PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1245 PM EDT TUE OCT 10 2000

...EARLY SEASON SNOW STORM HITS NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MAINE...

AN EARLY SEASON SNOW STORM HAS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS TRESSSS AND POWER
 OUTAGES OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN MAINE. NORTHWEST MAINE WAS HIT THE
HARDEST WHERE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW HAS FALLEN. OVER
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MAINE ACCUMULATIONS VARIED FROM AS LITTLE AS
A DUSTING OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN. BECAUSE THIS STORM OCCURRED SO EARLY IN THE
SEASON...LEAVES ARE STILL ON MOST OF THE TREES OF NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL MAINE. THIS HAS RESULTED IN EXTRA WEIGHT ON TREES CAUSED BU
THE HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATING ON THE LEAVES. THIS EXTRA WEIGHT
HAS CAUSED MANY TREES TO SNAP OR LEAN...WHICH IN TURN HAS LED TO
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

SPECIFIC REPORTS INCLUDE:

BAXTER STATE PARK...8 TO 12 INCHES WITH TREES DOWN
CLAYTON LAKE...7 INCHES WITH TREES DOWN
ST PAMPHILLE...7 INCHES WITH TREES DOWN
ST JUSTE...7 INCHES WITH TREES DOWN
BARNARD PLANTATION...5 INCHES WITH POWER OUTAGES
ASHLAND...5 INCHES WITH POWER OUTAGES AND TREES DOWN
FORT KENT...4.5 INCHES OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS
PORTAGE LAKE...4.5 INCHES
BANGOR...3 INCHES

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK WEATHER 
SPOTTERS...THE MAINE FOREST SERVICE...BAXTER STATE PARK AND THE
MEDIA FOR THEIR TIMELY REPORTS.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE BY PHONE AT
207-496-8931...OR ON THE INTERNET AT:

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/CAR

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