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WWUS71 KCAR 290240
NPWCAR
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
940 PM EST WED JAN 28 2026
MEZ003-004-010-291200-
/O.NEW.KCAR.CW.Y.0006.260130T0500Z-260130T1500Z/
NORTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BAXTER ST PARK, MOUNT KATAHDIN,
GREENVILLE, BILLY-JACK DEPOT, BLANCHARD, CHURCHILL DAM, BAKER
LAKE, MONSON, AND CHAMBERLAIN LAKE
940 PM EST WED JAN 28 2026
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT TO
10 AM EST FRIDAY...
* WHAT...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 26 BELOW EXPECTED.
* WHERE...CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS, NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS, AND NORTHERN
SOMERSET COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 26 BELOW ZERO
COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 15 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.
JS
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