Winter Storm in Maine, January 10 to 11, 2000

A rapidly intensifying coastal low which originated across the Mid-Atlantic region quickly lifted northeastward across Maine during the early morning hours of the 11th. The storm produced wind gusts to around 80 mph offshore of the Maine coast...with a gust of 83 mph reported at Mount Desert Rock and a gust of 78 mph at Matinicus Rock. Wind gusts along the immediate Downeast coast ranged from 40 to 60 mph at times...with Bar Harbor reporting a wind gust of 43 mph. Several fishing vessels were torn loose from their moorings and driven aground by the winds at Stonington and Jonesport...with one fishing vessel capsized at Eastport. Tree limbs were also snapped off with reports of scattered power outages across Downeast areas attributed to the winds. The heaviest snow was reported across northern portions of the state and the northwest mountains where 6 to 8 inches of snow fell from Baxter State Park...to Allagash...to Fort Kent. Lesser accumulations of 4 to 6 inches were reported across central portions of the region.