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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1102 AM EST SUN DEC 21 2025
MEC003-019-021-211700-
/O.NEW.KCAR.SQ.W.0008.251221T1602Z-251221T1700Z/
PISCATAQUIS ME-AROOSTOOK ME-PENOBSCOT ME-
1102 AM EST SUN DEC 21 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...
SOUTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE...
* UNTIL NOON EST.
* AT 1101 AM EST, AN AREA OF DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALLS WAS LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR TELOS LAKE TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST
OF WHITE CAP MOUNTAIN TO NEAR ELLIOTTSVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...FLASH FREEZE ON ROADS. INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW.
GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY
RAPIDLY FALLING TO LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE. WIND GUSTS
GREATER THAN 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 217 AND 291.
STATE HIGHWAY 11 BETWEEN BROWNVILLE AND PATTEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILLINOCKET, GREENVILLE, HOWLAND, PATTEN, BROWNVILLE JUNCTION, MOUNT
KATAHDIN, RIPOGENUS, MILO, EAST MILLINOCKET, MEDWAY, SHERMAN, ISLAND
FALLS, SMYRNA, SPRINGFIELD, MOUNT CHASE, SOUTH BRANCH POND, WHITE CAP
MOUNTAIN, EBEEMEE, LINCOLN, AND SHIN POND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WET ROADWAYS WILL QUICKLY FREEZE. BLACK ICE WILL CAUSE ROADS,
BRIDGES, AND OVERPASSES TO BECOME SLICK AND DANGEROUS. SLOW DOWN AND
BE PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN LOSS OF TRACTION.
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 4619 6806 4563 6809 4519 6836 4536 6955
4566 6925 4614 6917
TIME...MOT...LOC 1601Z 268DEG 40KT 4608 6911 4566 6917 4538 6947
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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