Alert archive / Maine / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this winter storm warning at Mar 19, 2014, 8:27 PM EDT for Carroll County, Grafton County, New Hampshire; Franklin County, Oxford County, Somerset County, Maine. It was in force for 14 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
- Mar 19, 2014, 8:27 PM EDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2014, 10:47 AM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
Counties Franklin County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Carroll County, NH, Grafton County, NH
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
272 WWUS41 KGYX 200027 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 827 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 ...SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN...EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION DURING THIS EVENING...WITH RAIN OR SNOW AT THE COAST. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO JUST RAIN OVERNIGHT ON THE MAINE COAST AND SEACOAST NEW HAMPSHIRE....AND MIX WITH SOME RAIN OR SLEET INLAND...BEFORE TAPERING OFF MIDDAY THURSDAY. MEZ012-NHZ003>006-200830- /O.UPG.KGYX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140320T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KGYX.WS.W.0009.140320T0027Z-140320T1500Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD... LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE 827 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW TONIGHT...MIXING WITH SLEET AT TIMES. CHANGING TO RAIN THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. LOCALIZED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES. RAIN WILL MIX IN LATE THEN CHANGE TO ALL RAIN THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THUNDERSNOW MAY OCCUR AT TIMES THIS EVENING. HEAVY SNOW MAY DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. 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. && $$ MEZ021-200830- /O.EXA.KGYX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140320T1500Z/ KENNEBEC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE 827 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THURSDAY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW TONIGHT...MIXING WITH SLEET AND RAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPS THIS EVENING...THEN ENDING QUICKLY FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BY MIDDAY THURSDAY...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW AND SLEET. * IMPACTS...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MEZ007>009-013-014-018>020-NHZ001-002-007>010-200830- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140320T1500Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN... PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM... BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...COLEBROOK... BERLIN...LANCASTER...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN... CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER 827 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW TONIGHT...MIXING WITH SLEET AND RAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPS THIS EVENING...HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN LATE. PRECIPITATION ENDS MIDDAY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
620 WWUS41 KGYX 200256 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1056 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TONIGHT WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION ELSEWHERE... .LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT...HEAVY MOUNTAINS SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A MIX IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE...WITH MAINLY RAIN ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST BY LATE AT NIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY MORNING. MEZ007>009-013-014-201100- /O.UPG.KGYX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140320T1500Z/ /O.EXA.KGYX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140320T1500Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD 1056 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW SNOW TONIGHT...MIXING WITH SLEET AND RAIN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. LOCALLY 10 INCHES AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW SNOW TONIGHT...MIXING WITH SLEET AND RAIN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE WHERE THE SNOW IS WET. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. 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. && $$ MEZ012-NHZ003>006-201100- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140320T1500Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD... LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE 1056 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW TONIGHT...MIXING WITH SLEET AT TIMES. CHANGING TO RAIN THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 10 INCHES. HIGHLY LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF AROUND A FOOT POSSIBLE. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES. RAIN WILL MIX IN LATE THEN CHANGE TO ALL RAIN THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW MAY DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. 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. && $$ MEZ022-201100- /O.EXA.KGYX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140320T1500Z/ INTERIOR WALDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINTERPORT...UNITY 1056 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THURSDAY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW TONIGHT...MIXING WITH SLEET AND RAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND RAIN LATE. PRECIPITATION ENDS MIDDAY THURSDAY AS RAIN. * IMPACTS...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MEZ018>021-NHZ001-002-007>010-201100- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140320T1500Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA... WATERVILLE...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...CLAREMONT... NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER 1056 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THURSDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW TONIGHT...MIXING WITH SLEET AND RAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET CONTINUES TONIGHT...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN LATE. PRECIPITATION ENDS AROUND MIDDAY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 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. && $$
082 WWUS41 KGYX 200647 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 247 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TONIGHT WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION ELSEWHERE... .LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...WITH HEAVY MOUNTAINS SNOWS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MORNING IN ADVANCE OF THE LOW. A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE...WITH MAINLY RAIN ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS MORNING. MEZ007>009-012>014-NHZ003>006-201500- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140320T1500Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET- NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- 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...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE 247 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW TONIGHT...MIXING WITH SLEET AT TIMES. CHANGING TO RAIN THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES. RAIN WILL MIX IN LATE THEN CHANGE TO ALL RAIN THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW MAY DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ018>022-NHZ001-002-007>010-201500- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140320T1500Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- INTERIOR WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK- BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA... WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...COLEBROOK...BERLIN... LANCASTER...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD... HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER 247 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW TONIGHT...MIXING WITH SLEET AND RAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET CONTINUES...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN BY DAWN...BEFORE ENDING AROUND MIDDAY. * IMPACTS...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS INTO THIS MORNING. * 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. && $$ SCHWIBS
