Alert archive / Maine / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this winter storm warning at Jan 11, 2012, 3:32 PM EST for 10 counties in Maine; 5 counties in New Hampshire. It took effect at Jan 12, 2012, 4:00 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
- Jan 11, 2012, 3:32 PM EST (20:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2012, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2012, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec 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, Strafford County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 2550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 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.
194 WWUS41 KGYX 112032 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 332 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ALL OF WESTERN INTERIOR MAINE INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF COASTAL MAINE AND INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AS A SECOND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRIES TO DEVELOP ALONG THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST. PRECIPITATION WILL START AS SNOW ACROSS THE REGION FROM SOUTH TO NORTH...BEFORE WARM AIR ALOFT CREATES A WINTRY MIX ALONG THE COAST AND SOUTHERN INTERIOR. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH FOR A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO OCCUR IN THE WARNING AREAS WITH MORE OF A MIX OF SNOW TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE ADVISORY AREAS. AS SNOW WINDS DOWN THURSDAY EVENING...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AS WELL. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-NHZ001>004-006-120445- /O.UPG.KGYX.WS.A.0001.120112T0900Z-120113T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KGYX.WS.W.0001.120112T0900Z-120113T0300Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN 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...SANFORD...BERWICK... NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY... WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE 332 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...ALL OF INTERIOR WESTERN MAINE INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW MAY MIX WITH SOME SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...4 AM THURSDAY TO 10 PM THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES PRECEDING THE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE SURFACES TO BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY SHORTLY AFTER THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE SINGLE NUMBERS AND TEENS RISING INTO THE 20S IN THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. * VISIBILITIES...VARIABLE TO BELOW 1/4 MILE 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.. && $$ NHZ005-007>010-120445- /O.UPG.KGYX.WS.A.0001.120112T0900Z-120113T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KGYX.WW.Y.0002.120112T0900Z-120113T0300Z/ SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT... LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER 332 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THOUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES PRECEDING THE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE SURFACES TO BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY SHORTLY AFTER THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. DURING THE DAY THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CAUSING ICY AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * VISIBILITIES...VARIABLE TO 1/2 MILE IN SNOW IN THE MORNING IMPROVING BY AFTERNOON WITH THE CHANGEOVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MEZ023>028-120445- /O.NEW.KGYX.WW.Y.0002.120112T0900Z-120113T0300Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO- 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 332 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...ALL OF THE SOUTHWEST AND MID COAST COASTAL PLAIN. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. SOME SPLASHOVER MAY OCCUR AT TIME OF HIGH TIDE EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THOUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES PRECEDING THE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE SURFACES TO BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY SHORTLY AFTER THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. DURING THE DAY THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CAUSING ICY AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BEFORE POSSIBLY CHANGING TO ALL RAIN. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER TO MID 30S. * VISIBILITIES...VARIABLE TO 1/2 MILE IN SNOW IN THE MORNING IMPROVING BY AFTERNOON WITH THE CHANGEOVER. 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. && $$ NHZ013-014-120445- /O.NEW.KGYX.WW.Y.0002.120112T0900Z-120113T0300Z/ INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 332 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST COASTAL AND INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. SOME SPLASHOVER MAY OCCUR AT TIME OF HIGH TIDE EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES PRECEDING THE PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE SURFACES TO BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY SHORTLY AFTER THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. DURING THE DAY THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CAUSING ICY AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BEFORE POSSIBLY CHANGING TO ALL RAIN. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
8 follow-up statements
809 WWUS41 KGYX 120334 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1034 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ALL OF WESTERN INTERIOR MAINE INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS... . ..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF COASTAL MAINE AND INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY AS A SECOND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALONG THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST. PRECIPITATION WILL START AS SNOW ACROSS THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST...BEFORE WARM AIR ALOFT CREATES A WINTRY MIX ALONG THE COAST AND SOUTHERN INTERIOR. AREAS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO OR MIX WITH RAIN BY AFTERNOON. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH FOR A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO OCCUR IN THE WARNING AREAS WITH A MIX OF SNOW TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE ADVISORY AREAS. AS SNOW WINDS DOWN THURSDAY EVENING...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-NHZ001>004-006-121200- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0001.120112T0900Z-120113T0300Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN 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...SANFORD...BERWICK... NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY... WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE 1034 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...ALL OF INTERIOR WESTERN MAINE INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW MAY MIX WITH SOME SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...4 AM THURSDAY TO 10 PM THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES PRECEDING THE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE SURFACES TO BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY SHORTLY AFTER THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS NORTH TO 20S SOUTH RISING INTO THE LOWER 20S NORTH TO LOWER 30S SOUTH. * VISIBILITIES...VARIABLE TO BELOW A QUARTER MILE IN HEAVIER SNOW BURSTS...WHICH WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM. 