Winter Weather Advisory
Southern Franklin (Maine)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
356 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2008
...MIXED PRECIPITATION STARTING TO WIND DOWN...MORE SNOW IN THE
OFFING FOR THE MOUNTAINS...
.LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST NEW YORK EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TRACK
TO THE MAINE COAST THIS MORNING...THEN HEAD FOR THE MARITIMES THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AS THE LOW APPROACHES...THE STEADIEST
PRECIPITATION WILL START TO WIND DOWN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.
WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR JUST BELOW THE FREEZING MARK FOR MUCH OF
NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND INTERIOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL MAINE...SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...
TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK THIS MORNING...
ALLOWING THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN.
AS THE LOW PASSES MAINE LATER THIS MORNING...COLDER AIR WILL COME
IN ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE STORM. THIS WILL CHANGE THE MIXED
PRECIPITATION OVER THE MOUNTAINS TO SNOW...AND THE SNOW WILL FALL
WITH VARYING INTENSITIES INTO FRIDAY MORNING. IN THE FAVORED
LOCATIONS...AS MUCH AS 12 INCHES MAY ACCUMULATE BY FRIDAY MORNING.
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...
ESPECIALLY IN THE NOTCHES OF NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. TRAVEL IN
THESE AREAS COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE THIS
WAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
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SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUMFORD...NORWAY...SOUTH PARIS...
MEXICO...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON...WILTON...SKOWHEGAN...
PITTSFIELD...MADISON...FAIRFIELD...NORTH CONWAY...CONWAY
356 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING.
AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS. AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK IN ALL AREAS
LATER THIS MORNING...THE ICING THREAT WILL DIMINISH. BEFORE
THEN...PLACES LIKE CONWAY...SOUTH PARIS...HARTFORD AND WILTON
COULD SEE A LIGHT COATING OF ICE.
IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL THIS MORNING...BE ON THE ALERT FOR SLICK
SPOTS. TRAVEL SURFACES THAT APPEAR TO BE WET MAY INSTEAD BE ICY.
PLEASE REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO
SO SAFELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...
OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GRAY FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER
SITUATION.
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(bold emphasis added by me)
retrieved 3/20/08 from: http://www.weather.gov/alerts/me.html#MEZ013.GYXWSWGYX.075600
