Ice Storm Warning Back in Effect 12/23

The National Weather Service has reinstated the Ice Storm Warning that we had over the weekend, now through tonight at 6 PM.

Here's the latest warning from the National Weather Service in Caribou as of 9:42 AM

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
942 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT...HANCOCK...AND
  WASHINGTON COUNTIES...MOSTLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BANGOR TO
  PRINCETON LINE AND INLAND FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST.

* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ADDITIONAL ICE ACCRETION OF ONE TENTH TO
  ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. THIS ON TOP OF UN-MELTED ICE ACCRETION
  FROM SUNDAYS ICE EVENT WILL LIKELY RESULT IN OVER A HALF INCH OF
  TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION IN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA.

* TIMING...UNTIL EVENING.

* TEMPERATURES...MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. TEMPERATURES ABOVE
  FREEZING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND OVER THE OUTER ISLANDS.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HIGH IMPACT. EXPECT VERY HAZARDOUS
  CONDITIONS. SLEET AND A LAYER OF ICE WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS
  CONDITIONS. ICE MAY DOWN TREES AND CAUSE BRANCHES TO SNAP WITH
  NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR
FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR.