I think this means it's long coat time. Basically it's predicting wind chills as low as 25 below and maybe 6" of snow Wednesday night/Thursday morning. Some say if we really get all the snow they're predicting that the University might be closed. Love those snow days! But we had 10" the day before the first day of classes and we weren't closed. We'll see what happens. I wonder if their weather predictions are as unpredictable as the ones back in Texas.
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Wind Chill Warning
Southern Franklin (Maine)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
258 AM EST MON FEB 12 2007
...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL USHER IN VERY COLD AIR CREATING
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. THIS
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A STORM SYSTEM MOVING UP THE COAST WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL...
.AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. BEHIND
THIS FRONT GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING IN MORE COLD AIR LATER
TODAY AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW ZERO OVER MOST OF
THE REGION TONIGHT, EXCEPT NEAR THE COAST WHERE LOWS WILL LIKELY
STAY NEAR OR JUST ABOVE ZERO.
THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO OVER
SOUTHERN, CENTRAL AND COASTAL AREAS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
30 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF
WESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.
IN ADDITION...A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION
TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE COAST WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WHILE THE EXACT TRACK REMAINS A BIT IN
QUESTION...IT DOES APPEAR THAT A SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM
WILL IMPACT THE AREA FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCERNING THE EVOLUTION AND
TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM.
