Regional Weather Summary Issued by NWS Portland, ME
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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY MAINE
415 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010
...WINTER STORM WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...
AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE OHIO VALLEY AND THE CAROLINAS WILL
CONSOLIDATE INTO A SINGLE STORM OFF THE VIRGINIA COAST. AS THIS
OCCURS... CLOUDS WILL MOVE INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE.
SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL REACH SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE EARLY ON WEDNESDAY
AND SPREAD SLOWLY NORTH INTO CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST
MAINE DURING THE DAY. ONCE AGAIN...THE STORM WILL NOT TAKE THE
TYPICAL TRACK UP THE COAST. RATHER...IT WILL REACH AS FAR NORTH AS
THE NEW JERSEY COAST...THEN KICK EAST OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC. THIS
WILL KEEP THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION TO OUT SOUTH. IT WILL GET
CLOSE... WITH PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NEW ENGLAND RECEIVING A
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE MAY SEE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
ONCE THE STORM PASSES...A NORTHERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP...AND PERSIST
INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL KEEP CLOUDS AND SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE
NORTH AND MOUNTAINS... WITH DRIER WEATHER ELSEWHERE. THERE IS NO
REALLY COLD AIR SET TO MOVE OUR WAY...SO TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR
NORMAL RIGHT INTO SUNDAY.
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