254 WWUS41 KGYX 200747 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 347 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS EARLY TODAY WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION ELSEWHERE... .LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...WITH HEAVY MOUNTAINS SNOWS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MORNING IN ADVANCE OF THE LOW. A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE...WITH MAINLY RAIN ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS MORNING. MEZ007>009-012>014-NHZ003>006-201500- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140320T1500Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET- NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- 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...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE 347 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW TONIGHT...MIXING WITH SLEET AT TIMES. CHANGING TO RAIN THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES. RAIN WILL MIX IN LATE THEN CHANGE TO ALL RAIN THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW MAY DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ018>022-NHZ001-002-007>010-201500- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140320T1500Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- INTERIOR WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK- BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA... WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...COLEBROOK...BERLIN... LANCASTER...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD... HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER 347 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW TONIGHT...MIXING WITH SLEET AND RAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET CONTINUES...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN BY DAWN...BEFORE ENDING AROUND MIDDAY. * IMPACTS...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS INTO THIS MORNING. * 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. && $$
724 WWUS41 KGYX 200754 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 354 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS EARLY TODAY WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION ELSEWHERE... .LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...WITH HEAVY MOUNTAINS SNOWS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MORNING IN ADVANCE OF THE LOW. A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE...WITH MAINLY RAIN ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS MORNING. MEZ007>009-012>014-NHZ003>006-201500- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140320T1500Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET- NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- 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...LITTLETON... NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE 354 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...MIXING WITH SLEET AT TIMES. CHANGING TO RAIN THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES. RAIN WILL MIX IN LATE THEN CHANGE TO ALL RAIN THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW MAY DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ018>022-NHZ001-002-007>010-201500- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140320T1500Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- INTERIOR WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK- BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA... WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...COLEBROOK...BERLIN... LANCASTER...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD... HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER 354 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...MIXING WITH SLEET AND RAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET CONTINUES...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN BY DAWN...BEFORE ENDING AROUND MIDDAY. * IMPACTS...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS INTO THIS MORNING. * 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. && $$
902 WWUS41 KGYX 201248 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 848 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...SNOW WINDING DOWN IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING... .AS LOW PRESSURE EXITS TO THE EAST...LOOK FOR SNOW TO TAPER OFF TO TO SHOW SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING IN THE MOUNTAINS...OR JUST CHANGE TO RAIN SHOWERS IN THE FOOTHILLS AND CAPITAL REGION OF MAINE. MEZ012-NHZ003>006-201400- /O.CAN.KGYX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140320T1500Z/ SOUTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD... LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH... WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE 848 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ALTHOUGH A FEW SCATTERED RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. $$ MEZ018>020-NHZ007>010-201400- /O.CAN.KGYX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140320T1500Z/ INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK- BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS... CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT... LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER 848 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW AND HAS TAPERED OFF TO RAIN SHOWERS....AND WILL END BY MIDDAY. $$ MEZ007>009-013-014-201500- /O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140320T1500Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD 848 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...MIXING WITH SLEET OR RAIN AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION ENDS BY LATE MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MORNING. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH * TEMPERATURES...30 TO 35. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MEZ021-022-NHZ001-002-201500- /O.CON.KGYX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140320T1500Z/ KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT... UNITY...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER 848 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...MIXING WITH RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION ENDING AROUND MIDDAY. * IMPACTS...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 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. && $$
401 WWUS41 KGYX 201447 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1047 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2014 MEZ007>009-013-014-201600- /O.CAN.KGYX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140320T1500Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN...FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD 1047 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ANY LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. $$ MEZ021-022-NHZ001-002-201600- /O.CAN.KGYX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140320T1500Z/ KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT... UNITY...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER 1047 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ANY SNOW HAS CHANGED OVER TO RAIN SHOWERS...AND THESE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY BEFORE ENDING. $$
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 Mar 19, 6:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 6:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
653 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
WEAK LOW PRESSURE CROSSING NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY WILL PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT...EVENTUALLY CHANGING TO RAIN OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS EARLY
THURSDAY....BEFORE ENDING AROUND MIDDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
GRADUALLY BUILD IN FROM THE WEST THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.
LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST ON SATURDAY
AND WILL CONTINUE OFF TO THE EAST SATURDAY NIGHT...PROVIDING
ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW OR RAIN. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE
REGION SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LOW PRESSURE TRACKS OFFSHORE ON
WEDNESDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
645 PM UPDATE...PRECIPITATION MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW WITH SOME
SLEET AND RAIN MIXED IN CONTINUES TO QUICKLY ADVANCE ACROSS THE CWA.
THE SNOW IS HEAVY AT TIMES IN SPOTS. NO MAJOT CHANGES TO THE
FORECAST AT THIS TIME. HAVE UPPED THE SNOWFALL FORECAST A BIT IN THE
FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS...BUT NO WARNING UPGRADES AT THIS TIME.
SOMEONE IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY SEE 8-10 BUT NOT SURE IF IT
WILL BE WIDESPREAD ENOUGH FOR AN UPGRADE AT THIS TIME. WILL CONTINUE
TO MONITOR TRENDS IN OBS AND MESOSCALE MODEL DATA.
PREVIOUSLY...
DIGGING 500MB TROUGH CROSSES THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND MOVES
ACROSS SRN QUE AND NRN ME ON THU. OCCLUSION DEVELOPS AS TROUGH
TILTS NEGATIVE AND CROSSES THE CWA LATE TONIGHT EARLY THU. WITH
TRIPLE POINT FORMING...AND MOVING NE RIGHT THRU THE REGION. THIS
SHOULD PROVIDE A GOOD SHOT OF PRECIP BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND ROUGHLY
8 AM. RAIN STARTS A S SNOW MOST EVERYWHERE...OR SHOULD AT LEAST
TURN TO BRIEFLY TO SNOW WHEN PRECIP INTENSITY INCREASES AROUND
OR AFTER MIDNIGHT. DECENT SE FLOW WILL BRING WARMER AIR INTO THE
COASTAL ZONES FAIR QUICKLY...WHERE SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO RAIN
BEFORE DAYBREAK...AND ACCUMS WILL GENERALLY RUN AN INCH OR LESS.
INLAND AREAS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN WILL HANG ONTO THE SNOW A LITTLE
LONGER THROUGH DAYBREAK UNTIL MAYBE 12Z...BEFORE THEY SWITCH TO
RAIN...AND IN GENERAL WILL SEE 2-4" HERE. IN THE FOOTHILLS AND
MOUNTAINS...MOST OF THE PRECIP WILL FALL AS SNOW WITH 3-5"
EXPECTED...AND SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMTS IN THE FAVORED UPSLOPE
AREAS.
PRECIP WINDS DOWN TO SHOWERS ACROSS ALL BUT FAR NE ZONES BY MID-
MORNING...WITH WINDS SHIFTING WEST AROUND MIDDAY. SHOULD SEE THE
DOWNSLOPE CLEAR OUT THE COASTAL PLAIN BY MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON. THE AIR MASS BEHIND THIS SYSTEM IS ACTUAL NOT ARCTIC OR
POLAR...AND TEMPS SHOULD RISE TO THE MID TO UPPER 30S N...TO THE MID
TO UPPER 40S IN SRN NH AND COASTAL ME.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT/...
THE SFC LOW DRAGS ITS FEET MOVING ACROSS THE MARITIMES AS UPPER
LVL LOW DEEPENS...AND THIS SHOULD KEEP THE UPSLOPE FLOW GOING IN
THE MTNS AND THE DOWNSLOPE ON THE COASTAL PLAIN. SOME SHSN WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE MTNS THU NIGHT...WITH MAINLY CLEAR SKIES ON THE
COAST AND LOWS IN THE UPPER TEEN TO UPPER 20S.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST ON FRIDAY. AFTER A MOSTLY
CLOUDY START TO THE DAY...WILL SEE CLEARING DOWNWIND OF THE
MOUNTAINS. EXPECT CLOUDS TO HOLD IN UPSLOPE FLOW OVER THE
MOUNTAINS FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE OF SNOW
SHOWERS MAINLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS IN THE NORTH.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL CREST OVER THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE
SHIFTING OFFSHORE. LOW PRESSURE RACING EAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES
WILL BRING INCREASING CLOUDS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND A CHANCE OF LIGHT
SNOW IN WESTERN ZONES TOWARDS SATURDAY MORNING. SHOULD BE A QUICK
HITTER AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE MARITIMES BY EVENING AND A
TRAILING COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. AT THIS POINT
IN TIME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD BE IN THE 2 TO 4
INCH RANGE FOR MOST AREAS. MAY SEE PRECIP ENDING AS RAIN IN COASTAL
NEW HAMPSHIRE AS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPS WARM DURING THE DAY.
TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND
AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE ON SUNDAY WILL TRY TO SPIN UP WEAK LOW
PRESSURE OVER THE REGION. ASIDE FROM A FEW MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS NOT
LOOKING FOR MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIP. MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA
WILL JUST SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS DURING THE DAY.
LOW PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY PULL AWAY TO THE EAST SUNDAY NIGHT.
EXPECT CLOUDS TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM
THE WEST. NIGHT WILL ALSO FEATURE ANOTHER ROUND OF ARCTIC AIR WITH
LOWS OF ZERO TO 10 BELOW NORTH AND ZERO TO 10 ABOVE SOUTH.
MOSTLY SUNNY BUT CONTINUED COLD ON MONDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE CRESTS
OVER THE REGION. ANOTHER COLD NIGHT NIGHT MONDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS
ONCE AGAIN ZERO TO BELOW NORTH AND ZERO TO 10 ABOVE SOUTH.
HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS OFFSHORE ON TUESDAY AND RETURN FLOW WILL BRING
SOMEWHAT MILDER AIR BACK INTO THE REGION. ALONG WITH THE WARMER
AIR WILL COME CLOUDS AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE PASSES TO THE SOUTH.
SHARPENING SHORTWAVE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL BRING A
CHANCE OF SNOW TO THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
SHORT TERM...IFR OR LOWER LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THU IN RA/SN AND
LOW CIGS. THEN GRADUALLY IMPROVING THROUGH THE MORNING TO VFR
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND THU NIGHT. ONLY EXCEPTION WILL BE
KHIE...WHICH COULD SEE PERIODIC VIS AND CIGS REDUCTIONS IN SHSN
THU NIGHT.
LONG TERM...VFR FRIDAY. MVFR/IFR CEILINGS/VSBY
SATURDAY...IMPROVING TO VFR SATURDAY NIGHT. VFR SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
&&
.MARINE...
SHORT TERM..SCA FOR WINDS/SEAS EXTENDED THROUGH THU NIGHT...AS SE
FLOW FRESHENS TONIGHT AHEAD OF A FRONT. ONCE THE FRONT MOVES
THROUGH THU...LOOK FOR WINDS TO SHIFT TO W AND PICK UP AGAIN TO
SCA LVLS LATE IN THE DAY.
LONG TERM...SCA'S LIKELY ON FRIDAY.
&&
.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT
THURSDAY FOR MEZ007>009-012>014-018>020.
NH...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT
THURSDAY FOR NHZ001>010.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 2 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EDT FRIDAY
FOR ANZ150>154.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 3:26 AM EDT, 17 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 326 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>020-NHZ001>006-009-010-200730- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL- BELKNAP-STRAFFORD- 326 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE 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 WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE AT HIGH ELEVATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MEZ021>028-NHZ007-008-013-014-200730- KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC- LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 326 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE AT HIGH ELEVATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ150>154-200730- 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- 326 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 7:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 725 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 MEZ018>020-023-024-200030- INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-COASTAL YORK- COASTAL CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM... GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS... BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND... SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK 725 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN MAINE OVER THE NEXT HOUR... AN AREA OF SNOWFALL IS CURRENTLY MOVING NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWESTERN MAINE...INCLUDING PORTLAND AND LEWISTON AUBURN. SNOW WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION FROM LIGHT AT THE IMMEDIATE ONSET TO HEAVY...IN AS LITTLE AS A FEW MINUTES. SNOWFALL RATES MAY APPROACH ONE INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR UNTREATED ROADS TO QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED...ALONG WITH RAPID FLUCTUATIONS IN VISIBILITY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. LEGRO
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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.