WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 900 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 100 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
.A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES
WILL APPROACH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.
AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING...FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST...ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
MAINE.
LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ON THE WARM FRONT WILL RESULT IN SNOW
FALLING HEAVILY AT TIMES LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE
DURING THIS TIME.
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO
RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...BEFORE
THE CHANGEOVER OCCURS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO
FALL. IN ADDITION... INCREASING WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW.
FURTHER INLAND...SNOW WILL FALL HEAVILY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...ACCUMULATING 6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
MAINE. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN AND SLEET IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF.
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL
HEAVILY AT TIMES INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING...ACCUMULATING 9 TO
15 INCHES. EVEN IN THESE LOCATIONS...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MAY
MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES AS THE STORM WINDS DOWN.
AS THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES LIGHTER OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
IT WILL LIKELY FALL IN THE FORM OF DRIZZLE....FREEZING DRIZZLE OR
SNOW FLURRIES. THIS WILL DEPEND ON SURFACE TEMPERATURES...BUT
LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AFTER WEDNESDAY EVENING.
THE SNOW MAY START EARLY ENOUGH TO IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE.
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE FAIRLY RAPIDLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ALONG THE COAST WHERE THE
WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THE
COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER
OUTAGES.
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/O.CON.KGYX.WS.W.0009.091209T1400Z-091210T0600Z/
SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...
FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...
NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...
LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE
859 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO
1 AM EST THURSDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO
1 AM EST THURSDAY.
ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN MAINE...SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING
THE MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY...AND FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES INTO
WEDNESDAY EVENING. 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
AS THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES LIGHTER OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
IT WILL LIKELY FALL IN THE FORM OF DRIZZLE....FREEZING DRIZZLE OR
SNOW FLURRIES. THIS WILL DEPEND ON SURFACE TEMPERATURES...BUT
LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AFTER WEDNESDAY EVENING.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 348 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 400 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST
THURSDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
WINTER STORM WARNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
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