Alert archive / New Hampshire / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this winter storm warning at Jan 26, 2012, 2:57 AM EST for Carroll County, Coos County, Grafton County, New Hampshire; Franklin County, Oxford County, Somerset County, Maine. It took effect at Jan 26, 2012, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 20 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 26, 2012, 2:57 AM EST (07:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 26, 2012, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2012, 2:55 PM EST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
Counties Franklin County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:59 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
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 315 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
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
404 WWUS41 KGYX 260757 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 257 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WILL BRING MIXED PRECIPITATION TO INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY... .A COMPLEX WINTER WEATHER SCENARIO WILL UNFOLD TODAY...AS LOW PRESSURE LIFTS TOWARDS NEW ENGLAND. WHILE THE PRIMARY LOW WILL TRACK INLAND...SECONDARY DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL HELP TO LOCK COLD AIR INTO THE INTERIOR. INITIALLY...ALL LOCATIONS WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO BEGIN AS SNOW...WHILE EASTERLY WINDS WILL QUICKLY ALLOW THE COAST TO CHANGEOVER TO RAIN. IN THE INTERIOR SNOW WILL COME DOWN HEAVILY AT TIMES...BEFORE WARM AIR ALOFT BEGINS TO CREATE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MAINE WILL HANG ONTO THE COLDEST AIR THE LONGEST...AND THEREFORE WILL SEE THE MOST SNOWFALL BEFORE ANY MIXING. PRECIPITATION WILL WIND DOWN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE LOW PRESSURE PULLS AWAY INTO THE CANADIAN MARTIMES. MEZ007>009-NHZ001-261600- /O.NEW.KGYX.WS.W.0002.120127T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...COLEBROOK 257 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN COOS COUNTY AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW...AND UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THURSDAY EVENING...AND CONTINUE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SLEET MAY BEGIN TO MIX IN FRIDAY MORNING...BEFORE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * VISIBILITIES...HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MEZ012>014-NHZ002>004-261600- /O.NEW.KGYX.WW.Y.0008.120127T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-SOUTHERN COOS- NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD... FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...BERLIN... LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY 257 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW...AND UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THURSDAY EVENING...WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME ICY. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES MAY LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * VISIBILITIES....HEAVY SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MEZ018>022-026>028-NHZ005>010-013-261600- /O.NEW.KGYX.WW.Y.0008.120127T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- INTERIOR WALDO-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA... WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET... WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO... OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD... HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM... DERRY...EXETER 257 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE INTERIOR AWAY FROM THE COAST. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...AND UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN IN LATE THURSDAY EVENING...WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME ICY. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES MAY LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...HEAVY SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES BEFORE 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. && $$ LEGRO
9 follow-up statements
011 WWUS41 KGYX 261553 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1053 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WILL BRING MIXED PRECIPITATION TO INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY... .A COMPLEX WINTER WEATHER SCENARIO WILL UNFOLD TODAY...AS LOW PRESSURE LIFTS TOWARDS NEW ENGLAND. WHILE THE PRIMARY LOW WILL TRACK INLAND...SECONDARY DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL HELP TO LOCK COLD AIR OVER THE INTERIOR. INITIALLY...ALL LOCATIONS WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS SNOW... WHILE EASTERLY WINDS WILL QUICKLY ALLOW THE COAST TO CHANGEOVER TO RAIN. IN THE INTERIOR SNOW WILL COME DOWN HEAVILY AT TIMES... BEFORE WARM AIR ALOFT BEGINS TO CREATE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MAINE WILL HANG ONTO THE COLDEST AIR THE LONGEST...AND THEREFORE WILL SEE THE MOST SNOWFALL BEFORE ANY MIXING. PRECIPITATION WILL WIND DOWN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE LOW PRESSURE PULLS AWAY INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. MEZ007>009-NHZ001-270000- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0002.120127T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...COLEBROOK 1053 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN COOS COUNTY AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SLEET MAY BEGIN TO MIX IN FRIDAY MORNING...BEFORE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MEZ012>014-NHZ002>004-270000- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0008.120127T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-SOUTHERN COOS- NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD... FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...BERLIN... LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY 1053 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING...WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME ICY. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES MAY LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 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. && $$ MEZ018>022-026>028-NHZ005>010-013-270000- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0008.120127T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- INTERIOR WALDO-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA... WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET... WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO... OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD... HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM... DERRY...EXETER 1053 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE INTERIOR AWAY FROM THE COAST. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN IN LATE THIS EVENING...WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME ICY. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES MAY LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
