Many areas have or are changing over to all snow. Drive safely, there may still be a glaze of ice under the snow. Posted by US National Weather Service Gray ME on Saturday, January 16, 2016 Three to 5 inches of snow is expected. About 11 a.m., the NWS reported 2.8 inches at its Gray office. […]
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Light snow Friday night possible before Saturday’s storm
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Friday night through Saturday afternoon for Oxford, Franklin, Somerset, Androscoggin, Kennebec counties, Interior Waldo County and Northern New Hampshire with 4 to 8 inches of snow expected. Any precipitation will be light Friday night, the steadier and heavier precipitation moves in Saturday morning. Hills […]
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Storm with snow, sleet and rain starting Friday night
We are heading into a quieter weather pattern for Thursday and temperatures to start are in the single digits and low teens. The morning clouds will make way for more sunshine through the afternoon and temperatures seasonably cool. Friday will start partly sunny but the clouds will fill the sky through the afternoon as our […]
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Is winter finally here?
LEWISTON — The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch bulletin for the Androscoggin area, and we should expect the first big snowstorm of the season. Chris Kimble, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray, said we can expect 4 to 8 inches of accumulation in Lewiston, with the heaviest snowfall between […]
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Maine recovers from hurricane-force gusts, braces for snow
PORTLAND — A storm that knocked out power to thousands of Mainers brought hurricane force wind gusts and more than 3 inches of rain. Central Maine Power and Emera Maine reported more than 30,000 homes and businesses in the dark at the peak Sunday night. About 20,000 remained without power Monday morning. Gov. Paul LePage […]
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First snow storm of the season went as expected
LEWISTON — Central Maine got its first plowable snowstorm Tuesday, with sleet and freezing rain hitting some areas. Justin Arnott, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray, said Androscoggin County would remain under a winter storm warning until midnight Tuesday, but the storm had already started tapering off in the evening. It was the […]
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So this is what winter looks like
More storm coverage: Weather challenges drivers on Oxford County roads |Central Maine storm expected to start tapering off Tuesday | Social media coverage of the storm | How to deal with this storm UPDATED 2:57 P.M.: AUBURN — The Maine Turnpike reports a crash in the northbound lane of the turnpike at Mile 74 on Tuesday afternoon. Emergency crews […]
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Weather challenges drivers on Oxford County roads
The winter’s first statewide snowstorm blanketed roadways Tuesday, bringing with it hazardous driving conditions but few weather-related accidents. In Oxford, the first accident of the day happened around 7 a.m., according to Sgt. Alan Coffin of the Oxford Police Department. There were no injuries and no damage when a car slid off Route 26 and […]
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#SJstorm: Lewiston-Auburn braces for snow and sleet
The first snowstorm of the winter means Lewiston-Auburn should get six to eight inches on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service, which on Monday issued a storm watch for Maine. Franklin and Oxford counties are expected to get more snow — between 8 inches and a foot, National Weather Service meteorologist Andy Pohl said. […]
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Midwest storms kill 11 people
GARLAND, Texas — As residents of North Texas surveyed the destruction from deadly tornadoes, the same storm system brought winter storm woes to the Midwest on Monday, amplified flooding that’s already blamed for more than a dozen deaths and prompted hundreds of flight cancellations. At least 11 people died and dozens were injured in the […]