Ice Storm Warning Extended ‘Til 10 PM

Enough! Enough! Enough! The Ice Storm Warning for our area has been extended until 10 PM tonight!

Please be very careful if you are out and about. Better to tuck in for the night and be safe!

Here's the latest 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
734 PM EST MON DEC 23 2013

...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING.

* 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...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCRETION OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF
  AN INCH THROUGH 10 PM. THIS ON TOP OF UN-MELTED ICE ACCRETION
  FROM SUNDAYS ICE EVENT WILL RESULT IN A HALF TO A FULL INCH OF
  TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION.

* TIMING...THROUGH 10 PM.

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

* WINDS...NORTHEAST TO NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET.

* IMPACTS...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.

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