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.. && $$ MEZ023>028-121200- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0002.120112T0900Z-120113T0300Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH... TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN... ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE 1034 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...ALL OF THE SOUTHWEST AND MID COAST COASTAL PLAIN. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. SOME SPLASHOVER MAY OCCUR AT VULNERABLE BEACHES AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THOUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES PRECEDING THE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE SURFACES TO BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY SHORTLY AFTER THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. DURING THE DAY THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CAUSING ICY AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BEFORE CHANGING TO OR MIXING WITH RAIN. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NHZ005-007>010-013-014-121200- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0002.120112T0900Z-120113T0300Z/ SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT... LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER... PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 1034 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THOUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES PRECEDING THE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE SURFACES TO BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY SHORTLY AFTER THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. DURING THE DAY THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CAUSING ICY AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BEFORE CHANGING TO OR MIXING WITH RAIN. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 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 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. && $$ HANES
026 WWUS41 KGYX 120906 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 406 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ALL OF WESTERN INTERIOR MAINE INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS... . ..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF COASTAL MAINE AND INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ON TODAY. PRECIPITATION WILL START EARLY THIS MORNING AS SNOW ACROSS THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST...BEFORE WARM AIR ALOFT CREATES A WINTRY MIX ALONG THE COAST AND SOUTHERN INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE. AREAS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO OR MIX WITH RAIN DURING THE MORNING HOURS. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH FOR A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO OCCUR IN THE WARNING AREAS WITH A MIX OF SNOW TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE ADVISORY AREAS. AS SNOW WINDS DOWN THURSDAY EVENING...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-NHZ001>004-006-121715- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T0300Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN 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...SANFORD...BERWICK... NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY... WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE 406 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ALL OF INTERIOR WESTERN MAINE INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW MAY MIX WITH SOME SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES PRECEDING THE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE SURFACES TO BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY SHORTLY AFTER THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 20. * VISIBILITIES...SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 1/2 MILES OR LESS. 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>028-121715- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0300Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO- 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 406 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ALL OF THE SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MID COASTAL MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. SOME SPLASHOVER MAY OCCUR AT VULNERABLE BEACHES AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...TODAY THOUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES PRECEDING THE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE SURFACES TO BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY SHORTLY AFTER THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. DURING THE DAY THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET OR FREEZING CAUSING ICY AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BEFORE CHANGING TO OR MIXING WITH RAIN. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE 1/2 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. && $$ NHZ005-007>010-013-014-121715- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0300Z/ SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT... LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER... PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 406 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...TODAY THOUGH THIS EVENING EVENING. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES PRECEDING THE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE SURFACES TO BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY SHORTLY AFTER THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. DURING THE DAY THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CAUSING ICY AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BEFORE CHANGING TO OR MIXING WITH RAIN. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * VISIBILITIES...1/2 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
224 WWUS41 KGYX 121600 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1100 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ALL OF WESTERN INTERIOR MAINE INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS... ..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF COASTAL MAINE AND SOUTHERNMOST NEW HAMPSHIRE... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS...WHILE THE PRECIPITATION MIXES WITH SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN OVER SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...FAR SOUTHWESTERN MAINE AND ALONG THE COAST. DURING THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. NHZ005-009-010-130000- /O.UPG.KGYX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KGYX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T0300Z/ SOUTHERN GRAFTON-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER 1100 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...SOUTH-CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...UNTIL 10 PM. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 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. && $$ MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-NHZ001>004-006-130000- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T0300Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK... NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY... WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE 1100 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ALL OF INTERIOR WESTERN MAINE INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW MAY MIX WITH SOME SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES PRECEDING THE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE SURFACES TO BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY SHORTLY AFTER THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.. && $$ MEZ023>028-130000- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0300Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO- 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 1100 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ALL OF THE SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MID COASTAL MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. POSSIBLY RAIN ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SHORELINE. SOME SPLASHOVER MAY OCCUR AT VULNERABLE BEACHES AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET OR FREEZING CAUSING ICY AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BEFORE CHANGING TO OR MIXING WITH RAIN. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 TO 35. * 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. && $$ NHZ007-008-013-014-130000- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0300Z/ SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN... CONCORD...HOOKSETT...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 1100 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CAUSING ICY AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BEFORE CHANGING TO OR MIXING WITH RAIN. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
897 WWUS41 KGYX 121604 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1104 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ALL OF WESTERN INTERIOR MAINE INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS... ..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF COASTAL MAINE AND SOUTHERNMOST NEW HAMPSHIRE... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS...WHILE THE PRECIPITATION MIXES WITH SLEET... FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN OVER SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...FAR SOUTHWESTERN MAINE AND ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COAST. DURING THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-NHZ001>006-009-010-130015- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T0300Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK... NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY... LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...LACONIA... MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER 1104 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ALL OF INTERIOR WESTERN MAINE INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW MAY MIX WITH SOME SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES PRECEDING THE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE SURFACES TO BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY SHORTLY AFTER THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 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.. && $$ MEZ023>028-130015- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0300Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH... TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN... ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE 1104 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...MUCH OF SOUTH-CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND COASTAL MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. POSSIBLY RAIN ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SHORELINE. SOME SPLASHOVER MAY OCCUR AT VULNERABLE BEACHES AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET OR FREEZING CAUSING ICY AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BEFORE CHANGING TO OR MIXING WITH RAIN. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NHZ007-008-013-014-130015- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0300Z/ SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN... CONCORD...HOOKSETT...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 1104 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CAUSING ICY AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BEFORE CHANGING TO OR MIXING WITH RAIN. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 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. && $$
649 WWUS41 KGYX 121737 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1237 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF WESTERN MAINE EXECPT FOR COASTAL WALDO AND KNOX COUNTIES AS WELL AS COASTAL YORK COUNTY... ..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE REST OF COASTAL MAINE AND SOUTHERNMOST NEW HAMPSHIRE... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS...WHILE THE PRECIPITATION MIXES WITH SLEET... FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN OVER SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...FAR SOUTHWESTERN MAINE AND ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COAST. DURING THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. MEZ024>026-130145- /O.UPG.KGYX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KGYX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T0300Z/ COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK... BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO 1237 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...ALONG COASTAL CUMBERLAND...SAGADAHOC AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR SLICK DRIVING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 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. && $$ MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-NHZ001>006-009-010-130145- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T0300Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK... NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY... LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...LACONIA... MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER 1237 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ALL OF INTERIOR WESTERN MAINE INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW MAY MIX WITH SOME SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES PRECEDING THE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE SURFACES TO BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY SHORTLY AFTER THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 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. && $$ MEZ023-027-028-130145- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0300Z/ COASTAL YORK-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE 1237 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...MUCH OF SOUTH-CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND COASTAL MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. POSSIBLY RAIN ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SHORELINE. SOME SPLASHOVER MAY OCCUR AT VULNERABLE BEACHES AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET OR FREEZING CAUSING ICY AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BEFORE CHANGING TO OR MIXING WITH RAIN. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NHZ007-008-013-014-130145- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0300Z/ SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN... CONCORD...HOOKSETT...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 1237 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CAUSING ICY AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BEFORE CHANGING TO OR MIXING WITH RAIN. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 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. && $$
