Hello everyone!

Today will feature continued cold with temps again struggling to hit 32. Clouds will increase as  the day goes on as a monster ocean storm approaches from the south.

Tomorrow, light snow and extremely high winds impact the area on the fringes of a monster storm. We really dodged a bullet as Atlantic Canada will pick up 2-3 FEET with even higher winds.

I want to take some time to break down the wind threat as it is not something to be ignored. Winds along coastal Maine will gust over 50 mph. This alone would be worrisome as trees are still brittle from our ice storms this winter. However, our road crews have diligently spread mind boggling amounts of salt and sand on our roads that lies there right now. 50 mph winds will cause this to blow around quite a bit which would really hurt if you happened to get hit. The NWS has outlined the likely possibility of a High Wind Warning for coastal areas due to this.

As for snow, a wind-blown coating to 2″ is likely for Brunswick, Portland, and Augusta. Midcoast sees 2-6″ while Downeast Maine sees over a foot. We really dodged a bullet here in Southern Maine as this could have been really bad.

Spring arrives Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with heavy, flooding rains and temps in the 40’s. Monday features our first shot at 50 this spring. Enjoy!

-Jack