exiting across the Maritimes that night. Snow developed across Downeast areas during the early morning hours of the 31st then expanded northward across the rest of the region through the remainder of the morning.
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The episode as NWS CAR wrote it up.
Intensifying low pressure tracked across Downeast Maine through the 31st...exiting across the Maritimes that night. Snow developed across Downeast areas during the early morning hours of the 31st then expanded northward across the rest of the region through the remainder of the morning. Snow...heavy at times with rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour...persisted across portions of Northeast and East-Central Maine through the afternoon. Snow then diminished through the evening. Warning criteria snow accumulations occurred through the afternoon hours. Storm total snow accumulations generally ranged from 8 to 12 inches in a zone from Mars Hill...to Millinocket...to Houlton. A sharp gradient of lesser snow totals occurred north and west of this zone toward the Saint John Valley and North Woods. Warmer air allowed the precipitation to transition to a wintry mix across interior Downeast areas and to rain along the Downeast coast. This limited snow accumulations in those areas.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 6 to 8 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 6 to 9 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 7 to 12 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 7 to 12 inches across southern areas...tapering to 3 to 5 inches across northern areas.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maine in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, December 2019
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 865008, 865009, 865010, 865011.