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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
208 PM EST MON JAN 17 2000
 
...SUMMARY OF HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS NORTHERN AND DOWNEAST MAINE...
 
LOW PRESSURE TRACKED ACROSS SOUTHERN MAINE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN
RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED IN THE GULF OF MAINE SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW BEGAN IN
NORTHERN AND DOWNEAST MAINE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUED THROUGH
THIS MORNING. THIS WAS THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON
FOR MOST LOCATIONS.
 
SNOWFALL TOTALS RANGED FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS NORTHWEST AND
EXTREME NORTHERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY TO OVER A FOOT AND A HALF IN
PORTIONS OF DOWNEAST MAINE.
 
STORM TOTALS FOR THE MAJOR CITIES:
 
CARIBOU WFO           11.8 INCHES
BANGOR                15.2 INCHES
PORTLAND WFO           5.3 INCHES
 
STORM TOTALS AT OTHER LOCATIONS IN OUR FORECAST AREA:
 
COUNTY                  LOCATION               AMOUNT IN INCHES
 
AROOSTOOK               FORT KENT                   8.0
                        VAN BUREN                   7.0
                        ALLAGASH                    8.0
                        PRESQUE ISLE               12.0
                        WESTFIELD                  15.0
                        PORTAGE LAKE               10.0
 
HANCOCK                 WEST FRANKLIN              10.0
 
PENOBSCOT               MILLINOCKET                16.0
                        PATTEN                     12.0
                        ORONO                      21.0
 
PISCATAQUIS             SEBEC LAKE                  9.0
                        DOVER FOXCROFT              7.0
 
WASHINGTON              DENNYSVILE                 23.0
                        EASTPORT                   15.0
                        WESLEY                     14.0
                        DANFORTH                   12.0
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE
SPOTTERS FOR PROVIDING TIMELY AND ACCURATE SNOWFALL REPORTS FOR THIS
FIRST MAJOR STORM OF THE SEASON.
 
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