Alert archive / Maine / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this winter storm warning at Feb 27, 2011, 3:43 PM EST for Carroll County, Coos County, New Hampshire; Franklin County, Oxford County, Somerset County, Maine. It took effect at Feb 28, 2011, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 10 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
- Feb 27, 2011, 3:43 PM EST (20:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2011, 5:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
Counties Franklin County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 557 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
116 WWUS41 KGYX 272043 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 343 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL BRING A MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TONIGHT AND WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON MONDAY. SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT FROM THE WEST. IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY EVENING BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS AS SNOW SHOWERS. IN COASTAL AREAS PRECIPITATION WILL START AS SNOW OR SLEET WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN ALL RAIN BY MID MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHERN INTERIOR MAINE WILL SEE SNOW CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND THEN TO RAIN BY THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. MEZ007>009-012>014-NHZ001-002-004-280445- /O.NEW.KGYX.WS.W.0008.110228T0600Z-110228T2300Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...COLEBROOK...BERLIN... LANCASTER...NORTH CONWAY 343 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL START AFTER MIDNIGHT AND LAST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE WILL ACCUMULATE BY MONDAY EVENING * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ON SNOW COVERED ROADS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ NHZ003-005>010-013-280445- /O.NEW.KGYX.WW.Y.0010.110228T0600Z-110228T1800Z/ NORTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN- MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLETON...LEBANON...HANOVER... PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT... CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 343 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ON SNOW COVERED ROADS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MEZ018>022-280445- /O.NEW.KGYX.WW.Y.0010.110228T0800Z-110228T2000Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- INTERIOR WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA... WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY 343 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN INTERIOR MAINE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ON SNOW COVERED ROADS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MEZ023>028-NHZ014-280445- /O.NEW.KGYX.WW.Y.0010.110228T0800Z-110228T1600Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH... TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN... ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 343 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM EST MONDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO COASTAL MAINE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ON SNOW COVERED ROADS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$
6 follow-up statements
464 WWUS41 KGYX 280253 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 953 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL BRING A MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TONIGHT...BEFORE CROSSING THE COAST OF MAINE ON MONDAY. SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT FROM THE WEST. IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY EVENING BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS AS SNOW SHOWERS. IN SOUTHERN AREAS...PRECIPITATION WILL START AS SNOW OR SLEET WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN ALL RAIN BY MID MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHERN INTERIOR MAINE WILL SEE SNOW CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND THEN TO RAIN BY THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. MEZ007>009-012>014-NHZ001-002-004-281100- /O.EXT.KGYX.WS.W.0008.110228T1000Z-110228T2300Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...COLEBROOK...BERLIN... LANCASTER...NORTH CONWAY 953 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL START LATE TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE WILL ACCUMULATE BY MONDAY EVENING * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ON SNOW COVERED ROADS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ NHZ003-005>010-013-281100- /O.EXT.KGYX.WW.Y.0010.110228T1000Z-110228T1800Z/ NORTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN- MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLETON...LEBANON...HANOVER... PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT... CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 953 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ON SNOW COVERED ROADS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MEZ018>022-281100- /O.EXT.KGYX.WW.Y.0010.110228T1000Z-110228T2000Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- INTERIOR WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA... WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY 953 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN INTERIOR MAINE LATE TONIGHTAND WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ON SNOW COVERED ROADS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MEZ023>028-NHZ014-281100- /O.EXT.KGYX.WW.Y.0010.110228T1000Z-110228T1600Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH... TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN... ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 953 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 AM EST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 AM EST MONDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO COASTAL MAINE LATE TONIGHT AND WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ON SNOW COVERED ROADS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$
