Alert archive / Maine / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this winter storm warning at Dec 25, 2012, 3:19 PM EST for 11 counties in Maine; 8 counties in New Hampshire. It took effect at Dec 26, 2012, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 27 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
- Dec 25, 2012, 3:19 PM EST (20:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2012, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2012, 12:37 AM EST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
Counties Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 1220 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
364 WWUS41 KGYX 252019 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 319 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...A WINTER STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OUT OF THE OHIO VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY AND WILL REACH THE DELAWARE BAY AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE STORM WILL THEN TURN NORTHEAST MOVING UP THE COAST TO JUST SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND BY THURSDAY MORNING. LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE NORTHEAST JUST SOUTH OF THE GULF OF MAINE AND INTO THE MARITIMES THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND WILL OVER-SPREAD THE REMAINDER OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE OVERNIGHT. THIS STORM WILL DROP UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS WELL AWAY FROM THE COAST. LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH LESS IN SOME OF THE VALLEYS...PARTICULARLY THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY. SNOW WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION IN COASTAL AREAS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE ON THURSDAY. STORM TIDES WILL RUN BETWEEN 11.5 AND 12.0 FEET IN PORTLAND HARBOR. LARGE...BUILDING WAVES WILL CAUSE SPLASH-OVER AND BEACH EROSION NEAR THE TIME OF THE MID MORNING HIGH TIDE ON THURSDAY. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-NHZ001>010-013-261000- /O.UPG.KGYX.WS.A.0006.121227T0000Z-121228T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KGYX.WS.W.0007.121227T0300Z-121228T0900Z/ 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-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- 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...CLAREMONT... NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 319 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...CLOSE TO A FOOT OF SNOW WILL FALL IN MANY AREAS. THERE WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH LOW VISIBILITIES...POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...MAINLY ALONG THE COAST AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITY BELOW 1/2 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. && $$ MEZ023>028-NHZ014-261000- /O.EXT.KGYX.WS.A.0006.121227T0300Z-121228T0900Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH... TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN... ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 319 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS...NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 INCHES OR MORE SNOWFALL POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. HEAVY WET SNOW COMBINED WITH EXPECTED STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...BELOW HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
11 follow-up statements
591 WWUS41 KGYX 261017 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 517 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...A WINTER STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OUT OF THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY AND WILL REACH THE DELAWARE BAY AREA BY THIS EVENING. THE STORM WILL THEN TURN NORTHEAST MOVING UP THE COAST TO JUST SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND BY THURSDAY MORNING. LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE NORTHEAST JUST SOUTH OF THE GULF OF MAINE AND INTO THE MARITIMES THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND WILL OVER-SPREAD THE REMAINDER OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE OVERNIGHT. THIS STORM WILL DROP UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS WELL AWAY FROM THE COAST. LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH LESS IN SOME OF THE VALLEYS... PARTICULARLY THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY. SNOW WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION IN COASTAL AREAS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE ON THURSDAY. STORM TIDES WILL RUN BETWEEN 11.5 AND 12.0 FEET IN PORTLAND HARBOR. LARGE...BUILDING WAVES WILL CAUSE SPLASH-OVER AND BEACH EROSION NEAR THE TIME OF THE MID MORNING HIGH TIDE ON THURSDAY. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-NHZ001>010-013-262100- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0007.121227T0300Z-121228T0900Z/ 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-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- 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...CLAREMONT... NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 517 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH LOW VISIBILITIES...POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...A HALF MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$ MEZ023>028-NHZ014-262100- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.A.0006.121227T0300Z-121228T0900Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH... TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN... ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 517 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW OR MIXED PRECIPITATION REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS...NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. HEAVY WET SNOW COMBINED WITH EXPECTED STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...A HALF MILE OR LESS IN SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
796 WWUS41 KGYX 261739 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1239 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...A WINTER STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY SNOW ALONG THE COAST AND HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS INLAND WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OUT OF THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY AND WILL REACH THE DELAWARE BAY AREA BY THIS EVENING. THE STORM WILL THEN TURN NORTHEAST MOVING UP THE COAST TO JUST SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND BY THURSDAY MORNING. LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE NORTHEAST JUST SOUTH OF THE GULF OF MAINE AND INTO THE MARITIMES THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND WILL OVER-SPREAD THE REMAINDER OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE OVERNIGHT. THIS STORM WILL DROP UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS WELL AWAY FROM THE COAST. LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH LESS IN SOME OF THE VALLEYS... PARTICULARLY THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY. SNOW WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION IN COASTAL AREAS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE ON THURSDAY. STORM TIDES WILL RUN BETWEEN 11.5 AND 12.0 FEET IN PORTLAND HARBOR. LARGE...BUILDING WAVES WILL CAUSE SPLASH-OVER AND BEACH EROSION NEAR THE TIME OF THE MID MORNING HIGH TIDE ON THURSDAY. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-NHZ001>010-013-270145- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0007.121227T0300Z-121228T0900Z/ 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-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- 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...CLAREMONT... NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 1239 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH LOW VISIBILITIES...POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...A HALF MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$ MEZ023>028-NHZ014-270145- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.A.0006.121227T0300Z-121228T0900Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH... TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN... ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 1239 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW OR MIXED PRECIPITATION REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS...COASTAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND COASTAL WESTERN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. HEAVY WET SNOW COMBINED WITH EXPECTED STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...A HALF MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
