WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 930 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 300 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS...
.INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL CROSS
THE REGION LATER TONIGHT AND THEN LIFT INTO NEW BRUNSWICK ON
THURSDAY.
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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
929 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST
THURSDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST THURSDAY.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 11 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. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 923 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 930 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST THURSDAY...
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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED THROUGH THURSDAY.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 319 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 100 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE 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 TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING
FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.
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...AND THE TIME WOULD IMPACT THE EVENING COMMUTE.
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER OCCURS...MORE
THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL. IN ADDITION...INCREASING WINDS
MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW.
FURTHER INLAND...SNOW WILL FALL HEAVILY AT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND INTERIOR
SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MAINE...RAIN AND SLEET MAY MIX
WITH THE SNOW IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN THESE
AREAS...MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEFORE ANY MIX
WITH RAIN OR SLEET OCCURS.
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL HEAVILY
AT TIMES INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. EVEN IN THESE LOCATIONS...SLEET
OR FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES...AND MORE THAN 6
INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEFORE ANY MIX.
AS THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES LIGHTER WEDNESDAY NIGHT...IT MAY FALL
IN THE FORM OF RAIN....FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. 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...AND
THE EVENING COMMUTE MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. IF YOU HAVE
PLANS TO TRAVEL WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BE SURE TO KEEP
ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECAST.
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NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...
JACKMAN
319 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MAINE...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY...AND FALL HEAVILY AT
TIMES INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH
THE SNOW AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON...AND MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF
SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEFORE ANY MIX.
AS THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES LIGHTER WEDNESDAY NIGHT...IT MAY FALL
IN THE FORM OF RAIN....FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. THIS WILL DEPEND ON
SURFACE TEMPERATURES...BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
AFTER WEDNESDAY EVENING.
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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