464 WWUS41 KGYX 280852 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 352 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...MIX OF PRECIPITATION TYPES EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY... LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION TODAY WITH PRECIPITATION SPREADING OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS SNOW BUT WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE THIS MORNING. THEN AS TEMPERATURES WARM DURING THE DAY...A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN IN SOUTHERN AND COASTAL LOCATIONS IS EXPECTED AS PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL IN THE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN TERRAIN FAVORED AREAS AND SOUTHEASTERN SLOPES OF THE FOOTHILLS. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN. JUST INLAND OF THE MAINE COAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MAY RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR HIGHER ESPECIALLY OVER INTERIOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE SHORT DURATION OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD PREVENT ICE ACCUMULATIONS HIGHER THAN ONE HALF INCH. MEZ007>009-012>014-NHZ001-002-004-281700- /O.EXT.KGYX.WS.W.0008.110228T1000Z-110301T0000Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...COLEBROOK...BERLIN... LANCASTER...NORTH CONWAY 352 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION: NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHWEST MAINE INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS REGION. * HAZARD: HEAVY SNOW WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING AND BE HEAVIEST DURING THE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. A CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD END LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED ESPECIALLY IN TERRAIN FAVORED AREAS. * ICE ACCUMULATION: FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE ROADS AND EXPOSED SURFACES SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MEZ018-NHZ003-005>010-013-281700- /O.EXT.KGYX.WW.Y.0010.110228T1000Z-110228T2100Z/ INTERIOR YORK-NORTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL- SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...LITTLETON... LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT... NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 352 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION: SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND FAR SOUTHWEST MAINE...INCLUDING LEBANON...CONCORD...LACONIA...AND SANFORD. * HAZARD: SNOW CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING AND TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BY MID AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS IN TERRAIN FAVORED AREAS. * ICE ACCUMULATION: FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE ONE TENTH TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE ROADS AND EXPOSED SURFACES SLIPPERY. THE WEIGHT OF ICE ON FRAGILE TREE LIMBS MAY CAUSE LIMBS TO SNAP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MEZ019>022-281700- /O.EXT.KGYX.WW.Y.0010.110228T1000Z-110301T0000Z/ INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE... WINTERPORT...UNITY 352 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION: SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MAINE INLAND OF THE COAST...INCLUDING LEWISTON...AUGUSTA...AND WATERVILLE. * HAZARD: SNOW CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING AND TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON. A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * ICE ACCUMULATION: FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE ROADS AND EXPOSED SURFACES SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MEZ023>028-NHZ014-281700- /O.EXT.KGYX.WW.Y.0010.110228T1000Z-110228T1700Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH... TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN... ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 352 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. * LOCATION: COASTAL NEW HAMPSHIRE THROUGH THE MIDCOAST OF MAINE...INCLUDING PORTSMOUTH...PORTLAND...AND ROCKLAND. * HAZARD: SNOW CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING AND TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN IS EXPECTED BY AROUND NOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * ICE ACCUMULATION: FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE ROADS AND EXPOSED SURFACES SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ KIMBLE
254 WWUS41 KGYX 281212 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 712 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...MIX OF PRECIPITATION TYPES EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY... LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION TODAY WITH PRECIPITATION SPREADING OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS SNOW BUT WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE THIS MORNING. THEN AS TEMPERATURES WARM DURING THE DAY...A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN IN SOUTHERN AND COASTAL LOCATIONS IS EXPECTED AS PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL IN THE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN TERRAIN FAVORED AREAS AND SOUTHEASTERN SLOPES OF THE FOOTHILLS. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN. JUST INLAND OF THE MAINE COAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MAY RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR HIGHER ESPECIALLY OVER INTERIOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE SHORT DURATION OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD PREVENT ICE ACCUMULATIONS HIGHER THAN ONE HALF INCH. MEZ007>009-012>014-NHZ001-002-004-282015- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110301T0000Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...COLEBROOK...BERLIN... LANCASTER...NORTH CONWAY 712 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION: NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHWEST MAINE INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS REGION. * HAZARD: HEAVY SNOW WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST DURING THE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. A CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD END LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED ESPECIALLY IN TERRAIN FAVORED AREAS. * ICE ACCUMULATION: FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE ROADS AND EXPOSED SURFACES SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MEZ018-NHZ003-005>010-013-282015- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110228T2100Z/ INTERIOR YORK-NORTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL- SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...LITTLETON... LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT... NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 712 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION: SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND FAR SOUTHWEST MAINE...INCLUDING LEBANON...CONCORD...LACONIA...AND SANFORD. * HAZARD: SNOW CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS MORNING. A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BY MID AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * ICE ACCUMULATION: FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE ONE TENTH TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE ROADS AND EXPOSED SURFACES SLIPPERY. THE WEIGHT OF ICE ON FRAGILE TREE LIMBS MAY CAUSE LIMBS TO SNAP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MEZ019>022-282015- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110301T0000Z/ INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE... WINTERPORT...UNITY 712 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION: SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MAINE INLAND OF THE COAST... INCLUDING LEWISTON...AUGUSTA...AND WATERVILLE. * HAZARD: SNOW CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON. A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * ICE ACCUMULATION: FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE ROADS AND EXPOSED SURFACES SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MEZ023>028-NHZ014-281700- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110228T1700Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH... TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN... ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 712 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. * LOCATION: COASTAL NEW HAMPSHIRE THROUGH THE MIDCOAST OF MAINE...INCLUDING PORTSMOUTH...PORTLAND...AND ROCKLAND. * HAZARD: SNOW CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS MORNING. A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN IS EXPECTED BY AROUND NOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * ICE ACCUMULATION: FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE ROADS AND EXPOSED SURFACES SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ KIMBLE
255 WWUS41 KGYX 281452 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 952 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TYPES WILL FALL ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY... LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH NEW YORK AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY. THIS WILL BRING A MIX OF PRECIPITATION TYPES TO THE REGION AS SNOW CHANGES TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AND THEN OVER TO RAIN IN SOME LOCATIONS. PRECIPITATION WILL STAY SNOW LONGER OVER NORTHERN LOCATIONS WHILE SOUTHERN AND COASTAL LOCATIONS SEE A QUICKER CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN. ALONG THE COAST A COASTAL FRONT DIVIDES COLD AIR ON NORTHERLY WINDS OVER LAND FROM MUCH WARMER AIR AND GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS OVER THE WATER. THIS FRONT HAS ALREADY PUSHED INLAND ACROSS PARTS OF THE MID COAST...SUCH AS ROCKLAND. THE COASTAL FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY PUSH INLAND TODAY. THIS WILL QUICKLY CHANGE SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN OVER TO RAIN AS TEMPERATURES QUICKLY CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING. THIS WILL KEEP ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH...WITH ISLANDS AND THE IMMEDIATE COAST SEEING JUST A TRACE OF ICE...IF ANY. FURTHER INLAND THE COLD AIR WILL HOLD ON A LOT LONGER...SO AS THE SNOW TRANSITIONS OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THERE WILL BE A MORE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE...AS MUCH AS A QUARTER TO PERHAPS A HALF INCH. IN FAR NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MAINE AND OVER MUCH OF THE FOOTHILLS THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THE LONGEST. