Mid-January Nor'Easter Update Three

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
352 PM EST FRI JAN 15 2016

MEZ005-006-010-011-015>017-031-032-160500-
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NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-
CENTRAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET...
PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...
GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD...LINCOLN...HOWLAND...
SPRINGFIELD...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN...AMHERST...
AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND...DEBLOIS...
GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON...
DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD...DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...
TOPSFIELD
352 PM EST FRI JAN 15 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM
EST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY
TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY...PENOBSCOT
  COUNTY...SOUTHERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY...HANCOCK
  COUNTY

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW IN SOUTHERN
  HANCOCK AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG
  WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.

* TIMING...SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIER
  SNOW IS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S.

* VISIBILITIES...1/4 SM AT TIMES SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&
$$

3:58 PM AST Friday 15 January 2016
Freezing rain warning in effect for:

• Halifax Metro and Halifax County West

A long-lasting period of freezing rain resulting in ice accumulation is expected or occurring.

A low pressure system will track south of the Nova Scotia late in the day Saturday and overnight.

This system will bring a mix of snow, ice pellets, freezing rain, and rain across the province beginning in the morning in the west and spreading to the east by afternoon.

An extended period of freezing rain is forecast to persist through much of the day Saturday and into Saturday evening over central regions of Nova Scotia with areas further north receiving mainly a mix of snow and ice pellets and some southern areas experiencing a change over from freezing rain to rain. Precipitation will change over to snow Saturday night before ending overnight as the system continues eastward south of Newfoundland.
Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots will become icy, slippery and hazardous. Be prepared to adjust your driving with changing road conditions. Beware of branches or electrical wires that could break under the weight of ice.

Freezing rain warnings are issued when rain falling in sub-zero temperatures creates ice build-up and icy surfaces.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to weatherASPC@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports to #NSStorm.

3:58 PM AST Friday 15 January 2016
Freezing rain warning in effect for:

• Digby County

A long-lasting period of freezing rain resulting in ice accumulation is expected or occurring.

A low pressure system will track south of the Nova Scotia late in the day Saturday and overnight.

This system will bring a mix of snow, ice pellets, freezing rain, and rain across the province beginning in the morning in the west and spreading to the east by afternoon.

An extended period of freezing rain is forecast to persist through much of the day Saturday and into Saturday evening over central regions of Nova Scotia with areas further north receiving mainly a mix of snow and ice pellets and some southern areas experiencing a change over from freezing rain to rain. Precipitation will change over to snow Saturday night before ending overnight as the system continues eastward south of Newfoundland.
Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots will become icy, slippery and hazardous. Be prepared to adjust your driving with changing road conditions. Beware of branches or electrical wires that could break under the weight of ice.

Freezing rain warnings are issued when rain falling in sub-zero temperatures creates ice build-up and icy surfaces.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to weatherASPC@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports to #NSStorm.