HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 352 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 400 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST
THURSDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND 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
WEST WINDS MAY GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
Issue Date: 347 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 800 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...SPLASHOVER IS POSSIBLE IN THE MOST VULNERABLE LOCATIONS AROUND
THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...
.A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES
WILL APPROACH THE REGION THIS MORNING. A SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ON THE WARM FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND TRACK
INTO DOWNEAST MAINE TONIGHT.
AHEAD OF THE SECONDARY LOW...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE
AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WHILE THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE IS RELATIVELY
LOW THIS AFTERNOON (HIGH TIDE OCCURS IN PORTLAND AT 453 PM)...THE
COMBINATION OF STORM SURGE AHEAD OF THE LOW AND STRONG WAVE ACTION
COULD RESULT IN SPLASHOVER IN SOME OF THE MORE VULNERABLE
LOCATIONS.
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COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
347 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES
WILL APPROACH THE REGION THIS MORNING. A SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ON THE WARM FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND TRACK
INTO DOWNEAST MAINE TONIGHT.
AHEAD OF THE SECONDARY LOW...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE
AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WHILE THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE IS RELATIVELY
LOW THIS AFTERNOON (HIGH TIDE OCCURS IN PORTLAND AT 453 PM)...THE
COMBINATION OF STORM SURGE AHEAD OF THE LOW AND STRONG WAVE ACTION
COULD RESULT IN SPLASHOVER IN SOME OF THE MORE VULNERABLE
LOCATIONS.
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WIND ADVISORY
Issue Date: 342 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 1000 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL MAINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
.A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES
WILL APPROACH THE REGION THIS MORNING. A SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ON THE WARM FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND TRACK
INTO DOWNEAST MAINE TONIGHT.
AHEAD OF THE SECONDARY LOW...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE
AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY EVENING...AND WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 55 MPH
DURING THIS TIME. THE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE DAMAGE
TO TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH COULD RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES.
AS THE SECONDARY LOW MOVES NORTHEAST OF THE REGION LATER THIS
EVENING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SLACKEN.
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COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...
BATH...TOPSHAM
342 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 PM EST THIS EVENING...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 PM EST THIS EVENING.
LOOK FOR EAST WINDS TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING...AND
WINDS MAY GUST ABOVE 45 MPH DURING THIS TIME. THE WINDS MAY BE
STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH COULD
RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.
AS THE SECONDARY LOW MOVES NORTHEAST OF THE REGION LATER THIS
EVENING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SLACKEN.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 337 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 100 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...
.A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EAST FROM LOWE PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT
LAKES WILL APPROACH THE REGION THIS MORNING. AHEAD OF THE WARM
FRONT...SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 500
AND 1000 AM.
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ON THE WARM FRONT WILL RESULT
IN SNOW FALLING HEAVILY AT TIMES FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED
FROM THE MORNING COMMUTE ONWARD....AS CONDITIONS DETERIORATE
FAIRLY RAPIDLY THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH AND
PERHAPS EVEN CHANGE TO RAIN AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN PLACES LIKE
PORTSMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE AND PORT CLYDE MAINE. 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 THIS EVENING...ACCUMULATING 8 TO 14 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 TONIGHT...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 THIS EVENING.
ALONG THE MIDCOAST...WHERE THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW MAY RESULT IN
DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES.
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COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...
BATH...TOPSHAM
336 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY.
ALONG THE COAST FROM PORTLAND TO BRUNSWICK...SNOW WILL DEVELOP
BETWEEN 700 AND 900 AM...AND FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON.
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE THE FREEZING
MARK...THE SNOW MAY CHANGE TO RAIN. THE CHANGE WILL TAKE LONGER
FURTHER AWAY FROM THE SHORE...GENERALLY NORTH OF ROUTE 1....BUT BY
LATE AFTERNOON ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE THE SNOW CHANGE TO RAIN. BY THAT
TIME...BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES OF SNOW WILL HAVE FALLEN...WITH THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF ROUTE 1.
AS THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES LIGHTER TONIGHT...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 THIS EVENING.
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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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INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...
LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...
WINTERPORT...UNITY
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 INTERIOR SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MAINE...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY...AND FALL HEAVILY AT
TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. CLOSER TO THE COAST...AS
TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK...THE SNOW MAY CHANGE TO
RAIN. FURTHER INLAND...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE
SNOW AT TIMES DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. IN ALL
AREAS...MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEFORE MIXED
PRECIPITATION OCCURS.
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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