Maine Owl

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1020 AM EST SAT MAR 1 2008

...ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE GREAT LAKES AND REDEVELOP ALONG THE MAINE COAST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES SLOWLY NORTHEAST THROUGH THE BAY OF FUNDY TONIGHT AND INTO THE MARITIMES ON SUNDAY.

CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD... LINCOLN... HOWLAND... SPRINGFIELD... BANGOR... BREWER... ORONO... OLD TOWN... AMHERST... AURORA... DEDHAM... EASTBROOK... GREAT POND... ORLAND... DEBLOIS... GRAND LAKE STREAM... MEDDYBEMPS... PEMBROKE... PERRY... PRINCETON... DOVER-FOXCROFT... MILO... GUILFORD... DANFORTH... VANCEBORO... TOPSFIELD

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY...

SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY BY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO LIGHT SNOW LATE TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

THIS STORM WILL HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE WARNING AREA. HEAVY SNOW WILL COVER ROADS AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THIS
WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW LEADING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ...