Hang On to Your Hats!

You may want to make your last minute preparations for Thanksgiving today, Tuesday or Wednesday morning, as there is a fairly large storm coming that will bringing 1-2 inches of rain in the Bangor-Ellsworth-Bar Harbor area as well as very, very strong winds, with gusts up to 60 miles per hour. There is the posibility of scattered power outages.

Here's the latest warning from the National Weather Service in Caribou

SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-
COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN...
AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND...
DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY...
PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT...
MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD
351 AM EST TUE NOV 26 2013

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. 

* TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE IMPACT. WINDS WILL CAUSE DOWNED TREES AND
  BRANCHES TO SNAP WITH NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. BLOWN
  DOWN DEBRIS MAY BLOCK SOME ROADWAYS. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO
  BUILDINGS IS POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.