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES COULD ACCUMULATE BEFORE THE SNOW MIXES WITH OR CHANGES TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL ADD A COATING OF ICE ON TOP OF THE SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE WEIGHT OF SNOW AND ICE COULD LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MEZ007>009-012>014-NHZ001-002-004-282300- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110301T0000Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...COLEBROOK...BERLIN... LANCASTER...NORTH CONWAY 952 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION: NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHWEST MAINE INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS REGION. * HAZARD: HEAVY SNOW MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST DURING THE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. A CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD END LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED ESPECIALLY IN MORE NORTHERN AND HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS. * ICE ACCUMULATION: FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY FROM ACCUMULATING SNOW. SNOW AND ICE MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MEZ018-NHZ003-005>010-013-282100- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110228T2100Z/ INTERIOR YORK-NORTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL- SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...LITTLETON... LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT... NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 952 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION: SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND FAR SOUTHWEST MAINE...INCLUDING LEBANON...CONCORD...LACONIA...AND SANFORD. * HAZARD: FREEZING RAIN...WITH SOME SNOW OR SLEET OVER MORE NORTHERN LOCATIONS THIS MORNING. * TIMING: SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS MORNING. A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER MORE NORTHERN LOCATIONS. * ICE ACCUMULATION: FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE ONE TENTH TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY FROM SNOW AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF SNOW AND ICE MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MEZ019>022-282300- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110301T0000Z/ INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE... WINTERPORT...UNITY 952 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION: SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MAINE INLAND OF THE COAST... INCLUDING LEWISTON...AUGUSTA...AND WATERVILLE. * HAZARD: SNOW CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON. A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * ICE ACCUMULATION: FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY FROM SNOW AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF SNOW AND ICE MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MEZ023>028-NHZ014-281700- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110228T1700Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH... TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN... ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 952 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. * LOCATION: COASTAL NEW HAMPSHIRE THROUGH THE MIDCOAST OF MAINE...INCLUDING PORTSMOUTH...PORTLAND...AND ROCKLAND. * HAZARD: SNOW AND SLEET CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING: SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS MORNING. A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN IS EXPECTED AROUND NOONTIME ... SOONER OVER THE ISLANDS AND THE MID COAST. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * ICE ACCUMULATION: FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SLIPPER FROM SNOW AND ICE THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$
115 WWUS41 KGYX 281735 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1235 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TYPES WILL FALL ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY... LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH NEW YORK AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY. SNOW HAS BEEN TRANSITIONING TO ICE PELLETS AND RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE...AND IS EXPECTED TO DO THE SAME OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN MAINE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LOCATIONS NEAR THE COAST WILL TRANSITION FIRST...WITH INLAND LOCATIONS FOLLOWING AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SYSTEM PULLS OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE WEIGHT OF SNOW AND ICE COULD LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MEZ007>009-012>014-NHZ001-002-004-010000- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110301T0000Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...COLEBROOK...BERLIN... LANCASTER...NORTH CONWAY 1235 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION: NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHWEST MAINE INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS REGION. * HAZARD: HEAVY SNOW MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD END LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED ESPECIALLY IN MORE NORTHERN AND HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS. * ICE ACCUMULATION: FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY FROM ACCUMULATING SNOW. SNOW AND ICE MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MEZ018-NHZ003-005>010-013-282100- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110228T2100Z/ INTERIOR YORK-NORTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL- SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...LITTLETON... LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT... NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 1235 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION: SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND FAR SOUTHWEST MAINE...INCLUDING LEBANON...CONCORD...LACONIA...AND SANFORD. * HAZARD: FREEZING RAIN...WITH SOME SNOW OR SLEET OVER MORE NORTHERN LOCATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS MORNING. A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER MORE NORTHERN LOCATIONS. * ICE ACCUMULATION: FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE ONE TENTH TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY FROM SNOW AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF SNOW AND ICE MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MEZ019>022-010000- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110301T0000Z/ INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE... WINTERPORT...UNITY 1235 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION: SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MAINE INLAND OF THE COAST... INCLUDING LEWISTON...AUGUSTA...AND WATERVILLE. * HAZARD: SNOW CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON. A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * ICE ACCUMULATION: FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY FROM SNOW AND ICE. THE WEIGHT OF SNOW AND ICE MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ POHL