665 WWUS41 KGYX 261927 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 227 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...A WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM TONIGHT...BEGINNING OVER SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WILL THEN SPREAD NORTHWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW. NEAR THE COAST...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE HELD DOWN AS IT MIXES WITH RAIN. FURTHER INLAND WHERE THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW...AMOUNTS WILL BE GREATER. THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY WILL ALSO SEE SOME REDUCED AMOUNTS AS THEY GET SHADOWED BY THE MOUNTAINS. STORM TIDES WILL RUN BETWEEN 11.5 AND 12.0 FEET IN PORTLAND HARBOR. LARGE...BUILDING WAVES WILL CAUSE SPLASH-OVER AND BEACH EROSION NEAR THE TIME OF THE MID MORNING HIGH TIDE TOMORROW ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST OF MAINE AND THE COAST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. MEZ023>028-270330- /O.UPG.KGYX.WS.A.0006.121227T0300Z-121228T0900Z/ /O.EXA.KGYX.WS.W.0007.121227T0300Z-121228T0900Z/ 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 227 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...COASTAL MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH LOW VISIBILITIES...POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * VISIBILITIES...A HALF MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 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>010-013-270330- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0007.121227T0300Z-121228T0900Z/ 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-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- 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...CLAREMONT... NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 227 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH LOW VISIBILITIES...POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...A HALF MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$ NHZ014-270330- /O.UPG.KGYX.WS.A.0006.121227T0300Z-121228T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KGYX.WW.Y.0024.121227T0300Z-121228T0900Z/ COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 227 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...COASTAL ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH LOW VISIBILITIES...POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...A HALF MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
727 WWUS41 KGYX 270318 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1018 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA...SOUTH TO NORTH...OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NEAR THE COAST...SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN OR CHANGE TO RAIN. FURTHER INLAND WHERE THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW...SNOW AMOUNTS OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY WILL ALSO SEE SOME REDUCED AMOUNTS AS THEY GET SHADOWED BY THE MOUNTAINS. STORM TIDES WILL RUN BETWEEN 11.5 AND 12.0 FEET IN PORTLAND HARBOR. LARGE...BUILDING WAVES WILL CAUSE SPLASH-OVER AND BEACH EROSION NEAR THE TIME OF THE MID MORNING HIGH TIDE TOMORROW ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST OF MAINE AND THE COAST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-NHZ001>010-013-271100- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ 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-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- 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...CLAREMONT... NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 1018 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...LOW TO MID 20S TONIGHT...RISING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * VISIBILITIES...DROPPING TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW. 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>028-271100- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ 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 1018 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...COASTAL MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S OVERNIGHT RISING INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S ON THURSDAY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ NHZ014-271100- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 1018 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...COASTAL ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO RAIN DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH LOW VISIBILITIES OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
629 WWUS41 KGYX 270851 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 351 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH CAPE COD AND INTO THE GULF OF MAINE TODAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TODAY AWAY FROM THE COAST. NEAR THE COAST...SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN OR CHANGE TO RAIN. FURTHER INLAND WHERE THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW...SNOW AMOUNTS OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY WILL ALSO SEE SOME REDUCED AMOUNTS AS THEY GET SHADOWED BY THE MOUNTAINS. STORM TIDES WILL RUN BETWEEN 11.5 AND 12.0 FEET IN PORTLAND HARBOR. LARGE...BUILDING WAVES WILL CAUSE SPLASH-OVER AND BEACH EROSION NEAR THE TIME OF THE MID MORNING HIGH TIDE ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST OF MAINE AND THE COAST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-NHZ001>010-013-272100- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ 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-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- 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...CLAREMONT... NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 351 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH IN COASTAL AREAS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE 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. && $$ MEZ023>028-272100- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH... TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN... ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE 351 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...COASTAL MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN DURING THE DAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NHZ014-272100- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 351 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW OR MIXED PRECIPITATION REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...COASTAL ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...MIXED PRECIPITATION. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WITH LOW VISIBILITIES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
517 WWUS41 KGYX 271632 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1132 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE THROUGH TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH CAPE COD AND INTO THE GULF OF MAINE TODAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY AWAY FROM THE COAST. NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST...SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN OR CHANGE TO RAIN. FURTHER INLAND WHERE THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW...SNOW AMOUNTS OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY WILL ALSO SEE SOME REDUCED AMOUNTS AS THEY GET SHADOWED BY THE MOUNTAINS. SOUTHERN COASTAL AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY CHANGED OVER TO RAIN MAY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-NHZ001>010-013-280045- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ 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-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- 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...CLAREMONT... NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 1132 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE 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>028-280045- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ 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 1132 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...COASTAL MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN DURING THE DAY NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF 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. && $$ NHZ014-280045- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 1132 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...COASTAL ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...MIXED PRECIPITATION. MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WITH LOW VISIBILITIES. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ POHL
