Early November Winter Storm Update One

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
301 PM EST THU NOV 6 2014

...SIGNIFICANT SNOW EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY IN NORTHERN
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MAINE...

.RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT...FIRST ALONG THE
INTERNATIONAL BORDER AND AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...EVENTUALLY
CHANGING TO HEAVY SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THE
AFTERNOON.

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NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...
JACKMAN...COLEBROOK
301 PM EST THU NOV 6 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM
EST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 10 INCHES.

* TIMING...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT...WITH SNOW
  CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND SLIPPERY TRAVEL. HEAVY WET
  SNOW COULD BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES CAUSING POWER
  OUTAGES.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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3:46 PM AST Thursday 06 November 2014
Snowfall warning in effect for:

• Mount Carleton - Renous Highway

Snowfall, with total amounts of 15 to 25 cm is expected.

A low pressure system approaching from the southwest will track across Southern New Brunswick on Friday. Snow is expected to begin early Friday morning and continue through the day giving 15 to 25 centimetres. Snowfall amounts may be considerably less along the Bay of Chaleur coast where precipitation may fall primarily as rain or a rain-snow mix. The snow is expected to taper to flurries Friday night.
Be prepared to adjust your driving with changing road conditions. Public Safety Canada encourages everyone to make an emergency plan and get an emergency kit with drinking water, food, medicine, a first-aid kit and a flashlight. For information on emergency plans and kits go to http://www.getprepared.gc.ca/

Snowfall Warnings are issued when significant snowfall is expected.

Environment Canada meteorologists will update alerts as required. Stay up to date with Weatheradio or your local media. Email reports of severe weather to weatherASPC@ec.gc.ca or call 1-877-815-9900. You may tweet reports using the hashtag #NBStorm.