There’s been more wacky winter weather with a rare February thunderstorm warning in Maine. Officials say strong gusts knocked out power for more than 16,000 homes and businesses. Flashes of lightning and powerful thunderclaps swept across the state Thursday morning. The thunderstorm warnings were the first issued in February by the National Weather Service in […]
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Messy storm hits Maine on Wednesday morning
Our first batch of precipitation is lifting north while heavier rain advances from Central New York. pic.twitter.com/4GFR2Lmc28 — NWS Gray (@NWSGray) February 24, 2016 Warmer air has found its way into many coastal location and across Southern New Hampshire. pic.twitter.com/TbEGPBfSbs — NWS Gray (@NWSGray) February 24, 2016 UPDATED 9:15 A.M.: (AP) — A messy storm […]
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Heavy rain, winds wreak havoc on Androscoggin County
By 6:45 p.m., calls came rolling in to Central Maine Power, reporting power outages, blown transformers and downed lines across roads. A reported 1,739 Central Maine Power customers across Androscoggin County were without power by 7:30 p.m. Technicians were called out to assist and repair lines as quickly as possible. According to Chris Kimble of […]
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Messy storm to start Monday night
Storm Details Start Time: 7-9 p.m. Monday Start Type: Snow Snow Expected: 2-4 inches Transition Time: Overnight Tuesday Tuesday Morning Inland: Freezing Rain and Sleet Complete Rain Transition: Noon Tuesday Heaviest Rain: 9p.m. to midnight Tuesday End Time: 3 a.m. Wednesday There will be a small break from the widespread rain Tuesday afternoon but more widespread showers […]
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Update: Lewiston-Auburn forecast calls for 5-8 inches of snow
Parking ban Auburn: 11 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8, to 7 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9. Lewiston: 10 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8, to 7 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9. Speed limit reduced from NH State Line to Exit 53 West Falmouth https://t.co/hKT5nqaOm1 — Maine Turnpike (@MaineTurnpike) February 8, 2016 Water vapor imagery showing a very cool but complex situation.Storm […]
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More snow may be coming Friday
Weather forecasters were calling for a little bit of snow Friday morning — mostly along the coast of Maine. But Thursday, they started to revise those forecasts. The weather could move the snowfall west into the interior of Maine. We will update when we have more information. — Staff report Projected snow through Sat. Coastal […]
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Warm weather likely to continue
Very warm temps across the region with lots of melting taking place. Cooler Tue as a cold front moves through today. pic.twitter.com/c728pz0eAM — NWS Gray (@NWSGray) February 1, 2016 LEWISTON — January gave us warmer temperatures than expected — and much less snowfall. For some, these variations hurt business and limited the ability to participate […]
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Maine utility crews headed south to help restore power
BANGOR — Utility crews in Maine are heading south to assist with power outages caused by a massive snowstorm pummeling the mid-Atlantic region. Emera Maine says it packed up a dozen of its bucket trucks Friday morning and sent off line workers, supervisors and a mechanic to assist crews from utility company Delmarva Power. Delmarva […]
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‘Crippling’ storm headed east; some snow to hit Maine
The National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center warns of heavy, “perhaps crippling” snow across the northern mid-Atlantic region, including Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia, probably beginning Friday. District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday that the city was preparing for blizzard conditions and up to 2 feet of snow. The city has requested Humvees from […]
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2015 was Earth’s hottest year on record
Data curated by WeatherDB Last year shattered 2014’s record to become the hottest year ever recorded, based on data going back to 1880, two U.S. government science agencies announcedWednesday. “2015 was by far the record year in all of the temperature datasets that are based on the instrumental and surface data,” said Gavin Schmidt, director […]