Site visitors strikes down outer Lisbon Road throughout Tuesday’s storm in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Solar Journal
James Doyle covers up whereas shoveling snow throughout Tuesday’s storm in downtown Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Solar Journal
Meghan Scanlan and Timothy Lamothe safe a tarp over their belongings earlier than the storm roles into Lewiston. (Daryn Slover/Solar Journal) Daryn Slover/Solar Journal
Sirad Galab’s umbrella turns inside out throughout Tuesday’s storm whereas she runs errands in downtown Lewiston. (Daryn Slover/Solar Journal) Daryn Slover/Solar Journal
Joe Alicea walks by downtown Lewiston throughout Tuesday’s storm. (Daryn Slover/Solar Journal) Daryn Slover/Solar Journal
Kai Thistle slides down a rail he and his associates made Tuesday afternoon at Pettengill Park in Auburn. A half dozen associates and fellow teammates on the Edward Little Excessive College ski staff have been having some enjoyable on a day without work from faculty. (Russ Dillingham/Solar Journal) Russ Dillingham/Solar Journal
Cooper Potvin slides down a rail he and his associates made Tuesday afternoon at Pettengill Park in Auburn. A half dozen associates and fellow teammates on the Edward Little Excessive College ski staff have been having some enjoyable on a day without work from faculty. Russ Dillingham/Solar Journal
With predictions of as much as 12 inches of snow for a lot of Maine within the days main as much as Tuesday’s storm, many central and southern Mainers have been scratching their heads by midafternoon — there wasn’t even and inch on the bottom.
“Nicely, I imply we nonetheless have some snow to return tonight,” Nationwide Climate Service forecaster Andy Pohl stated about 4:30 p.m. “Whether or not or not we rise up to six inches stays to be seen.”
Pohl stated nor’easters can generally be tough to forecast precisely the place and when the heaviest bands of snow will arrange. Whereas the forecast made good on areas like Baldwin and Berwick, which had round six inches, Windham and Porter had round 3 inches and there was solely a dusting from Farmington all the way down to the coast, Pohl stated.
In the meantime, Cheshire and Hillsborough counties in New Hampshire had 24 to 30 inches.
Pohl stated by late afternoon, he had not acquired any updates from spotters in Androscoggin County as a result of, nicely, there was nothing to report.
“If it’s going to occur, it’s going to occur within the subsequent six hours after which issues taper off,” Pohl stated. “After midnight it actually received’t be a lot in the way in which of accumulations. It’ll simply form of taper off for gentle snow after which it must be executed earlier than the morning commute.”
As of 5:45 p.m. Central Maine Energy reported over 7,500 prospects with out energy, most in York, Lincoln and Knox counties.
By 6:15 p.m. snow was falling exhausting and simply over 14,000 have been with out energy, however within the span of one other half an hour, Androscoggin County jumped from six with out energy to over 2,000. On the similar time, Kennebec County’s numbers jumped from 326 to 960, and Cumberland County’s numbers multiplied by over 40 instances with 6,930 with out energy.
By 7 p.m., over 30,000 CMP prospects have been with out energy.
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