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WWUS51 KCAR 211633
SQWCAR
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1133 AM EST SUN DEC 21 2025
MEC003-019-021-211700-
/O.CON.KCAR.SQ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-251221T1700Z/
PISCATAQUIS ME-AROOSTOOK ME-PENOBSCOT ME-
1133 AM EST SUN DEC 21 2025
...A SNOW SQUALL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS...SOUTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK AND CENTRAL
PENOBSCOT COUNTIES...
AT 1133 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SHIN POND TO NEAR MILLINOCKET TO NEAR LAKE VIEW
PLANTATION, 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 219 AND 291.
STATE HIGHWAY 11 BETWEEN BROWNVILLE AND PATTEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILLINOCKET, HOWLAND, PATTEN, BROWNVILLE JUNCTION, MOUNT KATAHDIN,
MILO, EAST MILLINOCKET, MEDWAY, SHERMAN, ISLAND FALLS, SMYRNA,
SPRINGFIELD, MOUNT CHASE, SOUTH BRANCH POND, EBEEMEE, LINCOLN, SHIN
POND, SMYRNA MILLS, LAKE VIEW PLANTATION, AND KATAHDIN WOODS AND
WATERS NATIONAL MONUMENT.
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 4526 6888 4530 6913 4569 6894 4615 6896
4619 6806 4563 6809 4525 6832
TIME...MOT...LOC 1633Z 268DEG 40KT 4609 6865 4567 6872 4539 6896
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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