Saturday, February 15, 2014

Winter Storm Quintus Update One















URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
346 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2014

...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO
SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MAINE LATE TODAY
INTO EARLY SUNDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST FROM THE MID
ATLANTIC COAST THIS AFTERNOON THEN CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT
RACES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GULF OF MAINE TONIGHT AND INTO THE
CANADIAN MARITIMES BY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES
TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG
WINDS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

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SOUTHERN SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD
346 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SUNDAY.
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES.

* TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL
  DIFFICULT.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* TEMPERATURES...MOSTLY IN THE 20S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW PLENTY OF
TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

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