Friday, March 10, 2017

Cold Weather Alerts issued for much of Maine and Northern New Brunswick

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Gray ME
342 PM EST Fri Mar 10 2017

...VERY COLD AND WINDY CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...
.A brutally cold Arctic air mass will pour out of Canada and into
New England tonight and persist through the weekend. Temperatures
will fall into the single digits above and below zero. Winds
gusting to 30 MPH will make it feel much colder.

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/O.UPG.KGYX.WC.Y.0004.170311T0400Z-170311T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KGYX.WC.W.0002.170311T0500Z-170312T1300Z/
Northern Oxford-Northern Franklin-Central Somerset-Northern Coos-
Southern Coos-
Including the cities of Upton, Wilsons Mills, Andover, Byron,
Middle Dam, Roxbury, South Arm, Coburn Gore, Davis, Oquossoc,
Rangeley, Avon, Kingfield, Phillips, New Portland, Brassua,
Long Pond, Moosehead, Pittston Farm, Seboomook, Bingham, Jackman,
Errol, Millsfield, Colebrook, Berlin, Dummer, Milan, York Pond,
and Lancaster
342 PM EST Fri Mar 10 2017

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT TO 9 AM
EDT SUNDAY...

The National Weather Service in Gray has issued a Wind Chill
Warning...which is in effect from midnight EST tonight to 9 AM
EDT Sunday. The Wind Chill Advisory is no longer in effect.

* HAZARD TYPES...Extremely cold wind chill values.

* Wind Chill...As low as 35 below zero.

* TIMING...Tonight through Sunday morning.

* IMPACTS...The combination of cold and wind will cause frostbite
  to occur very quickly on any exposed skin.

* Winds...Northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* Temperatures...10 above to 10 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.

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Caribou ME
242 PM EST Fri Mar 10 2017

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/O.EXT.KCAR.WC.Y.0006.170311T0400Z-170311T1600Z/
Northwest Aroostook-Northeast Aroostook-Northern Piscataquis-
Northern Penobscot-Southeast Aroostook-Central Piscataquis-
Central Penobscot-Southern Piscataquis-Northern Washington-
Including the cities of Allagash, Clayton Lake, Madawaska,
Fort Kent, Frenchville, 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, Lincoln, Howland, Springfield, Dover-Foxcroft, Milo,
Guilford, Danforth, Vanceboro, and Topsfield
242 PM EST Fri Mar 10 2017

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 AM EST SATURDAY...

* LOCATIONS...Central and Northern Maine.

* HAZARD TYPES...Wind chill.

* WIND CHILL...As low as 31 below due to temperatures 11 below
  to 8 above zero...and winds Northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts
  up to 25 mph.

* TIMING...Late tonight and Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...Dangerous wind chills may quickly produce frostbite
  on exposed skin.

* WINDS...Northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

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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3:35 PM AST Friday 10 March 2017
Extreme Cold Warning in effect for:

Woodstock and Carleton County
A period of very cold wind chills is expected.

Cold arctic air moving into New Brunswick tonight combined with brisk northwest winds behind a winter storm passing southeast of the Maritimes

will give extreme windchill values near minus 35 for the northern half of the province early Saturday morning.

Cover up. Frostbite can develop within minutes on exposed skin, especially with wind chill.

If it's too cold for you to stay outside, it's too cold for your pet to stay outside.

Extreme cold warnings are issued when very cold temperatures or wind chill creates an elevated risk to health such as frost bite and hypothermia.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to

ec.weatheraspc.ec@canada.ca or tweet reports using #NBStorm.

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