Monday Snowfall Totals with 6 plus More Inches Coming?
For those of you that have been pining for snow, are you happy now? Monday's storm, dumped more than a foot in areas and nearly a foot in others. Here are the latest totals from the National Weather Service in Caribou
- Dedham - 18.9 inches
- Orono - 18.2 inches
- Brewer - 13.5 inches
- Lamoine - 11.0 inches
- Ellsworth - 11.0 inches
- Eastport - 8.1 inches
- Southwest Harbor - 7.2 inches
So if you haven't cleaned everything up yet, you probably should today or tomorrow, as there's another storm coming Wednesday night into Thursday!
There is a winter storm watch in effect for Wednesday evening through Thursday afternoon, and this should turn into a warning tonight. As you can see, Ellsworth has a 91 percent chance of receiving more than 6 inches of new snow!
The latest forecast (Tuesday morning) is calling for 5-12 inches of snow Downeast, with highest totals well inland. Sleet accumulations up to 1/3 of an inch and ice accumulations around 1/10th of an inch.
This will be "heavy" snow with precipitation turning to rain along the coast Thursday morning, which will weigh everything down even more!
