PULL QUOTE: “It went from just a garden-variety, low-pressure system to a turbocharged storm,” National Weather Service meteorologist Eric Schwibs said. Ready to do it all over again? With up to 2 feet of fresh snow already on the ground, forecasters are warning of another storm expected to arrive Saturday night. This one is forecast […]
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LIVE BLOG: Snowstorm wallops Maine
Updated forecast (2:15 p.m. Friday) Yesterday’s snow brought 1 – 2 ft of snow to many towns along with strong winds overnight into today. The gusty winds will continue today with wind gusts up to 40 mph possible. The number of power outages could increase due to winds gusts and the heavy snow weighing down […]
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Snow falls across Twin Cities
After a day of freezing-cold temperatures, Lewiston-Auburn got hit with 4 inches of snow on Saturday. Temperatures hovered around 16 degrees with a wind chill of about 2 degrees. There were no significant power outages reported. The National Weather Service predicts the snow will end and precipitation will turn to freezing rain and sleet overnight […]
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Drone video: Aerial view of snow-covered Lewiston
Other areas in the tri-county area got comparable amounts of snow: Androscoggin County W Winthrop 8.5 inches NNW Greene 7.8 inches Turner 7.5 inches S Turner 7.5 inches E Lewiston 7.3 inches Durham 6.6 inches NW Auburn 6.5 inches ENE Lisbon Falls 6.5 inches NNE Auburn 6.0 inches Auburn 6.0 inches Sw Lisbon Falls 6.0 […]
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Snow covers Lewiston, Auburn and rural towns
LEWISTON — For the most part, Lewiston and Auburn’s first significant snowfall played out well for most people. “Very happy,” Alex Garry of Auburn said of the season’s first “snow day.” Garry is a mental health counselor for Spurwink. “Three-day weekend,” she said. What’s not to love? Instead of going to work, Garry spent the […]
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Snowstorm makes messy morning commute for Maine
Androscoggin County Durham 6.1 inches Turner 4.0 inches Auburn 4.0 inches Lewiston 4.0 inches Lisbon Falls 3.5 inches Auburn 3.5 inches Poland 3.0 inches Greene 3.0 inches W. Winthrop 1.5 inches Franklin County New Sharon 3.0 inches Temple 2.7 inches Oxford County Andover 5.0 inches Bethel 5.0 inches Bethel 4.8 inches Otisfield 4.0 inches Source: […]
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Snow falls in Maine’s mountain areas
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Friday’s storm is bringing snow to areas north of Route 2. Some mountain spots could see several inches. It started snowing around 4 a.m. at Sugarloaf. So far they have about an inch, Sugarloaf and many areas in the higher elevations are expected to get 3 to 6 inches of wet snow […]