM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... .LOW PRESSURE IS PULLING EAST THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE...AND SNOWFALL IS QUICKLY ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS WESTERN MAINE. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING...WITH LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. MEZ007>009-012>014-020>022-025>028-232045- /O.CAN.KGYX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN- KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO... CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE 238 PM EST WED NOV 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. STEADY SNOW IS TAPERING TO SNOW SHOWERS...AND WILL GRADUALLY END EARLY THIS EVENING. AS TEMPERATURES DROP THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...BEWARE OF PATCHY BLACK ICE THAT MAY FORM AS MELTED SNOW AND PUDDLES REFREEZE ON ROADWAYS. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Nov 21, 9:13 PM EST, 6 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 21, 9:13 PM EST, 6 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
913 PM EST MON NOV 21 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE CANADIAN RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO NORTHERN
NEW ENGLAND AND CREST OVER THE REGION TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE
CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF THE COAST TUESDAY NIGHT. LOW
PRESSURE APPROACHES NEW ENGLAND FROM THE WEST LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
AND THEN MOVES ACROSS THE GULF OF MAINE ON WEDNESDAY...BRINGING
RAIN AND SNOW TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN
THURSDAY AND LINGERS INTO THE WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/...
HIGH PRES BUILDING IN TNGT WITH LGT WINDS...CLR SKIES AND COLD
TEMPS. WILL UPDATE TO INPUT LATEST OBSERVED DATA WHICH WILL RESULT
IN NO REAL CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUS FCST.
WIDESPREAD TEENS AND 20S...WITH A FEW COLD SPOTS REACHING THE
SINGLE DIGITS IN THE N/MT ZONES TNGT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO RETREAT TUE. LATE IN THE DAY EXPECT
INCREASING CLOUDS AS LOW PRES APPROACHES FROM THE OHIO VALLEY.
GUIDANCE SUGGESTS A TRACK VERY CLOSE TO SRN NEW ENGLAND...WHICH
WILL SPREAD PCPN ACROSS ENTIRE CWFA LATE TUE/EARLY WED. ATTM
BOUNDARY LAYER LOOKS INITIALLY TO BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW ACROSS
MUCH OF THE INTERIOR...AS ONSHORE FLOW WILL KEEP COASTAL PLAIN TOO
WARM. PARTS OF CNTRL NH COULD SEE AS MUCH AS 3 TO 6 INCHES OF FRONT
END SNOWFALL BEFORE ANY MIXING CONCERNS CREEP IN. AS GUIDANCE HAS
TRENDED COLDER IT APPEARS MUCH OF THE AREA COULD SEE 6 OR MORE
INCHES OF SNOW...AND HAVE HOISTED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WRN ME
MTNS AND FOOTHILLS AND MOST OF NRN AND WRN NH. SRN PORTIONS OF THE
WATCH AREA ARE A THREAT TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RA FOR A TIME WED
AFTN...AS IT IS A DIURNALLY UNFAVORABLE TIME TO MAINTAIN ALL
FROZEN PCPN. COUPLED WITH WARM AIR ALOFT...I FEEL THAT SOME MIX
MIGHT BE UNAVOIDABLE IN THESE AREAS. HOWEVER...WITH THE EXPECTED
TRAVEL BEFORE THANKSGIVING THE HIGH IMPACT NATURE OF THE EVENT
WARRANTS A WATCH.
THERE STILL REMAIN A FEW CONCERNS WITH THE SYSTEM. IF THE TRACK
CONTINUES TO TREND SWD...WE WILL HAVE THE COLD AIR BUT LACK THE
QPF FOR WARNING CRITERIA SNOWS. ADDITIONALLY A MORE NRN TRACK WILL
INTRODUCE DRY SLOTTING AND KEEP TOTALS DOWN ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS.
AGAIN THE HIGH IMPACT NATURE OF THE TRAVEL DAY LEADS ME IN FAVOR
OF THE WATCH. ALSO THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOW COULD LEAD TO
TREE DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENT POWER OUTAGES.
