AUGUSTA (AP) – Sun in the south, snow in the north, and flooding all over.

That about summed it up for the state’s mishmash of weather on Friday, as Mainers endured their second bout of flooding in less than a month and were preparing for more rain today.

“We’re going to have high water for a while,” said Lynette Miller of the Maine Emergency Management Agency. Miller reiterated the agency’s warning to gawkers and boaters to stay clear of flooded rivers and their dangerous currents.

Flood warnings remained posted Friday afternoon along many of the major rivers across the state as well as most smaller streams and rivers. Some roads were closed due to high water, concealing more damage to roadways that had already taken a beating from early April’s flooding, Miller said.

As many as eight families were displaced from their homes by high water in rural Wallagrass Township in northern Maine, and several other families were temporarily cut off by a flooded road in St. Agatha, Miller said.

The 36-hour deluge set a record for the date in Bangor with 2.35 inches. Totals added up to 4 inches in parts of eastern Maine, and 8 inches in the Knox County town of Cushing.

Amid the flooding, Fort Kent received 8.5 inches of snow on top of 1.15 inch of rain, and the National Weather Service said total snow accumulations could add up to a foot in higher terrain of northern Maine.

“The snow has helped the situation,” said Miller, explaining that it delays and slows down the runoff that causes flooding.

The weather was improving Friday, with the sun shining in southern parts of the state, but more rain was on the way later Saturday, which will keep most rivers and streams full or near full, the weather service said.

The Kennebec River crested 5 to 6 feet above flood stage in Augusta early Friday, inundating parking lots and sending water lapping against rear doors and windows of buildings on Water Street.

In Boothbay, the heavy rain caused a break in a small dam, letting loose water from a pond and the fish that had been stocked in it. Miller said MEMA planned to notify state fisheries officials of the release.

The heavy rain and melting snow have combined to make for a messy situation in Maine this spring.

“We’ve had more rain than normal, but we had a significant snowpack late in the season. The ground is saturated and prime for flooding,” said John Cannon of the National Weather Service.

The storm “had a little bit of everything, including coastal flooding and beach erosion, river flooding and heavy snow,” Cannon said.