Snowstorm knocks out power to 24,000 customers, makes roads hazardous

: Sean Oddy, from Old Orchard Beach rides the Aurora chairlift at Sunday River alone Tuesday morning to get early morning unspoiled ski runs. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)

: Zach Bell rides up the second chair of the day at South Ridge Lodge at Sunday River on Tuesday morning. Bell spent several years as a ski patroller at Sunday River is now getting a nursing degree from CMCC in Auburn. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)

: Skiers push across the flats at the top of Aurora Basin at Sunday River on Tuesday morning. The resort reported 10 inches of new snow as of 8 a.m. Tuesday. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)

: Ski patroller, Brian Denley, from Bethel carves a step out of the ice leading into the partial shack at the top of Barker Mountain on Tuesday morning. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)

: Justin Archambault, left, watches fellow full time ski patrollers Ryan Kirkey and Jay Stephansky gear up to check on trail conditions on Barker Mountain at Sunday River on Tuesday. Archambault, taking his turn holding coverage in the patrol shack, says that his favorite part of working on a snow day is dropping ropes for the first time of the season on popular trails and seeing the guests’ unbridled excitement as they ski down. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)

: Mike Fleet, left, Dennis Wilson, Bill Vieweg, Mike Jodrey, Kenneth Cole, and Doug Wilson gather for a break Tuesday morning from their winter driving jobs at the Mallard Mart in Bethel. The five men drive snowplows and deliver fuel in the area. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)

: Arnold Jordan snow blows his driveway Tuesday morning on Gore Road in Greenwood after a heavy snow blanketed the region. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)

: A Lewiston Public Works excavator moves salt around in the shed at the city garage Monday afternoon after receiving a shipment. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)

: A Lewiston Public Works excavator moves between the salt and sand sheds at the city garage on Chris Branch Way Monday afternoon as they gear up for the impending storm. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)

Wet, heavy snow hit Maine hard Tuesday morning. Even where the snowfall is lightest — mostly closer to the coast — road conditions were hazardous.

“The roads are quite slick,” Margaret Curtis, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray, told the Portland Press Herald. “Even where there is less accumulation, it’s slow going.”

On scanner: @AAA_NNE will not give estimated time of arrival for tow trucks. Take it slow out there. #MEwx

— Larry Gilbert Jr (@LarryGilbertSJ) November 27, 2018

Curtis said the rain-snow line is hugging the immediate coast, so areas west of the Maine Turnpike are likely seeing snow. “The heaviest of the snow has already been through,” Curtis said.

In Liberty, one person is reported dead in a Tuesday morning collision between a pickup truck and box truck on Route 3.

Central Maine Power reports that more than 24,000 customers were without power as of 12:13 p.m. Tuesday. Oxford County was hit the hardest with 9,700 customers outages. And Cumberland County reported at least 8,500 outages.

Snow on Route 302 in Bridgton (WGME)

According to WGME and the National Weather Service, here are the snowfall totals and the times they were recorded:

Androscoggin County

Turner 7” – 10:22 a.m.
Poland 6.6” -7 a.m.
Minot 6” – 5 a.m.
Auburn 5.5” – 10:11 a.m.
Lewiston 5.3” – 10 a.m.
Bowdoin 5” – 10:18 a.m.
Mechanic Falls 4.5” – 5:15 a.m.
Durham 3.1” – 9:08 a.m.

Franklin County

Farmington 8.5” – 7 a.m.
New Sharon 6” – 7:06 a.m.

Oxford County

Bethel 9” – 6:42 a.m.
Waterford 7” – 7 a.m.
Otisfield 6.8” – 6 a.m.
Hartford 6.2” – 8:25 a.m.
Peru 6” – 7:44 a.m.
Buckfield 6” – 9:08 a.m.
South Paris 5” – 5:11 a.m.

Here is a preliminary Snowfall map of our latest storm. pic.twitter.com/SzKri1gYQs

— NWS Gray (@NWSGray) November 27, 2018

Parking Bans

The city of Auburn started a parking ban at noon Tuesday until midnight. Lewiston’s parking ban started at 11 p.m. Monday and was scheduled to end at 11 a.m. Tuesday.

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