Mid-March Rainstorm

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
518 AM EDT MON MAR 11 2013

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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-
518 AM EDT MON MAR 11 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH
CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN MAINE...SOUTHEAST MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL
MAINE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

MILD TEMPERATURES AND SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS
THE REGION TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR ICE
MOVEMENT ON AREA RIVERS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...BUT AS
OF THIS TIME...WE DO NOT BELIEVE THERE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH RAINFALL
TO RESULT IN ENOUGH RUNOFF FROM MELTING SNOW PACK INTO RIVERS FOR
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONCERNS. WE WILL MONITOR ANY TRENDS OF
FORECAST RAINFALL LEADING UP TO THIS EVENT BEFORE MAKING ANY FINAL
DECISIONS REGARDING FLOOD POTENTIAL FOR AREA RIVERS LATER THIS
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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WOCN14 CWHX 120025
Special weather statement updated by Environment Canada at 9:25 PM
ADT Monday 11 March 2013.
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Special weather statement for:
      Edmundston and Madawaska County
      Fredericton and Southern York County
      Grand Falls and Victoria County
      Grand Lake and Queens County
      Grand Manan and Coastal Charlotte County
      Mount Carleton - Renous Highway
      Oromocto and Sunbury County
      Saint John and County
      St. Stephen and Northern Charlotte County
      Stanley - Doaktown - Blackville Area
      Woodstock and Carleton County.

      Rain beginning later Tuesday and continuing Wednesday.

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==discussion==
A low pressure centre over the Great Lakes is expected to slowly
intensify as it tracks toward Central Quebec on Tuesday.  The band of
rain currently associated with the low extends from the Gulf of
Mexico to the Great Lakes and will propagate east towards Quebec and
the Maritimes on Tuesday.  Rain will develop across Western New
Brunswick Tuesday afternoon and intensify early Wednesday.

Based on currently available guidance rainfall amounts in excess of
25 millimetres are likely on Wednesday.  Rainfall amounts will be
especially significant over southwestern portions of the province.

The public is advised to monitor future forecasts and warnings as
warnings may be required or extended.

Please monitor the latest forecasts and warnings from Environment
Canada at www.weatheroffice.gc.ca

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