485 WWUS41 KGYX 122028 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 328 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF WESTERN MAINE EXCEPT FOR COASTAL WALDO AND KNOX COUNTIES AS WELL AS COASTAL YORK COUNTY... ..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE REST OF COASTAL MAINE AND SOUTHERNMOST NEW HAMPSHIRE... .LOW PRESSURE OVER CAPE COD WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE THE GULF OF MAINE THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS...WHILE THE PRECIPITATION MIXES WITH SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OVER SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...FAR SOUTHWESTERN MAINE AND ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COAST. DURING THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-024>026-NHZ001>006-009-010-130100- /O.EXT.KGYX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T0100Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK... NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM... BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...COLEBROOK...BERLIN... LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER... PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER... DOVER 328 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ALL OF INTERIOR WESTERN MAINE INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW MAY MIX WITH SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BEFORE ENDING THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS AND SLIPPERY SURFACES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. 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. && $$ MEZ023-027-028-130100- /O.EXT.KGYX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0100Z/ COASTAL YORK-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE 328 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...MUCH OF SOUTH-CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND COASTAL MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. POSSIBLY RAIN ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SHORELINE. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...MIXING WITH SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE INTO THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET OR FREEZING CAUSING ICY AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BEFORE CHANGING TO OR MIXING WITH RAIN. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. 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. && $$ NHZ007-008-013-014-130100- /O.EXT.KGYX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0100Z/ SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN... CONCORD...HOOKSETT...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 328 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CAUSING ICY AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BEFORE CHANGING TO OR MIXING WITH RAIN. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
315 WWUS41 KGYX 122217 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 517 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN... LOW PRESSURE IS TRACKING THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE THIS EVENING... WITH THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION COMING TO AN END IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT EVEN AFTER THE SNOW ENDS. MEZ018-NHZ003>006-009-010-122330- /O.CAN.KGYX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T0100Z/ INTERIOR YORK-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO... OSSIPEE...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER 517 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT... ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST. $$ MEZ023-NHZ007-008-013-014-122330- /O.CAN.KGYX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0100Z/ COASTAL YORK-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD... HOOKSETT...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 517 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST. $$ MEZ012>014-019>022-024>026-130100- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T0100Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD... FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD... NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM... BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO 517 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR WESTERN MAINE AND PORTIONS OF THE MIDCOAST. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET NEAR THE COAST. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS AND SLIPPERY SURFACES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. 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. && $$ MEZ007>009-NHZ001-002-130100- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T0100Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER 517 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHWEST MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS AND SLIPPERY SURFACES. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ027-028-130100- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0100Z/ KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON... BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE 517 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...COASTAL AREAS NEAR PENOBSCOT BAY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW WITH PERIODS OF SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET OR FREEZING CAUSING ICY AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BEFORE CHANGING TO OR MIXING WITH RAIN. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. 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. && $$
077 WWUS41 KGYX 130015 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 715 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED... .WITH LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE AND AN UPPER LEVEL DRY SLOT HAVING PUSHED THROUGH THE REGION... THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED. ONLY VERY LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. MEZ007>009-012>014-019>022-024>026-NHZ001-002-130115- /O.CAN.KGYX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T0100Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA... WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND... WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET... WALDOBORO...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER 715 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT... BUT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS OVER. $$ MEZ027-028-130115- /O.CAN.KGYX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0100Z/ KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON... BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE 715 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT... BUT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS OVER. $$
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 Jan 11, 10:34 AM EST, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 10:34 AM EST, 4 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1034 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL CREST OVER THE REGION EARLY TODAY AND THEN
SHIFT INTO THE MARITIMES THIS AFTERNOON. LOW PRESSURE WILL
APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST TONIGHT AND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO
THE GULF OF MAINE BY THURSDAY EVENING. A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL MOVE TOWARD NEW ENGLAND FROM THE GREAT LAKES
THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL MOVE UP THE ST LAWRENCE VALLEY ON FRIDAY
PUSHING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION. A LINGERING TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY CROSS THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT AND WILL MOVE
OFFSHORE ON SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT OFFSHORE
ON TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
UPDATE...
