Monday, February 08, 2016

Winter Storm Mars Update Two




















URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
643 AM EST MON FEB 8 2016

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NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-
SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN...
MARS HILL...BAXTER ST PARK...CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...
MOUNT KATAHDIN...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET...PATTEN...
MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...
GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD
643 AM EST MON FEB 8 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE NORTH WOODS...CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...
  AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE
  REGION THIS EVENING...AND WILL REACH THE SAINT JOHN VALLEY
  AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER TO SNOW
  SHOWERS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
  EVENING.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY TONIGHT
  AND TUESDAY.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...MOSTLY IN THE TEENS.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

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.

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