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11/16/2025

Good morning!

Winter storm will impact northern and central Maine today into tomorrow.

*Snowfall throughout northern Maine, with the highest totals expected in the northwest. Slippery travel expected today into tomorrow morning.

*Heavy, wet snow is expected during this event. Use care when shoveling.

*Rain/snow line expected around Central Highland region, reducing snowfall totals in this region.

*Area of greatest uncertainty for snow totals remains to be east of Rt. 11. Depending on where this low pressure system tracks over the coast today, some mild maritime air could get pulled in, allowing a rain/snow mix to occur at times. This would reduce snow totals in this region.

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11/16/2025

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11/15/2025

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Caribou ME
235 AM EST Sat Nov 15 2025
SYNOPSIS...
Low pressure will remain over Eastern Canada through Saturday.
A new area of low pressure will develop along the coast Saturday
night and intensify as it lifts northeast into the Maritimes
Sunday into Sunday night. Low pressure will lift north across
Labrador Monday into Tuesday. High pressure will begin to build
in from the west on Wednesday.

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NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...

Key Message...High confidence in a winter storm Saturday night
through Sunday that will produce accumulating snowfall in the
north and mainly rain Downeast. Highest totals in the North
Woods.

Low pressure over the maritimes is expected to retrograde
northwest across Newfoundland and northern Quebec today. A weak
corridor of high pressure will build in over the area between
the low to our northeast and a new low approaching from the
Great Lakes region. This should make for a dry day with minimal
cloud cover.

Clouds increase tonight ahead of an approaching low pressure
system moving in from the west. Secondary low development will
occur in the Gulf of Maine which will intensify and move along
the coast. Precipitation will begin just after midnight in
central areas before spreading northeast into eastern Aroostook
by daybreak. Expect precipitation to begin as snowfall
everywhere except along the immediate coast before warmer
maritime air wrapping around the east side of the low quickly
changes snow to rain Downeast. As the warmer air progresses
northward snow will gradually change to rain from south to
north. However, the warmer air will likely stay south of
Katahdin, keeping northern Maine in mostly snow. Expect the
highest totals over the North Woods region with progressively
lower totals towards the southern areas. One key area to watch
will be eastern Aroostook as snow totals will likely be lower
east of Route 11. This is because as the low moves into New
Brunswick by Sunday evening the warmer maritime air wrapping
around the system will approach this region. How far west the
low ends up and how much warm air wraps around the system will
be very important to snow totals. Another key player will be the
wind direction as the currently expected easterly winds will
favor downsloping. Currently thinking that eastern Aroostook
will only see a few inches during the day on Sunday with higher
totals to the west.

11/15/2025

***A Winter Storm Will Impact Maine Tonight Through Monday***

Here's what to expect...

***The Big Picture: Mostly snow north of Katahdin. Mostly rain south of Katahdin. Highest snowfall totals in the North Woods

***Timing: Precipitation begins tonight as snow in most areas. Snow changes to rain from south to north Sunday. Rain may change back to light snow Sunday night. Precipitation clears out Monday night.

***Impacts: Slippery road conditions and sidewalks, especially in northern Maine

***Greatest Uncertainty: In Eastern Aroostook snowfall amounts will depend heavily on if temperatures warm enough for rain to mix in. A wider range of snowfall amounts is provided to account for this

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11/14/2025

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11/14/2025

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Caribou ME
1211 PM EST Fri Nov 14 2025

MEZ001-002-004>006-150515-
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Northwest Aroostook-Northeast Aroostook-Northern Piscataquis-
Northern Penobscot-Southeast Aroostook-
Including the cities of Patten, East Millinocket, Baxter St Park,
Churchill Dam, Chamberlain Lake, Mount Katahdin, Hodgdon, Fort
Kent, Caribou, Mars Hill, Millinocket, Sherman, Frenchville,
Allagash, Madawaska, Van Buren, Presque Isle, Houlton, Smyrna
Mills, Clayton Lake, Medway, and Ashland
1211 PM EST Fri Nov 14 2025
..WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations between 5 and
8 inches possible.

* WHERE...Portions of Central Highlands, Far Eastern, Far Northern,
and North Woods Maine

* WHEN...From Sunday morning through Monday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will
likely become slick and hazardous. Plan on slippery road
conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the Monday
morning commute.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow,
sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to
monitor the latest forecasts.

11/14/2025

Good Morning!

We're currently watching a winter storm that is expected to impact Maine beginning Saturday night and continuing through Sunday night.

We're expecting that northern Maine will see mostly snow while areas further south will see mostly rain. However, we're still watching some uncertainty regarding the exact storm track which will influence where the rain/snow line sets up.

While exact amounts are still uncertain, several inches of snow accumulation are likely in northern Maine. This may make for some difficult travel especially given it is the first impactful winter storm of the season.

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11/12/2025

SNOW ON THE WAY...
From the NWS Caribou

LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
Our focus Saturday night will turn to a new, vigorous upper low
rapidly sliding southeast from Central Canada. As this low
approaches Sunday morning strong jet energy south of this low, surging east from the Upper Midwest, will support developing low pressure off our coast. This low will rapidly intensify during the day Sunday as it lifts northeast into the Maritimes. The low has the potential to bring some significant snow to the area on Sunday with rain Downeast depending how close it tracks to our area. A quickly deepening low that hugs close to our coast has
the potential to bring significant snow north and rain south
while a weaker low that swings further out to sea would bring
less precipitation. However, it it pulls inland from the coast,
it could bring warmer air north changing snow to rain. Current
model runs suggest that even if the low tracks well southeast,
an inverted trough extending west across our region has the
potential to bring some snow on Sunday which may last into
Sunday evening over the north.

Low pressure will continue to intensify as it lifts deeper into the
Maritimes Sunday night. This has the potential to be a very large
low with a strong circulation extending to the west across our
region. Gusty west to northwesterly winds late Sunday night into Monday will potentially result in blowing snow if enough falls. Otherwise, Monday will be mostly cloudy with some lingering snow showers across the north.

Low pressure, both surface and aloft, will swing back northwestward into Northern Quebec on Tuesday keeping us in the southern edge of its circulation. This will maintain a gusty chilly westerly breeze under a mostly cloudy sky.

11/12/2025

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11/11/2025

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G4 (Severe) Watch now posted for 12 Nov. The recent, fast CME is anticipated to arrive about midday on 12 Nov and G4 potential exists. Please see our latest model run at https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/wsa-enlil-solar-wind-prediction and stay aware at spaceweather.gov