PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
940 PM EST TUE MAR 6 2001

A POWEERFUL NOR'EASTER TOOK UP TEMPORARY RESIDENCE IN THE GULF OF
MAINE YESTERDAY AND MUCH OF TODAY. THE STORM BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF DOWNEAST MAINE. SOME STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL READINGS INCLUDED:

STATION                         SNOWFALL                      WIND GUST
LOCATION                        (INCHES)                        (MPH)

                HANCOCK COUNTY
WINTER HARBOR                     10                              50
SOUTHWEST HARBOR                   8                              50
WEST FRANKLIN                      7.5       
MT. DESERT                         7
NORTHEAST HARBOR                   7
TRENTON                            7
BROOKLIN                           6.2                            60
ACADIA NP                          6
PENOBSCOT                          6
BAR HARBOR                         5                              46
ELLSWORTH                          5
ORLAND                             5
BUCKSPORT                          5
STONINGTON                         5
EASTBROOK                          3
AURORA                             2

          WASHINGTON COUNTY
CUTLER                            8                              57
CHERRYFIELD                       8
MACHIAS                           8
JONESBORO                         7
EAST MACHIAS                      6
WHITING                           6 
DENNYSVILLE                       4
LUBEC                             4
MARSHFIELD                        4
MILLBRIDGE                        4
ROBBINSTON                                                       54

        PENOBSCOT COUNTY
ORONO                            3
BANGOR                           3                               47

PISCATAQUIS COUNTY
WELLINGTON                      3
DOVER FOXCROFT                  2.5

OFFSHORE BOUYS
MOUNT DESERT                                                    68
MATINICUS ROCK                                                  61