Maine
Yes, Maine will be getting snow on Tuesday
Simply once we assume we’ve escaped the grasp of winter, it simply received’t go away us alone.
Nearly all of Maine is underneath a hazardous climate outlook for Tuesday, with some components of the state anticipating flooding, excessive winds or perhaps a couple inches of snow.
In Aroostook, Piscataquis and Penobscot counties, 3 to five inches of snow is feasible in elevations above 1,000 toes whereas decrease areas might see 2 inches or much less, in line with the Nationwide Climate Service in Caribou.
In central Penobscot, Piscataquis Washington counties, heavy rain and winds as much as 45 mph are anticipated, with flooding doable in downtown parking tons in Bangor throughout excessive tide, the NWS stated.
In the meantime, in coastal Hancock and Washington counties, a coastal flood watch is in impact throughout the afternoon. As much as 3 toes of storm surge is anticipated throughout excessive tide producing a menace of minor to reasonable flooding. Roads could also be flooded and closed and low-lying properties could also be affected as effectively, the NWS stated.
That very same space can be underneath a Excessive Wind Watch with 30-40 mph winds and as much as 65 mph wind gusts anticipated. Quite a few energy outages and down timber are doable. The watch can be in impact for coastal Knox and Waldo counties with 25-35 mph winds and gusts as much as 60 mph anticipated, the NWS stated.
Maine does have a historical past of April storms. A snowstorm that one meteorologist referred to as a “snow bomb” dropped as much as 14 inches of snow in some areas on April 10, 1996. The storm introduced wind gusts of as much as 30 mph and prompted a number of automotive crashes.
Twenty-four years to the day later, one other springtime snowstorm dumped the state with snow on April 10, 2020. Cities within the Bangor space reported as much as 13 inches of snow whereas Piscataquis County noticed essentially the most at 20 inches.