Blizzard Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
107 PM EST MON JAN 26 2015
...DANGEROUS COASTAL STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT...
.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CAROLINAS TODAY
AND EXIT OFF THE EAST COAST. THIS STORM WILL STRENGTHEN
SIGNIFICANTLY OFF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST BY TUESDAY
MORNING. SNOW WILL QUICKLY SPREAD INTO THE AREA FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH LATE MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY...AND WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY
AT TIMES DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. WINDS WILL BE STRONG ON AND NEAR
THE COAST...PRODUCING A PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
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INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-
INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-
KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM...
GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...
WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BIDDEFORD...SACO...
OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...
WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...
WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...
LINCOLNVILLE...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...
PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON
107 PM EST MON JAN 26 2015
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
*
HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS.
*
ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 18 TO 24 INCHES.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TODAY IN SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE...AND BY EARLY TUESDAY FOR COASTAL MAINE. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST LIKELY DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. SNOW WILL
WIND DOWN LATE TUESDAY...BUT LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS..IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS COMBINED WITH WINDS WILL LEAD TO BITTERLY COLD WIND
CHILLS. IF YOU ARE STRANDED OUTDOORS IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY
LIFE THREATENING.
* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.
*
TEMPERATURES...8 TO 17 ABOVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
Blizzard Warnings are shown in Orange!
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