Possible First Snowstorm of the Season Update Three

Possible First Snowstorm of the Season Update Two

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
353 PM EDT FRI OCT 31 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT BEGINNING SATURDAY EVENING...

.A STRENGTHENING COASTAL STORM WILL BRING SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN AT
TIMES ALONG WITH VERY STRONG WINDS TO CENTRAL AND EASTERN MAINE.

THE FIRST WAVE OF PRECIPITATION WILL ARRIVE LATE SATURDAY INTO
SATURDAY EVENING WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW. MORE SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION WILL ARRIVE WITH THE MAIN LOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
AND CONTINUING SUNDAY. WE EXPECT STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH SNOW,
POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES, FOR SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH
RAIN AND EVEN SOME SLEET AT TIMES OVER WASHINGTON AND HANCOCK
COUNTIES. STORM TOTALS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY BY
SUNDAY NIGHT AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST.

MEZ002-005-006-011-015>017-029-030-032-010400-
/O.NEW.KCAR.WS.A.0008.141102T0000Z-141103T0600Z/
NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-
CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN...
MARS HILL...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET...PATTEN...MEDWAY...
HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...LINCOLN...HOWLAND...
SPRINGFIELD...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN...AMHERST...
AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND...DEBLOIS...
GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON...
ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT...MACHIAS...
CHERRYFIELD...DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD
353 PM EDT FRI OCT 31 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST, EAST CENTRAL, DOWNEAST MAINE.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TRACE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 12 INCHES.

* TIMING...SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH NORTH AND 45
  MPH SOUTH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES WILL BE
  POSSIBLE SUNDAY, ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT
  IN VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS STARTING SATURDAY EVENING
  AND CONTINUING SUNDAY. IN ADDITION, SINCE THE SNOW WILL BE WET
  IN NATURE THIS WILL POTENTIALLY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BUILD UP ON
  TREES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS POWER
  OUTAGES.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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Possible First Snowstorm of the Season Update One

10:43 AM ADT Friday 31 October 2014
Special weather statement in effect for:

• Fredericton and Southern York County

Periods of snow likely for both Saturday and Sunday.
A complex low pressure system will approach the Maritimes from the south on Saturday. Rain developing across New Brunswick on Saturday morning is likely to change to or become mixed with snow later on Saturday as cold northeast winds develop during the day. This change is particularly likely for more northern areas Saturday. There should be a shortlived break in the precipitation Saturday night before the main impulse of the system deepens off the coast of Nova Scotia on Sunday. As a result rain and snow will redevelop across New Brunswick Sunday morning and will likely persist well into Sunday night. There is still uncertainty as to exactly how the situation will unfold this weekend so determining snowfall accumulations remains problematic at this point. However some areas of the province..Especially central regions..Could very well see their first significant snowfall of the season.
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.