433 WWUS41 KGYX 262032 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 332 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WILL BRING MIXED PRECIPITATION TO INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY... .A COMPLEX WINTER WEATHER SCENARIO WILL UNFOLD TONIGHT...AS LOW PRESSURE LIFTS TOWARDS NEW ENGLAND. WHILE THE PRIMARY LOW WILL TRACK INLAND...SECONDARY DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL HELP TO LOCK COLD AIR OVER THE INTERIOR. INITIALLY...ALL LOCATIONS WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS SNOW... WHILE EASTERLY WINDS WILL QUICKLY ALLOW THE COAST TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN. IN THE INTERIOR SNOW WILL COME DOWN HEAVILY AT TIMES...BEFORE WARM AIR ALOFT BEGINS TO CREATE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MAINE WILL HANG ONTO THE COLDEST AIR THE LONGEST...AND THEREFORE WILL SEE THE MOST SNOWFALL. PRECIPITATION WILL WIND DOWN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. NHZ002>004-271100- /O.UPG.KGYX.WW.Y.0008.120127T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ /O.EXA.KGYX.WS.W.0002.120127T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY 332 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN COOS AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW....SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN FRIDAY MORNING... BEFORE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MEZ007>009-NHZ001-271100- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0002.120127T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...COLEBROOK 332 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN COOS COUNTY AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN FRIDAY MORNING... BEFORE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MEZ012>014-271100- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0008.120127T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD... FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD 332 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING...WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME ICY. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES MAY LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST UP TO 5 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. && $$ MEZ018>022-026>028-NHZ005>010-013-271100- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0008.120127T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- INTERIOR WALDO-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA... WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET... WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO... OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD... HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM... DERRY...EXETER 332 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE INTERIOR AWAY FROM THE COAST. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN IN LATE THIS EVENING...WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME ICY. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES MAY LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
260 WWUS41 KGYX 262153 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 453 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WILL BRING MIXED PRECIPITATION TO INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY... .A COMPLEX WINTER WEATHER SCENARIO WILL UNFOLD TONIGHT...AS LOW PRESSURE LIFTS TOWARDS NEW ENGLAND. WHILE THE PRIMARY LOW WILL TRACK INLAND...SECONDARY DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL HELP TO LOCK COLD AIR OVER THE INTERIOR. INITIALLY...ALL LOCATIONS WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS SNOW... WHILE EASTERLY WINDS WILL QUICKLY ALLOW THE COAST TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN. IN THE INTERIOR SNOW WILL COME DOWN HEAVILY AT TIMES...BEFORE WARM AIR ALOFT BEGINS TO CREATE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MAINE WILL HANG ONTO THE COLDEST AIR THE LONGEST...AND THEREFORE WILL SEE THE MOST SNOWFALL. PRECIPITATION WILL WIND DOWN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. MEZ007>009-NHZ001>004-270600- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0002.120127T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY 453 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN COOS AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW....SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN FRIDAY MORNING... BEFORE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MEZ012>014-270600- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0008.120127T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD... FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD 453 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING...WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME ICY. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES MAY LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MEZ018>022-026>028-NHZ005>010-013-270600- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0008.120127T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- INTERIOR WALDO-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA... WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET... WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO... OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD... HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM... DERRY...EXETER 453 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE INTERIOR AWAY FROM THE COAST. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN IN LATE THIS EVENING...WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME ICY. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES MAY LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 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. && $$
