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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1041 AM EST SUN JAN 16 2005

...SNOW ON TAP FOR PORTIONS OF DOWNEAST MAINE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY    
   MORNING...

.LOW PRESSURE OFF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC COAST WILL TRACK NORTHEAST
PASSING JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF NOVA SCOTIA EARLY MONDAY BEFORE
REACHING THE MARITIMES LATER MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM
WILL BRING SOME SNOW TO PORTIONS OF DOWNEAST MAINE BEGINNING
THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY MORNING. IT APPEARS THIS LOW
WILL TRACK FAR ENOUGH EAST OF THE AREA SO THAT A MAJOR STORM IS NOT
ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...A FURTHER WESTWARD SHIFT IN THE TRACK COULD
RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR PORTIONS OF
WASHINGTON COUNTY.   

MEZ017-029-030-171400-
CENTRAL WASHINGTON ME-COASTAL HANCOCK ME-COASTAL WASHINGTON ME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...CALAIS...
CHERRYFIELD...EASTPORT...ELLSWORTH...LUBEC AND MACHIAS
1041 AM EST SUN JAN 16 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
   TO 9 AM EST MONDAY...

SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

THE MENTIONED ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO
DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT
NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES
ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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FITZSIMMONS