793 WWUS41 KGYX 271937 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 237 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE THROUGH TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE TONIGHT. SNOW... HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-NHZ001>010-013-280345- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ 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-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- 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...CLAREMONT... NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 237 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$ MEZ023>028-280345- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH... TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN... ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE 237 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...COASTAL MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN AND SLEET NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NHZ014-280345- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 237 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...COASTAL ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET... AND RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WITH LOW VISIBILITIES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
257 WWUS41 KGYX 272143 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 443 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW WINDING DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND... .LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF MAINE... WITH 1 TO 3 ADDITIONAL INCHES POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE. NHZ008-010-013-272245- /O.CAN.KGYX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ MERRIMACK-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...ROCHESTER... DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER 443 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE. ADDITIONAL FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. $$ NHZ014-272245- /O.CAN.KGYX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 443 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS COASTAL NEW HAMPSHIRE. ADDITIONAL FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. $$ MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-NHZ001>007-009-280545- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-BELKNAP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK... NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY... LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT... NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...LACONIA...MEREDITH 443 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE... WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...DROPPING TO 1/2 MILES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ023>028-280545- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ 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 443 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...COASTAL MAINE. * ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...OCCASIONALLY DROPPING TO 1/2 MILES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$
468 WWUS41 KGYX 280043 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 743 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW WINDING DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND... .LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF MAINE... WITH 1 TO 3 ADDITIONAL INCHES POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE. NHZ005-007-009-280145- /O.CAN.KGYX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SULLIVAN-BELKNAP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...LACONIA...MEREDITH 743 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE. ANY LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS WILL ADD ONLY ANOTHER DUSTING. $$ MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-NHZ001>004-006-280845- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ 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 743 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FOR STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITY MAY OCCASIONALLY DROP TO 1/2 MILE IN BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$ MEZ023>028-280845- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH... TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN... ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...LINCOLNVILLE 743 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...COASTAL MAINE. * ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE... FOR STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITY MAY OCCASIONALLY DROP TO 1/2 MILE IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KIMBLE
234 WWUS41 KGYX 280242 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 942 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW WINDING DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND... .LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 ADDITIONAL INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN MUCH OF MAINE AS PRECIPITATION WRAPS AROUND THE OFFSHORE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. NHZ001>004-006-280345- /O.CAN.KGYX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER... LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE 942 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE. ANY REMAINING FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS WILL NOT ACCUMULATE TO MORE THAN 1 INCH. $$ MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-280900- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK... NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY 942 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW... FOR A STORM TOTAL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ023>028-280900- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ 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 942 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...COASTAL MAINE. * ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FOR STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 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. && $$ KIMBLE
840 WWUS41 KGYX 280537 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1237 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WESTERN MAINE HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .THE HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE MARITIMES AND NORTHWEST WINDS BRING IN DRIER AIR. LIGHT SNOW WILL END OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO ALONG THE MID COAST AND NEARBY INLAND LOCATIONS WHILE THE REST OF WESTERN MAINE HAS ALREADY SEEN AN END TO THE SNOW. SOME SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-280645- /O.CAN.KGYX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-121228T0900Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON... WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK... NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN... LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY... BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND... SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR... WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST... LINCOLNVILLE 1237 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE MARITIMES AND NORTHWEST WINDS BRING IN DRIER AIR. LIGHT SNOW WILL END OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO ALONG THE MID COAST AND NEARBY INLAND LOCATIONS WHILE THE REST OF WESTERN MAINE HAS ALREADY SEEN AN END TO THE SNOW. SOME SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. $$
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 Dec 25, 11:29 AM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 11:29 AM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1129 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012
.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS OUT TO SEA WELL SOUTH OF NEW
ENGLAND TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE UP THE EAST COAST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
INTO THE MARITIMES THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY
BUILD IN FROM THE WEST FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL
TRACK NORTHEAST OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY. A NARROW RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION
SUNDAY NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL DROP SOUTHEAST FROM WESTERN QUEBEC
ON MONDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
---1615Z UPDATE---
SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN CWA
AND IS STRUGGLING TO PUSH EAST VERY QUICKLY AS IT RUNS INTO THE
DRY AIR. RADAR IS OVERSHOOTING MUCH OF THE SNOW THAT IS FALLING IN
WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. BASED ON CURRENT OBS...BOOSTED POPS TO 100
WITH A PRETTY WIDE SPREAD 1 TO 2 INCH SNOWFALL EVENT WITH POSSIBLY
SOME ISOLATED AMOUNTS EDGING TOWARDS 3 INCHES IN CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE.
