Friday, February 12, 2016

Wind Chill statements issued tonight for all of Maine

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
318 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

...ARCTIC AIR TO BRING LOW WIND CHILLS...WITH HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE
ALONG THE MAINE MID COAST...

THE COLDEST AIR OF THE WINTER SEASON THUS FAR WILL SPILL INTO NEW
ENGLAND ON SATURDAY UPON STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. THIS WILL RESULT
IN A PERIOD OF DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY. AS THE COLD AIR ARRIVES...A TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE MAY ALLOW FOR A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOWFALL ALONG THE MID
COAST REGION OF MAINE.

MEZ012>014-018>021-NHZ004>013-015-130430-
/O.CON.KGYX.WC.W.0001.160214T0500Z-160214T1500Z/
SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-NORTHERN CARROLL-
SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-
STRAFFORD-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...
FARMINGTON...WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...
SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...
LEWISTON...AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...
NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...
OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...
HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...JAFFREY...
KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...
PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
318 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY
NIGHT TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY...

* HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 35 TO 40 BELOW.

* TIMING...LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF UNPROTECTED FROM THE
  COLD.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...2 BELOW TO 14 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&
$$

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
315 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

MEZ002-005-006-011-017-031-032-130815-
/O.CON.KCAR.WC.Y.0002.160214T0700Z-160214T1500Z/
NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
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...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...
PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON...DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD...
DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD
315 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EST
SUNDAY...

* LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY...PENOBSCOT
  COUNTY...AND INTERIOR HANCOCK AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.

* HAZARD TYPES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF NOT
  DRESSED APPROPRIATELY WHILE OUTDOORS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...0 TO 10 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&
$$

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