Freezing rain causes tough journey circumstances in Maine, energy outages doable

PORTLAND (WGME) — Freezing rain and an icy combine is inflicting tough journey circumstances in Maine on Monday.

Any untreated surfaces together with stairs, driveways, or walkways, are extraordinarily icy, so keep cautious. Power outages are actually doable all through the day as effectively.

Several winter climate headlines are posted across the area. Winter storm warnings in NH and winter climate advisories in Maine are in impact by way of 7 PM.

The roads are very slick for the morning commute.

Road circumstances in Maine (WGME)

Up to 0.25 to 0.50″ of ice could build across NH and anywhere north or west of the Sebago Lake region.

Freezing rain on the shoreline will transition to plain rain by dawn by way of mid-to-late morning.

This will slowly stretch inland.

As mentioned above, north and west of Sebago Lake is where there is the highest threat and most concern for ice accretion. The reason for this is that freezing rain could potentially linger through the afternoon in those spots.

Also, 2 to 4 inches of snow is expected in northern Maine with up to an inch across the interior.

By Monday night, there might be presumably a half inch or extra of ice in these spots. Precipitation will finish throughout this time interval as effectively.

Winds will begin to pick up on the back end of Monday. The main question is whether or not inland spots will warm up enough above the freezing mark to melt the ice before the wind moves in.

If not, the power outage risk will be relevant depending on ice load on trees.

By Tuesday, expect a cold and windy day as afternoon temperatures run in the teens.

Wind chills will be near 0 degrees or below.

Tuesday evening will feature the coldest wind chills.

The mountains could get as low as -25 degree wind chill with negative single digits at the coast.

Clouds filter in on Wednesday with highs within the 20s. A chilly entrance may presumably convey a snow bathe or two on Wednesday evening.

New Year’s Day shall be chilly within the teenagers and low 20s with plenty of solar. The chilly settles again in on the finish of the week with highs within the teenagers and 20s.

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