The hits just keep on coming for Mainers lately and we aren’t done yet. A nor’easter is set to impact the region late Friday night through Saturday if all the ingredients come into play. But first let’s finish off Thursday’s storm.
Today’s storm is trending colder along the coast, so we’re getting big, wet snowflakes with accumulations on sidewalks that will be slippery and slushy. There will be more significant snowfall away from the coast with several inches heading north.
We continue to add to an impressive snow depth for the northern half of the state, but the coast is still lacking. That’s about to change in a big way.
A strong area of low pressure will move into New England Friday and transport its energy off the coast of Rhode Island.
By then the snow will start around 10 p.m. in southern Maine.
The snow will become heavy into Saturday morning and through the day for nearly all of Maine, except northern and parts of Downeast.
An inverted trough (weakness in the atmosphere) sets up on Saturday that will reinforce the snow and keep it going through the day and into the night.
Here are the main headlines for the storm:
Parts of southern Maine, especially York County have the best shot at seeing “major” impacts during the day Saturday.
There will also be gusty winds along the coastline as the nor’easter strengthens through the Gulf of Maine.
When the snow ends Sunday morning you can expect significant totals for southern Maine.
If we get more than a foot of snow in Portland this storm will rival the 2019 snow storm.
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