Weather
More snow is coming to the East Coast today. They badly need it as it was a dismal start to the season.
Winter Storm Warning for Maine, Winter Weather Advisory for VT, NH, NY, and parts of ME.
Snowfall totals aren’t going to be huge with this storm, but a little new snow goes a long way on the East Coast.
Around 4-6″ of snow is forecast in the best locations with occasional periods of 1″ of snow per hour.
* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATE...UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. - NOAA, Burlington, VT today
NOAA SNOWFALL FORECASTS:
- 4-6″ of snow forecast for Jay Peak, VT
- 4-6″ of snow forecast for Stowe, VT
- 4-6″ of snow forecast for Sunday River, ME
- 4-6″ of snow forecast for Loon Mountain, NH
- 2-5″ of snow forecast for Whiteface, NY
WINTER STORM WARNING for LOON MOUNTAIN, NH:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
316 PM EST TUE JAN 12 2016
...SHORT DURATION BUT POTENT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE
REGION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...
NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN OXFORD-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-
NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-
SOUTHERN CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...
NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON...AUBURN...
LIVERMORE FALLS...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...
NORTH CONWAY...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* TIMING...STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. THE SNOW
WILL THEN TAPER OFF AND END LATE TONIGHT. A PERIOD OF 1 TO 2
INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AT
TIMES.
* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
