HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 103 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
Expiration: 100 AM EST FRI DEC 11 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST EARLY THIS
MORNING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH
CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL MAINE.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER STORM WARNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO RELAY SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 333 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 300 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MAINE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ACROSS DOWNEAST MAINE...
.INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT ACROSS THE REGION LATER
WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE LOW WILL BRING A MIX OF
SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST AREAS WITH
MOSTLY SNOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTH.
MEZ003>006-090400-
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NORTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-
SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...
BAXTER ST PARK...CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...
MOUNT KATAHDIN...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET...PATTEN...
MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS
333 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 3 AM EST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 3 AM EST
THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES
LATER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM WILL HAVE A MODERATE IMPACT ON THE WARNING AREA. HEAVY
SNOW WILL COVER ROADS AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES MAKING TRAVEL
DIFFICULT (FROM TIME TO TIME). WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH COULD ALSO RESULT
IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 501 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 1000 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...A SIGNIFICANT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ACROSS THE
REGION WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...
.INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT ACROSS THE REGION LATER
WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE LOW WILL BRING A MIX OF
SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST AREAS WITH
MOSTLY SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH.
MEZ001>006-010-081700-
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NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA...
FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN...
MARS HILL...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...BAXTER ST PARK...
CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...MOUNT KATAHDIN...MILLINOCKET...
EAST MILLINOCKET...PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...
SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD
501 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES
LATER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL
SNOW IN EXCESS OF 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
THE SNOW COULD MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON A LINE
FROM GREENVILLE...TO MILLINOCKET...TO HOULTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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