772 WWUS41 KGYX 270346 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1046 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW...MIXED PRECIPITATION AND RAIN TO PORTIONS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE THROUGH FRIDAY... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING WILL BRING A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW FALLING OVER MUCH OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE THIS EVENING WILL PICK UP IN INTENSITY OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE AFTER MIDNIGHT. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW FALLING OVER SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND COASTAL MAINE WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET FREEZING RAIN AND FINALLY ALL RAIN THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS ON FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY WIND DOWN LATE IN THE DAY. MEZ007>009-NHZ001>004-271000- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY 1046 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN COOS AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW....SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MEZ012>014-271000- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD... FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD 1046 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME ICY. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES MAY LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST UP TO 5 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. && $$ MEZ018>022-026>028-NHZ005>010-013-271000- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- INTERIOR WALDO-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA... WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET... WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO... OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD... HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM... DERRY...EXETER 1046 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE INTERIOR AWAY FROM THE COAST. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME ICY. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES MAY LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
133 WWUS41 KGYX 270922 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 422 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW...MIXED PRECIPITATION AND RAIN TO PORTIONS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS NEW ENGLAND TODAY WILL BRING A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN AREAS THIS MORNING...WHILE THE SNOW BEGINS TO MIX WITH SLEET...THEN FREEZING RAIN OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. LOOK FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO BE MAINLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN OVER SOUTHERNMOST PORTIONS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. BY NOONTIME...NORTHERN AREAS WILL SEE A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS WILL BE ALL RAIN AT THAT POINT. SNOW TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE NORTH...TO ONLY AN INCH OR SO IN THE SOUTH BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER. ICE WILL ACCUMULATE OVER A QUARTER INCH IN CENTRAL AREAS...WITH LESS ICING AS YOU HEAD SOUTH. THERE MAY BE DOWNED LIMBS DUE TO THE ICE WHICH MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. LOW PRESSURE WILL REACH THE DOWNEAST COAST OF MAINE THIS EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW THE PRECIPITATION TO END. MEZ007>009-NHZ001>004-271730- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY 422 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN COOS AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW....SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MEZ012>014-271730- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD... FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD 422 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME ICY. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES MAY LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MEZ018>022-026>028-NHZ005>010-013-271730- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- INTERIOR WALDO-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA... WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET... WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO... OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD... HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM... DERRY...EXETER 422 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE INTERIOR AWAY FROM THE COAST. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME ICY. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES MAY LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 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. && $$
035 WWUS41 KGYX 271020 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 520 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WILL BRING MIXED PRECIPITATION TO PORTIONS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS NEW ENGLAND TODAY WILL BRING A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION. A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM ALONG THE COAST OF MAINE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN AREAS THIS MORNING...WHILE THE SNOW BEGINS TO MIX WITH SLEET...THEN FREEZING RAIN OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. LOOK FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN OVER FAR SOUTHERN MAINE AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. BY NOONTIME...NORTHERN AREAS WILL SEE A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS WILL BE ALL RAIN AT THAT POINT. SNOW TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS...TO ONLY AN INCH OR SO IN THE SOUTH BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER. ICE WILL ACCUMULATE OVER A QUARTER INCH IN CENTRAL AREAS...WITH LESS ICING AS YOU HEAD SOUTH. THERE MAY BE DOWNED LIMBS DUE TO THE ICE WHICH MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. LOW PRESSURE WILL REACH THE DOWNEAST COAST OF MAINE THIS EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW THE PRECIPITATION TO END. MEZ018-026>028-NHZ007>010-013-271130- /O.CAN.KGYX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ INTERIOR YORK-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK- BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD... HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM... DERRY...EXETER 520 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED ABOVE FREEZING ALONG MUCH OF THE COASTLINE. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAD BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MEZ007>009-NHZ001>004-271830- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120127T2100Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY 520 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN COOS AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW....SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MEZ012>014-271830- /O.EXT.KGYX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120127T1900Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD... FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD 520 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME ICY. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES MAY LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MEZ019>022-NHZ005-006-271700- /O.EXT.KGYX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120127T1700Z/ INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE... WINTERPORT...UNITY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO... OSSIPEE 520 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE INTERIOR AWAY FROM THE COAST. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME ICY. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES MAY LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 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. && $$
006 WWUS41 KGYX 271635 AAA WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1135 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WILL BRING MIXED PRECIPITATION TO PORTIONS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS NEW ENGLAND TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION. SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER MASSACHUSETTS HAS DELAYED THE END OF THE PRECIPITATION. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LOOK FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN OVER FAR SOUTHERN MAINE AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. MEZ007>009-NHZ001>004-280000- /O.EXT.KGYX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120128T0000Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY 1135 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN COOS AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW....SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND OVER A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MEZ012>014-272000- /O.EXT.KGYX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120127T2000Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD... FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD 1135 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME ICY. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES MAY LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 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. && $$ MEZ019>022-NHZ005-006-271900- /O.EXT.KGYX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120127T1900Z/ INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE... WINTERPORT...UNITY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO... OSSIPEE 1135 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE INTERIOR AWAY FROM THE COAST. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME ICY. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES MAY LEAD TO DOWNED BRANCHES AND POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ HANES
558 WWUS41 KGYX 271849 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 149 PM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WILL BRING MIXED PRECIPITATION TO PORTIONS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE TODAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ELSEWHERE...PRECIPITATION HAS BECOME VERY LIGHT OR TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE FREEZING. THERE STILL MAY BE POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. MEZ012>014-272000- /O.CAN.KGYX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120127T2000Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD... FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD 149 PM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PRECIPITATION HAS BECOME VERY LIGHT OR TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE FREEZING. THERE STILL MAY BE POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. $$ MEZ019>022-NHZ005-006-272000- /O.CAN.KGYX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120127T1900Z/ INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON... LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE... WINTERPORT...UNITY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO... OSSIPEE 149 PM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PRECIPITATION HAS BECOME VERY LIGHT OR TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE FREEZING. THERE STILL MAY BE POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. $$ MEZ007>009-NHZ001>004-280000- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120128T0000Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY 149 PM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN COOS AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW....SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ HANES
761 WWUS41 KGYX 271955 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 255 PM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... MEZ007>009-NHZ001>004-272100- /O.CAN.KGYX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120128T0000Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY 255 PM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. MIXED PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNED AREA. WHILE THERE MAY STILL BE POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ALONG WITH SLICK ROADS...THE THREAT OF ANY ADDITIONAL ICING HAS DIMINISHED. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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 26, 12:14 AM EST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 12:14 AM EST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1214 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION THROUGH TOMORROW. LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST PROMPTING A COASTAL LOW TO DEEPEN ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND COAST AND SPREAD RAIN AND SNOW OVER NEW ENGLAND. THE LOW WILL EXIT INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES FRIDAY NIGHT. A WEAK TROUGH WILL CROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY. A LARGER TROUGH AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE FRONT FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... MAINLY DEALING WITH CIRRUS CLOUDS TNGT...WHICH SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND THICKNESS THRU MORNING. AS THEY DO...TEMPS SHOULD QUICKLY FALL AS SFC RIDGE AXIS NEARS. QUIET DAY EXPECTED TDY. SEASONABLY MILD TEMPS...USED A MAV/MET BLEND FOR HIGHS. CLOUDS INCREASE FROM THE SW LATE IN THE DAY...AS SRN STREAM S/WV LIFTS NE TOWARDS NEW ENGLAND. LOW PROBABILITY THAN -SN/RA MAKES IT INTO FAR SWRN NH THIS EVE...OTHERWISE PCPN HOLDS OFF UNTIL OVERNIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY/... OVERNIGHT A SHORTWAVE ROUNDING THE BASE OF A NEGATIVELY TILTED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO OUR WEST WILL CAUSE A SECONDARY SURFACE LOW TO DEVELOP NEAR CAPE COD. TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE DROPPED TO BELOW FREEZING BY THIS TIME ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...ALLOWING THE PRECIPITATION TO BEGIN AS SNOW OR A WINTRY MIX. AS THE LOW MOVES THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE AND TEMPERATURES INCREASE DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...SOUTHERN AREAS AND LOCATIONS ON THE COAST WILL CHANGE TO RAIN. THE MAIN CONCERNS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WHERE IT WILL STAY COLD ENOUGH FOR PRECIPITATION TO REMAIN IN THE FORM OF SNOW. AREAS SOUTH OF LEBANON NH TO WENTWORTH AND SKOWHEGAN MAINE WILL SEE ENOUGH RAIN TO DIMINISH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES. HOWEVER...SOME SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN NH AND SW MAINE MAY NEED AN ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST BY THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER TO MID 30S NORTH TO LOWER 40S SOUTH. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... LOW PRESSURE DEPARTS SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING BEHIND IT. WINDS MAY BE GUSTY INITIALLY BUT SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. SHORTWAVE TROUGH CROSSES THROUGH ONTARIO AND QUEBEC SATURDAY. THERE MAY BE A FEW SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE... BUT OTHERWISE IT SHOULD BE MOSTLY UNEVENTFUL. THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH CROSSES THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT... WITH A SURFACE COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH AS WELL WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE. THERE MAY BE A COASTAL LOW DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT WHICH WOULD INCREASE SNOW POTENTIAL PRIMARILY TO THE EAST. FOR NOW THE GFS SHOWS THIS SOLUTION WHILE THE ECMWF DOES NOT. THE FORMATION OF A COASTAL LOW DOES MAKE SOME SENSE AND CANNOT BE DISCOUNTED... BUT FOR NOW DID NOT GET TOO EXTREME WITH POPS FOR THIS STORM. THERE ARE ALSO SOME TIMING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO MODELS. COLD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT ON MONDAY AND CROSSES THE AREA TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BACK TO NEAR OR BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS. THE NEXT UPPER TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. THE GFS IS WELL TO THE NORTH AND WARMER... WHILE THE ECMWF TAKES A MORE SOUTHERN TRACK AND GENERATES A LOW OFF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST... SPREADING SNOW INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE. FOR NOW WILL FORECAST RAIN OR SNOW DEPENDING ON THE TRACK OF THIS WAVE. && .AVIATION /05Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... SHORT TERM...MVFR CONDITIONS HAVE GIVEN WAY TO VFR AT MOST TERMINALS. GUSTY NW WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT OVERNIGHT. EXPECT LIGHT NORTH WINDS TOMORROW WITH INCREASING MID AND HIGH CLOUDS. LONG TERM...MAY SEE IFR CONDITIONS AND LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING SUNDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN MORE EASTERN LOCATIONS. OTHERWISE MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. && .MARINE... SHORT TERM...SCA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SUB-SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THE REST OF TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. LONG TERM...AFTER LOW PRESSURE MOVES OUT OF THE AREA FRIDAY... WINDS BEHIND IT MAY GUST TO 30 OR 35 KT FRIDAY NIGHT. THINGS SHOULD CALM DOWN BY SATURDAY. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && LEGRO
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 2:42 AM EST, 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 242 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012 MEZ012>014-018>022-026>028-NHZ002>010-013-270745- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-LINCOLN- KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- 242 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN THEIR REPORTS. MEZ007>009-NHZ001-270745- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- 242 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN THEIR REPORTS. MEZ023>025-NHZ014-270745- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 242 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN THEIR REPORTS. ANZ150>154-270745- 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- 242 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN THEIR REPORTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2:57 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Coos, Grafton, Merrimack, Rockingham and 2 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:14 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GYX | 51 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.