Hazardous Weather Outlook For Maine

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
559 AM EDT SUN AUG 20 2006

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COASTAL WATERS FROM EASTPORT ME TO STONINGTON ME OUT 25 NM-
NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-
INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-
COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
559 AM EDT SUN AUG 20 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY INTO TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MAINE THIS MORNING. ANOTHER AXIS OF
HEAVIER RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHWESTER MAINE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1
TO 2 INCHES WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THESE AREAS.

THIS RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO SOME SMALLER STREAMS AND BROOKS TO
REACH NEAR BANKFULL WITH SOME POSSIBLY SPILLING OVER THEIR BANKS.
SOME LOW LYING AREA COULD EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING ESPECIALLY
SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS AND SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT COUNTIES DUE THE
HEAVIER RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED WITH THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SHOWERS IN THE MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE WILL END
BY THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME CLEARING TAKING PLACE MONDAY NIGHT INTO
EARLY TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

AREA WEATHER SPOTTERS AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS ARE URGED TO
RELAY ANY RAINFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU.

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