Winter Storm in Maine, March 13 to 14, 2001

Name: Winter Storm in Maine, March 13 to 14, 2001
Start: 2001-03-13T11:00
End: 2001-03-14T11:00
Location: Maine

March 13 to 14, 2001 · NWS CAR · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

lifted to DowneastMaine that night before lifting through New Brunswick during the 14th. although localized totals of around 12 inches were reportedacross portions of northern Aroostook county.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS CAR wrote it up.

Low pressure intensifying along the southern New England coast early on the 13th...lifted to DowneastMaine that night before lifting through New Brunswick during the 14th. The storm generally produced6 to 9 inches of snow across the region...although localized totals of around 12 inches were reportedacross portions of northern Aroostook county.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 13, 11:00 AM EST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 11:00 AM EST, 0 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1100 AM EST TUE MAR 13 2001

.UPDATED...
FRESHENING UP PREVIOUS PACKAGE TO REMOVE REFERENCE TO MIDDAY. PREVIOUS
FORECAST SEEM TO BE PROGRESSING AS PREVIOUSLY FORECASTED.

.SYNOPSIS...
SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AS LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES THE STATE FROM
THE SOUTH TODAY. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO MIXED PRECIPITATION IN SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL AREAS AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS DOWNEAST MAINE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AS LOW
PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE MARITIMES.

DISCUSSION...
WARM ADVECTION WILL CAUSE SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE
TODAY AS A STRONG SOUTHEAST FLOW DEVELOPS AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES. EXPECT THE DEVELOPING LOW TO TRACK
ACROSS CAPE CODE MID DAY TODAY THEN TO A POSITION NEAR EASTPORT MAINE BY
06Z. ENOUGH WARM AIR SHOULD GET INTO COASTAL ZONES TO CHANGE SNOW AND
MIXED PRECIPITATION TO ALL RAIN BY LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. WILL ISSUE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE COASTAL ZONES DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION.
OVER INTERIOR DOWNEAST SECTIONS ALSO EXPECT A CHANGE TO MIXED PRECIPITATION
IN THE AFTERNOON BUT SHOULD STAY SNOW LONG ENOUGH FOR ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO
4 INCHES ALONG WITH SOME ICE ACCUMULATION. LOOKING FOR 3 TO 5 INCHES IN
ZONES 6 AND 11 BEFORE CHANGE OVER. NORTHERN AREAS WILL GET MOSTLY SNOW BUT
EXPECT SOME SLEET MIXED IN DURING THE EVENING AS WARMER AIR MOVES AROUND THE
TOP OF THE LOW. SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ON WEDNESDAY IN THE NORTH WITH
CYCLONIC FLOW AND UPPER SYSTEM MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA.

EXTENDED...
UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL PULL AWAY FROM THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NEXT SYSTEM
WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST WITH THE NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
BY THE WEEKEND.

COASTAL WATERS...
WILL MAINTAIN GALE WARNING. EXPECT THE WINDS TO DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT AS
THE CENTER OF THE LOW MOVES ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THEN INCREASE AGAIN
EARLY WEDNESDAY AS GRADIENT TIGHTENS BEHIND LOW.

.CAR...WINTER STORM WARNING ZONES 1>4...5 AND 10 TODAY AND TONIGHT.
       WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 6 AND 11...15>17...29 AND 30.
       GALE WARNING FOR THE COASTAL WATERS.

NORTON/DUDA

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

5 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Northeast Aroostook

When: March 13, 11:00 AM EST to March 14, 11:00 AM EST
Where: Northeast Aroostook forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.659, -68.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Northern Penobscot

When: March 13, 11:00 AM EST to March 14, 11:00 AM EST
Where: Northern Penobscot forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.401, -68.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Northern Piscataquis

When: March 13, 11:00 AM EST to March 14, 11:00 AM EST
Where: Northern Piscataquis forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.837, -69.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Northwest Aroostook

When: March 13, 11:00 AM EST to March 14, 11:00 AM EST
Where: Northwest Aroostook forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.659, -68.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Southern Piscataquis

When: March 13, 11:00 AM EST to March 14, 11:00 AM EST
Where: Southern Piscataquis forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.837, -69.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Storm: A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Maine in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Maine, March 2001

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5234620, 5234621, 5234622, 5234623, 5234624.