Early December Weather Bomb Update 1

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

354 AM EST SUN DEC 5 2010


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NORTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-

SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-

NORTHERN WASHINGTON-

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...LINCOLN...

HOWLAND...SPRINGFIELD...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...

MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON...DANFORTH...

VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD

354 AM EST SUN DEC 5 2010


...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT

EST MONDAY NIGHT...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM

WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM MONDAY TO

MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN

EFFECT.


* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH AND POSSIBLY

CHANGE TO RAIN FOR BRIEF TIME ON MONDAY ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS.


* ACCUMULATIONS...POTENTIAL FOR 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW.


* TIMING...EARLY MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT.


* TEMPERATURES...LOWER TO MID 30S.


* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.


* IMPACTS...HIGH IMPACT. SNOW WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT DRIVING

CONDITIONS. HEAVY WET SNOW MAY CAUSE DOWN TREES AND BRANCHES TO

SNAP WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...


IF TRAVELING, SLOW DOWN AND PLAN EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR

DESTINATION. BE SURE YOUR VEHICLE HAS A FULL TANK OF GAS. IF YOU

GET STRANDED, STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER

RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS

AND STATEMENTS.

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