Issued by The National Weather Service
Portland, ME

Fri, Feb 8, 2013, 3:39 AM EST

... BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY... ... WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* LOCATIONS... INTERIOR YORK COUNTY MAINE AS WELL AS STRAFFORD AND INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
* HAZARD TYPES... HEAVY SNOW... WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING. DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS... SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 18 TO 24 INCHES.
* TIMING... LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL FALL TODAY AMOUNTING TO A FEW INCHES. CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY... WITH HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS... SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT TIMES. NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS MAY BECOME DAMAGING FOR A TIME LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES.
* WINDS... NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT.
* VISIBILITIES... ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* TEMPERATURES... 11 TO 27.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.