---1445Z UPDATE---
SNOW HAS BEEN FALLING MUCH FURTHER NORTH OF WHERE THE MODELS
ORIGINALLY HAD IT POSITIONED. HAVE UPDATED PRODUCTS TO REFLECT
THIS. LOOKS LIKE SNOW SHOULD OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN MAINE AS FAR
NORTH AS THE CAPITAL DISTRICT BEFORE SLIDING OFF TO THE EAST AND
OVER THE MID-COAST. EXPECT A WIDE SPREAD 1 OR 2 INCHES NOW...BUT
SNOW SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.
---1330Z UPDATE---
SNOW IS A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD OVER NEW HAMPSHIRE THAN
ORIGINALLY FORECAST. WILL UPDATE PRODUCTS TO REFLECT THIS.
DYNAMICS MOVE QUICKLY OFFSHORE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT ONLY 1-2
INCHES IN THE HEAVIEST BANDS...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OVER THE
MAJORITY OF THE AREA. HAVE ALSO TWEAKED TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BIT
TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS.
UPDATE...QUICK UPDATE TO KEEP TEMPS CURRENT. NO OTHER CHGS.
PREV DISC...CLOUDS ARE LOWERING AND THICKENING AS THE WEAK SHORT WAVE
LOCATED OVER WESTERN NEW YORK TREKS EAST THIS MORNING. SOME VERY
LIGHT SNOW/SNOW SHWERS WILL BREAK OUT OVER THE SOUTHERN ZONES BY 6
AM. THE AIR IS VERY DRY AND IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR
PRECIPITATION TO REACH THE GROUND. EXPECT LESS THAN 1 INCH IN FAR
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND A DUSTING FARTHER NORTH.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
THE SHORT WAVE MOVES EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. SKIES
WILL CLEAR AND WITH LIGHT WINDS EXPECT TEMPS TO FALL TO AROUND
ZERO IN THE NORTHERN ZONES TO TEENS SOUTH WITH LOWER 20S NEAR
IMMEDIATE SHORE. WEDNESDAY WILL SEE INCREASING CLOUDS AS SFC LOW
NOW IN WEST TEXAS MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS WITH A
SECONDARY FORMING ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
LOW PRESSURE FORECAST TO SLOWLY MOVE UP THE EAST COAST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. BOTH GFS AND ECMWF BRING THE SURFACE LOW TO JUST SOUTH OF
LONG ISLAND BY 12Z THURSDAY AND THEN SLOWLY TAKE IT OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST...SOUTH OF THE GULF OF MAINE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
EXPECT SNOW TO BEGIN ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND EXTREME
SOUTHWEST MAINE DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND WILL GRADUALLY
OVER-SPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. MODELS IN
FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT IN KEEPING PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW
THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FAR SOUTHEASTERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE WHICH MAY SEE A MIX OR CHANGE-OVER TO RAIN BY DAYBREAK.
SNOW FALL AMOUNTS OVERNIGHT WILL ACCUMULATE TO 3 TO 6 INCHES IN
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE AND 1 TO 3 INCHES IN
NORTHERN AND EASTERN ZONES.
WARMER AIR WILL PUSH INLAND SOMEWHAT ON THURSDAY WITH SOUTHEAST NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND COASTAL AREAS OF MAINE GOING OVER TO RAIN DURING THE
DAY. 1000 TO 850 THICKNESSES PRETTY MUCH THE SAME BETWEEN THE GFS
AND ECMWF BUT GFS SLIGHTLY WARMER ON 850 TO 700 THICKNESSES
SUGGESTING MIXED PRECIP PUSHING A BIT FARTHER INLAND THAN PAST RUNS.
