Low pressure lifting across eastern Maine drew cold air south across northwest Maine allowing rain to change to heavy snow before ending. The heaviest snows generally fell near the Quebec border and across the higher elevations of the region.
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Low pressure lifting across eastern Maine drew cold air south across northwest Maine allowing rain to change to heavy snow before ending. The heaviest snows generally fell near the Quebec border and across the higher elevations of the region. Snow totals of 4 to 8 inches were common across the region...with localized totals of up to 12 inches.
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 Nov 15, 3:37 PM EST, 12 hours 23 minutes earlier.
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4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Storm total snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches occurred...mostly west of a line from Allagash to Clayton Lake. Localized totals of 9 to 12 inches occurred along the Quebec border. Lesser snow totals occurred across eastern portions of the region.
Storm total snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches were common. Localized totals of 9 to 12 inches occurred along the Quebec border.
Storm total snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches occurred...mostly north and west of Baxter State Park and at higher elevations. Localized totals of 9 to 12 inches occurred across western portions of the region.|Lesser snow accumulations occurred across southern portions of the region.
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Storm total snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches occurred...mostly north of Greenville and across the Moosehead Lake region along with higher elevation areas. Localized snow totals up to 10 inches occurred across northern portions of the region.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maine in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, November 2007
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 61067, 61068, 61072, 61073.