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WWUS41 KCAR 181724  
WSWCAR  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME  
1224 PM EST SAT JAN 18 2025  
 
MEZ011-015>017-029-030-032-190130-  
/O.CON.KCAR.WS.A.0001.250120T0000Z-250120T1800Z/  
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL  
WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BUCKSPORT, DEDHAM, PERRY, DANFORTH, GREAT  
POND, PRINCETON, AURORA, CASTINE, BANGOR, MACHIAS, CHERRYFIELD,  
TOPSFIELD, BAR HARBOR, OLD TOWN, ORLAND, EASTPORT, SPRINGFIELD,  
GRAND LAKE STREAM, WESLEY, AMHERST, CALAIS, VANCEBORO, HOWLAND,  
BREWER, ORONO, EASTBROOK, ELLSWORTH, AND LINCOLN  
1224 PM EST SAT JAN 18 2025  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH  
MONDAY AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 AND  
9 INCHES. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 MPH. SNOWFALL RATES  
COULD APPROACH 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE HEAVIEST BANDS.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF COASTAL DOWNEAST, FAR EASTERN, INTERIOR  
DOWNEAST, AND PENOBSCOT VALLEY MAINE  
 
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. BLOWING SNOW COULD LIMIT  
VISIBILITY. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MONDAY  
MORNING COMMUTE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW,  
SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO  
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.  
 

 
 

 
 
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