STILL APPEARS AREAS FROM THE FOOTHILLS NORTHWARD WILL SEE AN ALL
SNOW EVENT. GENERALLY LOOKING FOR A 6 TO 12 INCH STORM TOTAL ACROSS
MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN SOUTHERN
INTERIOR SECTIONS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. HAVE GONE WITH A 50/50
BLEND OF THE GFS/ECMWF QPF FOR SNOWFALL. WILL BE ISSUING A WINTER
STORM WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA ALTHOUGH SOUTHEASTERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND COASTAL AREAS OF MAINE ARE THE ONLY AREAS IN
QUESTION AT THIS POINT.
ANOTHER ISSUE WILL BE WINDS WHICH WILL LIKELY APPROACH ADVISORY
CRITERIA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY....BUT
STILL PLENTY OF TIME TO DECIDE ON THE WHEN AND WHERE. WITH THE HEAVY
WET SNOW LIKELY IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS WILL PROBABLY BE DEALING WITH
POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY.
LOW PRESSURE WILL PULL AWAY INTO THE MARITIMES THURSDAY NIGHT.
EXPECT STEADIER SNOW TO GRADUALLY TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY. EXPECT WINDS TO SUBSIDE
SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY INTO FRIDAY.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD IN FROM THE WEST ON FRIDAY AS LOW
PRESSURE CONTINUES TO PULL OFF TO THE EAST. WILL SEE A MIX OF SUN
AND CLOUDS DOWNWIND OF THE MOUNTAINS WHILE CLOUDS AND SNOW SHOWERS
WILL HANG ON IN THE NORTH. WILL REMAIN FAIRLY BREEZY THROUGH MOST OF
THE DAY BEFORE THE GRADIENT BEGINS TO SLACKEN LATE IN THE DAY.
NARROW RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST FRIDAY
NIGHT AND WILL CREST OVER THE REGION ON SATURDAY. SHOULD SEE
MOUNTAINS CLOUDS SLOWLY DIMINISH FRIDAY NIGHT.
SUNNY START TO THE DAY FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA ON SATURDAY BUT
CLOUDS WILL AGAIN BE ON THE INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON AS LOW
PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTH. MODELS NOW COMING INTO BETTER
AGREEMENT ON THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM WITH THE NEW ECMWF COMING INTO
LINE WITH THE GFS WHICH TRACKS THIS SYSTEM FARTHER OFFSHORE. WILL
STILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO PUSH THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE ASSOCIATED
PRECIP INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE ZONES BY SATURDAY EVENING. EXPECT
A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW TO BLOW THROUGH SOUTHERN ZONES SATURDAY NIGHT
WITH AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR TWO...MAINLY IN FAR SOUTHERN AND COASTAL
AREAS.
CLOUDY START TO SUNDAY ALONG WITH A FEW LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS...BUT
CLOUDS WILL GIVE WAY TO CLEARING SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
SHORT TERM...MVFR PSBL LEB/CON/PSM/PWM THIS MORNING THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON IN -SN/-SHSN. VFR EXPECT LATE AFTERNOON TODAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
LONG TERM...IFR/LIFR CEILINGS/VSBY WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT. VFR FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
&&
.MARINE...
SHORT TERM...QUITE ON THE WATERS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NOON. NORTHEAST
WINDS BEGIN INCREASING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS COASTAL LOW APPROACHES.
LONG TERM...GALE WARNING.
&&
.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT FOR MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028.
NH...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT FOR NHZ001>010-013-014.
MARINE...GALE WARNING FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST FRIDAY FOR
ANZ150>154.
&&
SYNOPSIS...
NEAR TERM...KISTNER
SHORT TERM...
LONG TERM...
AVIATION...
MARINE...Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 3:01 PM EST, 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 301 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022-NHZ001>010-013-262015- 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-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- 301 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. CLOSE TO A FOOT OF SNOW WILL FALL OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING IN THE WARNING AREA. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST WHERE MUCH LESS IN THE WAY OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AS THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN THEIR REPORTS. MEZ023>028-NHZ014-262015- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 301 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. SNOW WILL ENTER THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO RAIN ON THURSDAY. THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM WILL DETERMINE WHEN THIS MIXING OR CHANGING OCCURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN THEIR REPORTS. ANZ150>154-262015- 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- 301 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. STORM WARNING. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 3:45 AM EST | Gale Warning | GYX | 11 hr | |
| Dec 25, 4:05 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 34 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:46 PM EST | Storm Warning | GYX | 54 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Maine, 2012Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2012Every winter storm warning in 2012
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.