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WWUS71 KCAR 020551
NPWCAR
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1251 AM EST MON MAR 2 2026
MEZ001>006-010-021200-
/O.CON.KCAR.CW.Y.0009.260302T0600Z-260302T1200Z/
NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ASHLAND, CLAYTON LAKE, FORT KENT,
GREENVILLE, MEDWAY, MARS HILL, SMYRNA MILLS, MONSON, VAN BUREN,
MILLINOCKET, PRESQUE ISLE, CHURCHILL DAM, BAXTER ST PARK,
HODGDON, BILLY-JACK DEPOT, FRENCHVILLE, MADAWASKA, BLANCHARD,
EAST MILLINOCKET, CHAMBERLAIN LAKE, PATTEN, BAKER LAKE, MOUNT
KATAHDIN, ALLAGASH, CARIBOU, SHERMAN, AND HOULTON
1251 AM EST MON MAR 2 2026
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
* WHAT...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 31 BELOW EXPECTED.
* WHERE...CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS, NORTHERN PENOBSCOT, SOUTHEAST
AROOSTOOK, NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK, NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK, NORTHERN
PISCATAQUIS, AND NORTHERN SOMERSET COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING.
* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 30 BELOW ZERO
COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES.
FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IF UNPROTECTED SKIN IS
EXPOSED TO THESE TEMPERATURES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING OUTSIDE. WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING, A
HAT, AND GLOVES.
KEEP PETS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
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