Maine, 2001

Winter Storm in Maine, November 29, 2001

November 29, 2001 · NWS GYX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A trough of low pressure extending from western Maine to a developing low pressure center in the lower Mississippi Valley combined with a moist southeasterly flow off the Atlantic Ocean to produce 5 to 9 inches of snow in northern Somerset County.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 GYX wrote it up.

A trough of low pressure extending from western Maine to a developing low pressure center in the lower Mississippi Valley combined with a moist southeasterly flow off the Atlantic Ocean to produce 5 to 9 inches of snow in northern Somerset 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 Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 29, 9:57 AM EST, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 9:57 AM EST, 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
957 AM EST THU NOV 29 2001

DISC...COLD AIR IN PLC ACRS NRN NH & MUCH OF ME AWAY FM THE CST
ALLOWING FOR A CONTINUATION OF FRZN OR FRZG PCPN.  MRNGS
SNDGS...CRNT SFC OBS & SYNOPTIC SITN W/ STG HIGH TO OUR N WL ALLOW
FOR A DELAY IN CHANGEOVER TO PURE RA INTERIOR & NRN ZNS.

TNGT...WL PLAY THEME OF WEAK SFC LOW FORMING ALG THE CSTL WATERS.
THS WL ALLOW A FEW MOR POCKETS OF FRZG RA.  WL HV TO TAKE A LK AT
THS SITN MOR THS AFTN AS ADVIS WUD NEED TO BE XTND INTO THE EVE HRS
IF THS HOLDS TRUE.

CSTL WATERS...WNDS WELL INTO SCA RNG.  SEAS WAY UP.  STNRY FNT WL
RMN JUST S OR OVR OF THE CSTL WATERS TNGT.  WNDS TO BCM VRBL &
SLAKEN AS WEAK SFC WV MOVS ALG THS BNDRY ARND MDNGT.

.GYX...
ME...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON FOR ZONES MEZ007>009...
     12>14...18>22
NH...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON FOR ZONES NHZ001>006...
     NHZ009.

JC

The radar

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

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Event by event

1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Northern Somerset

When
November 29, 10:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where
Northern Somerset forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.514, -69.959 (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

More

Every storm in Maine in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, November 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: 5275383.