Sunday, April 08, 2012

Easter Weekend Snowstorm Update Six











URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1020 AM EDT SUN APR 8 2012

MEZ005-006-017-032-082230-
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NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET...
PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...
DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY...
PRINCETON...DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD
1020 AM EDT SUN APR 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...WET SNOW

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...EARLY THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING WITH BEST
  SNOWFALL RATES EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* WINDS...WEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* IMPACTS...LOW IMPACT. SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN SOME TRAVEL
  DIFFICULTIES WITH ROADS SNOW OR SLUSH COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE IMPACT...SLIPPERY CONDITIONS PARTICULARLY AT
  HIGHER ELEVATIONS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF TRAVELING... SLOW DOWN AND PLAN EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR OTHER
MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS.

IF TRAVELING, SLOW DOWN AND PLAN EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR OTHER
MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS.

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