MINOR ADJUSTEMENTS MADE TO TEMPERATURE THIS MORNING. COLD/DRY AIR
CONTINUES TO DRAIN SOUTHWARD FROM ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER
QUEBEC PROVINCE AND NORTHERNMOST MAINE WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE
BELOW ZERO.
MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS CONTINUES TO SPREAD GRADUALLY EASTWARD IN
ASSOCIATION WITH UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE MIDWEST. THIS MAY
HELP KEEP DOWN OUR MAX TEMPS FOR TODAY AS WELL. HAVE MADE MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TEMP GRIDS.
HAVE UPDATED SNOWFALL GRAPHIC TO KEEP ACCUMULATIONS NEAR 6 INCHES
OR SO AWAY FROM THE COAST...WITH LESS RIGHT ALONG THE WATERS EDGE.
PREV DISC...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT OFFSHORE TODAY WITH THE RETURN FLOW
SETTING UP A WEAK OVER-RUNNING PATTERN TO THE WEST OF THE
FORECAST AREA. EXPECT MORNING SUN TO GIVE WAY TO MID LEVEL CLOUDS
DURING THE DAY AS THIS AREA LIFTS NORTH AND EAST. LOOKING FOR
HIGHS RANGING FROM THE 20S IN THE NORTH TO THE LOWER TO MID 30S IN
THE SOUTH.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
INCREASING CLOUDS TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES THE REGION
FROM THE SOUTHWEST. EXPECT OVER-RUNNING SNOW TO SHIFT INTO
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT
WITH NOT MUCH MORE THAN AN INCH OR TWO ACCUMULATING BY DAYBREAK IN
THESE AREAS.
BULK OF OF THE PRECIPITATION WITH THIS EVENT WILL COME ON THURSDAY
WITH A VARIETY OF PRECIP TYPES EVOLVING THROUGH THE DAY. BEING A
MAINLY 3RD PERIOD EVENT WITH LET THE DAY SHIFT HAVE A LOOK AT THE
NEXT MODEL RUN BEFORE DECIDING ON WINTER STORM WARNINGS. ALL THE
MODELS GENERALLY SHOWING WARMER AIR PENETRATING INTO SOUTHERN AND
COASTAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AS WELL AS COASTAL MAINE BY LATE MORNING OR
EARLY AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL TEND TO HOLD SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS IN THE 2 TO 5 INCHES RANGE IN THESE AREAS AS SNOW CHANGES
TO SLEET AND RAIN. COLD AIR WILL LIKELY HANG ON FOR MUCH OF THE
DAY IN INTERIOR SECTIONS WHERE HEAVY SNOW MAY MIX WITH SOME SLEET
DURING THE AFTERNOON BEFORE PRECIP WINDS DOWN LATE IN THE DAY.
LIKELIEST LOCATIONS FOR WINTER STORM WARNINGS WITH BE SOUTHERN
INTERIOR SECTIONS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE THROUGH THE
FOOTHILLS. SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET BY WITH ADVISORIES IN THE
MOUNTAINS WHERE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. NEW GFS
HAS BEEFED UP QPF THIS RUN BUT 6 TO 10 INCHES STILL LOOKING GOOD
FOR THE WARNING LOCATIONS.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
UPR LVL TROF AND VORTICITY MAX MOVING NE PAST THE FCST AREAS EARLY
THURSDAY NGT BRINGING THE SFC LOW TRACKING THRU THE GULF OF MAINE
WITH IT. THIS ENDS THE STEADY ORGANIZED MIXED PRCP. HOWEVER A SECOND
MUCH LARGER UPR LVL CUTOFF SYSTEM TO THE W HAS A SFC LOW MOVING E
FROM THE GREAT LAKES THURSDAY NGT WITH A FNT EXTENDING E TO THE SFC
LOW EXITING THE GULF OF MAINE. THIS WILL PRODUCE SOME LGT MIXED PRCP
THURSDAY NGT AND FRIDAY MORNING WITH THE PRCP TAPERING OFF TO -SHRA
OR -SHRASN GRADUALLY GOING TO -SHSN FROM W TO E FRIDAY AFTERNOON
INTO FRIDAY EVENING AS AS COLDER AIR SLOWLY MOVES IN WITH THE UPR
LVL SYSTEM BEHIND THE DEPARTING LOW AND A TRAILING CD FNT.
ONCE THIS SYSTEM IS TO OUR E LATE FRIDAY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS SET UP
ACROSS THE REGION AND CONT INTO FRIDAY NGT. CD AIR STAYS WITH US
THRU THE WEEKEND WITH LIMITED PRCP WITHOUT MUCH AVAILABLE MOISTURE
AS HIGH PRES SFC AND UPR LVL RIDGE BUILD IN FROM THE W AFTER A
SECONDARY CD FNT MOVES THRU SATURDAY WITH SCT SHSN ACROSS THE N/MT
ZONES. THE UPR LVL AND SFC RIDGE SETTLE OVER THE REGION ON MONDAY
WITH WRM AIR ADVECTION SETTING UP ON THE BACK SIDE OF THESE SYSTEMS
TUESDAY. THIS COULD BRING IN SOME LGT SHOWER ACTIVITY...MAINLY IN
THE FORM OF -SHSN THOUGH SOME MIX MAY NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION
UNTIL AN ARCTIC CD FNT MOVES THRU TUESDAY NGT.
GENERALLY USED GFS40...HPC QPF AND BLEND OF MAV/MET MOS FOR
THURSDAY NGT AND FRIDAY. USED GMOS FOR REST OF THE LONG TERM FCST
EXCEPT USED A BLEND OF GFS40 AND MEX MOS GUIDANCE FOR MAX AND MIN
TEMPS.
&&
.AVIATION /15Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
SHORT TERM...VFR TODAY. IFR/LIFR CEILINGS/VSBY DEVELOPING FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH THURSDAY.
LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...IFR TO LIFR CIG AND
VSBY THURSDAY NGT INTO FRIDAY MORNING IN OCCASIONAL LGT MIXED
PRCP...THEN MVFR TO MAYBE IFR IN SCT -SHRASN FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO
FRIDAY EVENING. ANY SHSN LIMITED TO THE N/MT AREAS SATURDAY WITH A
SECONDARY CD FNT.
&&
.MARINE...
SHORT TERM...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT.
LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...WINDS DROP OFF
QUICKLY THURSDAY EVENING AS THE LOW DEPARTS THE GULF OF MAINE TO
THE NE. HOWEVER...WINDS PICK UP FROM THE W SW FRIDAY AS A SFC FNT
MOVES THRU LIKELY BRINGING WINDS TO GALE FORCE LATE FRIDAY INTO
SATURDAY. THERE COULD EVEN BE SOME STORM FORCE GUSTS AS COLDER AIR
MOVING IN ENHANCES THE STRONG FLOW. WINDS SLOWLY LET UP LATE
SATURDAY THRU SUNDAY GRADUALLY DROPPING BELOW SCA LEVELS. SEAS
THAT BUILT UP WITH THE COASTAL LOW SLOWLY SUBSIDE SOME THURSDAY
NGT ONLY TO BUILD UP AGAIN FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NGT BEFORE SUBSIDING
OVER THE WEEKEND. ROUGH SEAS WILL BE ABOVE THE 5 FOOT SCA
THRESHOLD THRU MUCH OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD.
&&
.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
FOR MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022.
NH...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NHZ001>010.
MARINE...GALE WARNING FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY FOR ANZ150>154.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 2:45 PM EST, 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 245 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-NHZ001>004-006-121945- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN CARROLL- 245 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY... 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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. MEZ023>028-NHZ005-007>010-013-014-121945- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 245 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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>154-121945- 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- 245 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 5:34 AM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 3 days | |
| Jan 11, 3:32 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York | 28 hr |
Nearby
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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.