000 WWUS35 KPWM 280216 SPSPWM MEZALL-281000- WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 915 PM EST TUE FEB 27 1996 ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EARLY WEDNESDAY OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SOMERSET...SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PENOBSCOT...INTERIOR WALDO...INTERIOR HANCOCK AND INTERIOR WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF MAINE... A DEEPENING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD MAINE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE WEST...REACHING EASTERN PORTIONS TOWARD MORNING. OVER CENTRAL SOMERSET...SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS...AND CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTIES PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW AND THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY. A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER. FURTHER SOUTH OVER SOUTHERN SOMERSET...SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT...INTERIOR WALDO...INTERIOR HANCOCK AND INTERIOR WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF MAINE... PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN AND MAY CHANGE OF ALL RAIN DURING THE MORNING. OVER FAR NORTHERN MAINE ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED. OVER SOUTHWESTERN MAINE MOSTLY RAIN WILL FALL BUT SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS RAIN...SLEET...AND SOME FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH A LITTLE SNOW. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM WEDNESDAY.