015 WWUS41 KGYX 282000 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 300 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...OUR LATEST WINTER STORM WAS QUICKLY COMING TO AN END THIS AFTERNOON... .ALL OF THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MAINE AND NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE HAVE ENDED. THE MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WAS QUICKLY ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. SOME SPOTTY LIGHT PRECIPITATION MAY LINGER ON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...BUT ANY ACCUMULATING SNOW OR ICE HAS ENDED EXCEPT IN THE NORTH AND MOUNTAINS WHERE SNOW SHOWERS MAY ACCUMULATE UP TO AN INCH THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WINTER WEATHER WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO THE MARITIMES TONIGHT. THIS WILL CLEAR OUT OUR SKIES BUT ALSO BRING BACK COLD TEMPERATURES ON GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. ANY WATER OR SLUSH REMAINING ON ROADS AND OTHER SURFACES WILL FREEZE UP OVERNIGHT CREATING ICY SPOTS. MEZ007>009-012>014-NHZ001-002-004-282100- /O.CAN.KGYX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110301T0000Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...COLEBROOK...BERLIN... LANCASTER...NORTH CONWAY 300 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WAS QUICKLY ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. SOME SPOTTY LIGHT PRECIPITATION MAY LINGER ON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...BUT ANY ACCUMULATING SNOW OR ICE HAS ENDED EXCEPT IN THE NORTH AND MOUNTAINS WHERE SNOW SHOWERS MAY ACCUMULATE UP TO AN INCH THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WINTER WEATHER WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO THE MARITIMES TONIGHT. THIS WILL CLEAR OUT OUR SKIES BUT ALSO BRING BACK COLD TEMPERATURES ON GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. ANY WATER OR SLUSH REMAINING ON ROADS AND OTHER SURFACES WILL FREEZE UP OVERNIGHT CREATING ICY SPOTS. $$ MEZ018-NHZ003-005>010-013-282100- /O.CAN.KGYX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110228T2100Z/ INTERIOR YORK-NORTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL- SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...LITTLETON... LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT... NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 300 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WAS QUICKLY ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. SOME SPOTTY LIGHT PRECIPITATION MAY LINGER ON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...BUT ANY ACCUMULATING SNOW OR ICE HAS ENDED EXCEPT IN THE NORTH AND MOUNTAINS WHERE SNOW SHOWERS MAY ACCUMULATE UP TO AN INCH THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WINTER WEATHER WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO THE MARITIMES TONIGHT. THIS WILL CLEAR OUT OUR SKIES BUT ALSO BRING BACK COLD TEMPERATURES ON GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. ANY WATER OR SLUSH REMAINING ON ROADS AND OTHER SURFACES WILL FREEZE UP OVERNIGHT CREATING ICY SPOTS. $$ MEZ019>022-282100- /O.CAN.KGYX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110301T0000Z/ INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE... WINTERPORT...UNITY 300 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WAS QUICKLY ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. SOME SPOTTY LIGHT PRECIPITATION MAY LINGER ON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...BUT ANY ACCUMULATING SNOW OR ICE HAS ENDED EXCEPT IN THE NORTH AND MOUNTAINS WHERE SNOW SHOWERS MAY ACCUMULATE UP TO AN INCH THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WINTER WEATHER WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO THE MARITIMES TONIGHT. THIS WILL CLEAR OUT OUR SKIES BUT ALSO BRING BACK COLD TEMPERATURES ON GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. ANY WATER OR SLUSH REMAINING ON ROADS AND OTHER SURFACES WILL FREEZE UP OVERNIGHT CREATING ICY SPOTS. $$
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 Feb 27, 3:48 AM EST, 11 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 3:48 AM EST, 11 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 348 AM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL QUICKLY PUSH OFFSHORE THIS MORNING. LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST SUNDAY NIGHT AND WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND MONDAY...BRINGING RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST FOR TUESDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BRINGING COLDER TEMPERATURES. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NOW MOVING THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING IS GENERATING SNOW SHOWERS AS WARM AIR RIDES OVER A DOME OF COLDER AIR AT THE SURFACE. ONLY EXPECTED UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG THE COAST WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH BEFORE THE LOW MOVES OFFSHORE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY LINGER ALONG THE MIDCOAST AS A SURFACE TROUGH REMAINS IN THE AREA...BUT STILL NOT EXPECTING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS. HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A LONGWAVE TROUGH MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE 20S AND 30S. