Snow, freezing rain set to impression journey in Maine Tuesday night time into Wednesday

PORTLAND (WGME) — The subsequent spherical of winter climate is about to hit Maine with snow, sleet, freezing rain, and rain Tuesday night time via Wednesday morning.

Expect tough journey circumstances throughout the Wednesday morning commute.

There might be some growing solar to start out on Tuesday earlier than clouds thicken up on the again finish of the day.

High temperatures will run seasonably chilly within the 20s and low 30s.

A winter climate advisory will go into impact at 7 PM Tuesday night time via 10 AM Wednesday morning.

Precipitation will start as snow, dropping 3 to six” towards northern Maine.

Most snow and sleet accumulations will be in the mountains 2-4″ there. A coating to 2″ is expected for the coastal plain.

As for ice, up to 0.15″ is feasible on the coastal plain.

Due to the historical past of energy outages over the previous few weeks, scattered energy outages can’t be dominated out.

Snow strikes in late this night as temperatures fall to the teenagers and 20s.

Snow, freezing rain, and rain will proceed to fall early Wednesday morning.

A slippery Wednesday morning commute may be very probably.

The afternoon commute might be a lot better on Wednesday with Thursday taking the crown because the nicest day this week. Look for plenty of solar and excessive temperatures round 40 levels.

Friday afternoon would be the subsequent spherical of moist climate with rain. An extra spherical of mountain combine and rain is on faucet for Saturday night time into early Sunday morning.

A hotter-than-normal pattern will return in the direction of the center of January throughout New England.

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