GRAY – People expected yet another round of snow this morning as the region’s most recent nor’easter was forecast to blow into town around daybreak. By sundown, folks will likely be digging themselves out from under another 5 to 10 inches of snow.

“It only has to change a little and things could change dramatically,” said James Brown, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray, on Sunday night.

Brown said the brunt of the storm is expected to hit in York County and points south, where people could see up to a foot or more of snow. He added that the majority of the snowfall will accumulate between late morning and early afternoon.

And while Brown points out that the state has seen record amounts of snow so far this winter, preparing for bad weather is old hat for Tracy Bellegarde and her co-workers at the Maine Department of Transportation.

“They’re using more (salt) this year than last year,” Bellegarde said of earlier snowfalls this winter. “They’re using more, but if they need more, they order it.”

Bellegarde said that in addition to monitoring radar reports, the highway department has crews who report road and weather conditions throughout the night. As a storm approaches, she said dispatchers contact toll road workers in New Hampshire in order to check conditions south of the region and alert area road crews as to weather systems moving this way.

As of Sunday night, no parking bans were issued for either Lewiston or Auburn.