Women walk down the Kennebec River Trail Wednesday in Hallowell. Heavy rain and warming temperatures are in the forecast for this weekend.

Ice atop the Kennebec River in Hallowell on Wednesday.

Cars were submerged in the Kennebec River in Hallowell on Jan. 14, after flooding in the early morning.

People watch the flooding Kennebec River on Jan. 14 from the deck at the Lucky Garden restaurant in Hallowell.

Cars submerged by flooding Kennebec River on Jan. 14 in Hallowell.

U.S. Geological Survey installed this water monitoring station in Hallowell's Granite City Park on banks of Kennebec River last winter, following the flooding of the Kennebec River in January.