Mid-January Nor'Easter Update Two

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
923 AM EST FRI JAN 15 2016

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST LATE
TONIGHT AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE GULF OF MAINE SATURDAY BRINGING
A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA. THERE REMAINS UNCERTAINTY AS TO
WHERE THIS BAND SETS UP...BUT WITHIN IT SNOWFALL RATES MAY BE IN
EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES. AS A RESULT...THE POTENTIAL
EXISTS FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY.

SOUTH AND EAST OF THE WATCH AREA...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE LESS AS THE PRECIPITATION FALLS AS A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...
RAIN...AND FREEZING RAIN.


MEZ007>009-012>014-020>022-NHZ001>004-152315-
/O.CON.KGYX.WS.A.0002.160116T0600Z-160116T2200Z/
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-
SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-ANDROSCOGGIN-
KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-
NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...
JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON...
WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...LEWISTON...AUBURN...
LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...
COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY
923 AM EST FRI JAN 15 2016

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
  SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DANGEROUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS.

* WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S.

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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