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/... WARM AIR ADVECTION REGIME CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT AS A SECOND MORE ROBUST LOW MOVES OUT OF THE MIDWEST. PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY FALL AS ALL SNOW AS A WARM FRONT APPROACHES...WITH THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION HOLDING OFF UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. BUFKIT SOUNDINGS SHOW A WARM NOSE ARRIVING OVER SOUTHERN NH AND SOUTHWEST MAINE IN THE PREDAWN HOURS...BRIEFLY CONVERTING THE SNOW TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SLEET. TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY REMAIN STEADY OR WARM SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT MAKING LOWS TRICKY. USED A NON- DIURNAL TEMPERATURE TREND TO PORTRAY THIS AND LOWS WILL ONLY BE A FEW DEGREES BELOW TODAY'S HIGHS. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK EASTWARD NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER ON MONDAY...WITH PRECIPITATION SPREADING NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM. LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR PRECIPITATION TO BEGIN AS SNOW EARLY MONDAY...THEN TRANSITION TO RAIN DURING THE MORNING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. INLAND AREAS MAY SEE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISE. TO THE NORTH OF THE MOUNTAINS...PRECIPITATION MAY REMAIN SNOW FOR A GOOD PART OF THE DAY BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. HAVE DECIDED AGAINST ISSUING A WINTER STORM WATCH DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY IN WHETHER ANY OF THE PRECIPITATION TYPES WILL REACH WARNING CRITERIA. COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE EVENING...BRINGING AN END TO THE PRECIPITATION AS IT MOVES THROUGH. COOLER TEMPERATURES MOVE IN FOR TUESDAY...BUT WITH A DOWNSLOPING WIND...AREAS ON THE DOWNWIND SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS MAY STILL RISE TO NEAR 40 DEGREES. LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH SOUTHERN CANADA ON WEDNESDAY...WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT TAKING AIM AT NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL PLUNGE TEMPERATURES UP TO 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THURSDAY. THERE MAY BE SOME LIGHT SNOW AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. COLD HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST ON FRIDAY WITH A SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNING. && .AVIATION /08Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... SHORT TERM...LIFR TO IFR CONDITIONS ALREADY PRESENT AT ALL TERMINALS AND WILL IMPROVE LITTLE EARLY THIS MORNING AS SNOWFALL INCREASES. CEILINGS WILL GENERALLY BEGIN TO LIFT TO MVFR BY LATE MORNING AND REMAIN THERE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE AOB 12 KTS. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO DETERIORATE ONCE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AS SNOWFALL SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. KLEB...KCON...AND KPSM WILL SEE A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SLEET BRIEFLY IN THE PREDAWN HOURS. LONG TERM...IFR CONDITIONS ON MONDAY SHOULD IMPROVE MONDAY NIGHT. SHOULD SEE PROLONGED PERIOD OF VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. && .MARINE... SHORT TERM...EASTERLY WINDS OVER THE WATERS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AS LOW PRESSURE PASSES TO THE SOUTH. WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA. LONG TERM...SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE WATERS ON MONDAY MAY OCCASIONALLY GUST TO GALE FORCE IN THE AFTERNOON. GALE CONDITIONS ARE MORE LIKELY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ON MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY BEFORE QUICKLY SUBSIDING. HAVE DECIDED AGAINST A GALE WATCH AS CONFIDENCE IN GALE CONDITIONS ON MONDAY IS LOW. CONFIDENCE IS HIGHER THAT GALE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY BUT THIS IS TOO FAR OUT FOR A WATCH. ANOTHER COLD FRONT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAY BRING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AGAIN WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && HANES/KIMBLE
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 27, 3:00 PM EST, 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 300 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 MEZ007>009-012>014-NHZ001-002-004-282000- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- NORTHERN CARROLL- 300 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NHZ003-005>010-013-282000- NORTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN- MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- 300 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MEZ018>022-282000- INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- INTERIOR WALDO- 300 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MEZ023>028-NHZ014-282000- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 300 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM EST MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ANZ150>154-282000- 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- 300 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO NOON EST TUESDAY... 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 3:43 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 27, 10:23 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 5 hr | |
| Feb 27, 3:16 PM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 45 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.