Rufe's Weather Outlook Update

 

 12/22/13  6:30AM
 The freezing line is draped along the NH border, then cuts due east from Lebanon to Portland then hugs the coast down east to Port Clyde. It will not retreat appreciably today as hoped. However, rain showers will be very light south of Fryeburg, Lewiston to Rockland. Therefore less than 1/10” additional ice will accrete south of that zone and north of Portland –Lebanon. 

 Heavier icing will continue north through Lovell, Turner, Augusta to Belfast, up to an additional 1/3”. Along and north of Route 2 the heaviest icing will continue this morning, easing after 10AM yet not ending altogether until after dusk. Expect another 1/2” -2/3” ice today. North of Eustis to Dover-Foxcroft less than an additional 1/2” of ice is likely as more snow/sleet will blend, another 2”-4” through the day. As intoned for days, only a few tens of miles north to south will show marked differences in amounts and type of precipitation.  Please refer to new graphic for details.

 River flooding now appears unlikely as heavier precipitation will fall in the frozen form. Winds are not an issue. Thawing temps will finally arrive for nearly all Monday morning. At this time another dose of rain will overspread the state, most along the coast. At Coburn’s Gore to Greenville a light mix of snow/sleet/freezing rain will launch, blending to light snow. This demarcation will settle south after dusk Monday night, ending a snow for all, a coating to 2”, most north. A hard freeze will set in Monday night, persisting through at least Christmas.