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WWUS81 KCAR 230015
SPSCAR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
715 PM EST THU JAN 22 2026
MEZ015-016-029-230130-
INTERIOR HANCOCK-COASTAL HANCOCK-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-
715 PM EST THU JAN 22 2026
...AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL HANCOCK AND
SOUTHWESTERN PENOBSCOT COUNTIES...
AT 714 PM EST...AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR NEWPORT TO 8 MILES NORTH OF THORNDIKE TO NEAR
UNITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BANGOR, OLD TOWN, ELLSWORTH, BUCKSPORT, NEWPORT, BLUE HILL, ORONO,
BREWER, HAMPDEN, HERMON, VEAZIE, DEDHAM, CASTINE, KENDUSKEAG, VERONA
ISLAND, PENOBSCOT TOWNSHIP, GLENBURN, ORRINGTON, HOLDEN, AND LEVANT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 160 AND 194.
US HIGHWAY 1 NEAR ORLAND.
STATE HIGHWAY 9 BETWEEN DIXMONT AND CLIFTON.
* WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS AREA OF HEAVY
SNOW SHOWERS.
* VISIBILITIES WILL DROP QUICKLY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE IN
THIS AREA OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS.
CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS. BE
PREPARED FOR SNOW OR ICE COVERED ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA
TIME WHEN TRAVELING.
LAT...LON 4439 6878 4443 6876 4440 6882 4441 6882
4450 6877 4463 6884 4467 6881 4470 6884
4464 6918 4472 6920 4473 6927 4492 6923
4492 6836 4459 6850 4441 6873 4442 6873
4445 6871 4447 6873 4447 6874 4438 6875
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 282DEG 23KT 4488 6917 4472 6925 4462 6933
MWS
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