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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
153 AM EST SUN FEB 22 2026
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SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL
HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GREAT POND, BANGOR, PERRY, ORONO,
PRINCETON, TOPSFIELD, ELLSWORTH, MACHIAS, WESLEY, AMHERST, OLD
TOWN, EASTBROOK, BAR HARBOR, ORLAND, VANCEBORO, GRAND LAKE
STREAM, DANFORTH, BREWER, CHERRYFIELD, CALAIS, BUCKSPORT,
EASTPORT, AURORA, CASTINE, AND DEDHAM
153 AM EST SUN FEB 22 2026
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM EST
TUESDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 7 AND 11 INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50
MPH ALONG THE DOWNEAST COAST AND TO 40 MPH FOR INTERIOR AREAS.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF COASTAL DOWNEAST, FAR EASTERN, INTERIOR
DOWNEAST, AND PENOBSCOT VALLEY MAINE
* WHEN...FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
WILL IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. GUSTY WINDS
COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL,
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.
THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR MAINE CAN BE OBTAINED BY GOING TO
NEWENGLAND511.ORG.
MEZ006-011-031-221915-
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SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SHERMAN, SPRINGFIELD, HOULTON, MILO,
HOWLAND, GUILFORD, DOVER-FOXCROFT, LINCOLN, SMYRNA MILLS, AND
HODGDON
153 AM EST SUN FEB 22 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND
8 INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.
* WHERE...SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS, SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK, AND CENTRAL
PENOBSCOT COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE MONDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY MORNING
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.
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