Winter Storm Petros Update One

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
358 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2016

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NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA...
FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN...
MARS HILL...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...BAXTER ST PARK...
CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...MOUNT KATAHDIN...MILLINOCKET...
EAST MILLINOCKET...PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...
SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS
358 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM
EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, THE NORTH WOODS,
  ST. JOHN VALLEY AND AROOSTOOK COUNTY.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WEDNESDAY
  MORNING INTO LATE AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF
  AN INCH OF ICE.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL START WEDNESDAY MORNING AROUND DAYBREAK. SNOW
  WILL MIX WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
  BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...EXPECT SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. SNOW, SLEET AND A
  THIN GLAZE OF ICE WILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS.

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

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30.

* VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF
  MILE AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
324 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2016

...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NORTHEAST FROM THE MIDWEST INTO THE SAINT
LAWRENCE VALLEY OF QUEBEC WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY WILL BRING A
PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF THE REGION THAT STILL HAS SOME SNOW PACK AND RIVER
ICE. THE CONCERN IS THAT THE COMBO OF RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT COULD
RESULT IN ENOUGH RUNOFF TO RESULT IN MINOR STREAM FLOODING AND THE
DISLODGING OF RIVER ICE ON MAINSTREAM RIVERS FOR POSSIBLE ICE
JAMMING BY THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING.

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NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA...
FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN...
MARS HILL...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...BAXTER ST PARK...
CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...MOUNT KATAHDIN...MILLINOCKET...
EAST MILLINOCKET...PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...
SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD...
DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD
324 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2016

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MAINE...FAR NORTHERN
  MAINE...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL
  MAINE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL
  MAINE...NORTHERN PENOBSCOT. IN FAR NORTHERN MAINE...NORTHEAST
  AROOSTOOK AND NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK. IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...
  CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS...NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS AND SOUTHERN
  PISCATAQUIS. IN NORTHERN MAINE...SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK. IN WEST
  CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN SOMERSET.

* FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1.50 TO 2.00 INCHES ON REMAINING
  SNOW PACK IN THE WATCH AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
  THURSDAY.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...MINOR STREAM FLOODING...POSSIBLE ICE JAMMING
  ON MAJOR RIVERS SUCH AS THE SAINT JOHN...ALLAGASH...AROOSTOOK
  AND UPPER PISCATAQUIS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING. OTHER
  IMPACTS ALSO INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL OF URBAN FLOODING DUE TO POOR
  DRAINAGE OF RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT RUNOFF INTO POTENTIALLY SNOW
  BLOCKED STORM DRAINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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VJN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
257 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2016

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COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...
EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD
257 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
THURSDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH MOSTLY OVER
  HIGHER TERRAIN AND ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST.

* TIMING...FROM LATE MORNING THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LOW IMPACT. WINDS WILL CAUSE A FEW TREE LIMBS TO SNAP
  WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. EXPECT SOME DIFFICULTY
  DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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VJN

3:40 PM AST Tuesday 23 February 2016
Freezing rain warning in effect for:

• Fredericton and Southern York County

Ice build-up due to freezing rain is expected or occurring.

A low pressure system will approach from the southwest pushing a warm front over the province during the day on Wednesday. Snow will develop ahead of the front Wednesday morning. The snow will change to freezing rain over southern portions of the province Wednesday afternoon and in the evening over northern regions. The freezing rain will persist for several hours before changing to rain from the south overnight. The freezing rain may persist until early Thursday morning over portions of northern New Brunswick.
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. Ice build-up may cause tree branches to break.

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 #NBStorm.