THE STORM WILL BE A RELATIVE QUICK HITTER...BUT BOTH THE NAM AND
ECMWF SHOW A 12 HOUR WINDOW OF STRONG FGEN AND POTENTIAL
BANDING. THIS IS ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE INTERIOR OF NH AND ME...IN
THE FAVORED ELY UPSLOPE AREAS. EXPECTED THE FCST TO BECOME MUCH
CLEARER IN THE NEXT 24 HRS.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
A HIGH WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION ON THANKSGIVING. WINDS WILL
REMAIN BRISK THROUGH THANKSGIVING DAY BEFORE BEGINNING TO DECREASE
AS THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT SHIFTS TO THE EAST.
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WILL SEE CLEAR SKIES AND A WARMING TREND
AS THE HIGH MOVES OFF SHORE. GFS KEEPING THINGS A BIT WARMER THAN
THE ECMWF.. WILL GO WITH A BLEND FOR TEMPS.
ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL ROTATE THROUGH THE 500MB TROUGH OUT OF CANADA
LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. ALL MODELS ARE NOW LEANING TOWARDS A CUT
OFF SCENARIO ... KEEPING THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OVER THE OHIO
RIVER VALLEY AND LEAVING NEW ENGLAND IN THE WARM SECTOR OF
UPSTREAM RIDGING. THIS SCENARIO DOES NOT BRING MUCH QPF INTO THE
REGION... KEEPING MOST TO OUR SOUTH IN THE MID ATLANTIC. HAVE GONE
WITH GFS ATTM...WITH RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
&&
.AVIATION /02Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
SHORT TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO
PREVAIL THRU LATE TUE. THEN LOW PRES APPROACHES FROM THE W AND
IFR CONDITIONS DEVELOP IN RA/SN. PSBL LIFR CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY
WITH ANY +SN ON WED.
LONG TERM...VFR CONDITIONS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY WILL SEE SOME MVFR CONDITIONS IN NORTHERN LOCATIONS.
&&
.MARINE...
SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...WILL UPDATE TO
INPUT LATEST OBSERVED DATA WHICH WILL RESULT IN NO MORE THAN A
FEW TWEAKS WITH HIGH PRES BUILDING INTO THE REGION TNGT. WINDS
AND SEAS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BLO SCA THRESHOLDS THRU LATE TUE.
WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF LOW PRES LATE TUESDAY NGT INTO
WEDNESDAY NGT WHEN SCA CONDITIONS LIKELY WITH THE CHC THAT WINDS
MAY EVEN INCREASE TO GALE FORCE.
LONG TERM...SCA FOR WINDS LIKLY THURSDAY MORNING... THEN
DECREASING THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
&&
.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR
CUMBERLAND AND YORK COUNTIES IN MAINE AND COASTAL NEW HAMPSHIRE.
HIGH TIDE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THURSDAY MORNING IN PORTLAND TOP
11 FEET...SO STORM SURGE OF 0.5 TO 1 FOOT COULD LEAD TO MINOR
COASTAL FLOODING. BUILDING SEAS COULD LEAD TO SPLASHOVER AND
BEACH EROSION.
&&
.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING FOR MEZ007>009-012>014-019>022.
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR MEZ023-024.
NH...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING FOR NHZ001>007.
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NHZ014.
MARINE...NONE.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 21, 3:12 PM EST, 12 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 312 PM EST MON NOV 21 2011 MEZ007>009-012>014-019>022-NHZ001>007-222015- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN- KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON- NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN- 312 PM EST MON NOV 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MEZ018-025>028-NHZ008>010-013-222015- INTERIOR YORK-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- 312 PM EST MON NOV 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MEZ023-024-NHZ014-222015- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 312 PM EST MON NOV 21 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. COASTAL FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ150>154-222015- STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME OUT TO 25 NM-PENOBSCOT BAY- PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME OUT TO 25 NM-CASCO BAY- CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM- 312 PM EST MON NOV 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CASCO BAY...PENOBSCOT BAY...THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA...THE COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME AND THE COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 3:57 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | York | 21 hr |
| Nov 22, 4:08 AM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 49 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Maine, 2011Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2011Every winter storm warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.