PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1220 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2001

THE WEATHER SYSTEM THAT PASSED SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA ON SATURDAY
EVENING SPREAD SOME HEAVY SNOW OVER DOWNEAST AND COASTAL MAINE.

HERE ARE SOME PRELIMINARY SNOWFALL REPORTS AS OF 900 AM SUNDAY:

LOCATION                                           SNOWFALL

                   WASHINGTON COUNTY
WESLEY                                                      13
CALAIS                                                       12
ROBBINSTON                                            11.5
CHERRYFIELD                                           11
EASTPORT                                                 10.3
DENNYSVILLE                                           10
CUTLER                                                        9
GRAND FALLS                                           9
LUBEC                                                          8.5
EAST MACHIAS                                        7
TOPSFIELD                                                  5
DANFORTH                                                 1

                   HANCOCK COUNTY
GOULDSBORO                                          12
AURORA                                                      8
LAMOINE                                                     8
BAR HARBOR                                             7
SOUTHWEST HARBOR                            6
ELLSWORTH                                               6
SURRY                                                           6
WALTHAM                                                 4
BLUE HILL                                                    4
LUCERNE-IN-MAINE                                 4

               PENOBSCOT COUNTY
EDDINGTON                                                5
ORONO                                                         3.5
VEAZIE                                                         3.5
MILFORD                                                     3.1
BANGOR AIRPORT                                   3

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU WOUDL LIKE TO THANK OUR
WEATHER SPOTTERS AND COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVERS FOR THEIR TIMELY
REPORTS.

MAT