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WWUS41 KCAR 211745
WSWCAR
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1245 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2026
MEZ015>017-029-030-032-220800-
/O.NEW.KCAR.WS.A.0003.260223T1200Z-260224T0900Z/
SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL
HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EASTPORT, ELLSWORTH, EASTBROOK, DEDHAM,
BREWER, GRAND LAKE STREAM, MACHIAS, PERRY, GREAT POND, AURORA,
VANCEBORO, CHERRYFIELD, ORLAND, BUCKSPORT, WESLEY, AMHERST,
BANGOR, ORONO, CASTINE, CALAIS, DANFORTH, PRINCETON, OLD TOWN,
TOPSFIELD, AND BAR HARBOR
1245 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES POSSIBLE, THE HIGHEST TOTALS
WILL BE IN DOWNEAST MAINE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF COASTAL DOWNEAST, FAR EASTERN, INTERIOR
DOWNEAST, AND PENOBSCOT VALLEY MAINE
* WHEN...FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AND MAY
MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING. TRAVEL
COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE
MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.
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.
JS
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