Wintry Weather Maine
A couple walk their dog in West Paris, Maine on Saturday, May 9, 2020. Higher elevations in western Maine got their first significant snowfall of the 2020-2021 winter season on Saturday morning with some areas reporting around half a foot. Warm temperatures on Sunday are expected to make most of the snow melt away, according to forecasters. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal via AP)
A couple walk their dog in West Paris, Maine on Saturday, May 9, 2020. Higher elevations in western Maine got their first significant snowfall of the 2020-2021 winter season on Saturday morning with some areas reporting around half a foot. Warm temperatures on Sunday are expected to make most of the snow melt away, according to forecasters. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal via AP)
Maine may be spared from major snowfall in mid-week Nor’easter
Contributed • December 15, 2020
By Rosemary Lausier, Bangor Daily News Staff
Winter Storm Gail is expected to turn into a high-impact Nor’easter in the Northeast Wednesday into Thursday, but Maine is only expected to get a few inches of snow.
The direction of the storm and the amount of snowfall remains uncertain, but is threatening to dump up to 2 feet of snow in parts of Pennsylvania and New York.
By Rosemary Lausier, Bangor Daily News Staff
Winter Storm Gail is expected to turn into a high-impact Nor’easter in the Northeast Wednesday into Thursday, but Maine is only expected to get a few inches of snow.
The direction of the storm and the amount of snowfall remains uncertain, but is threatening to dump up to 2 feet of snow in parts of Pennsylvania and New York. Portions of Virginia and North Carolina may get 0.1-0.2 inches of freezing rain, according to the National Weather Service.
Major metropolitan cities are expected to get a major hit with predictions in Washington, D.C., at 2-3 inches, Philadelphia at 5-8 inches and New York City and Boston at 12-18 inches, as of Tuesday evening, according to The Weather Channel.
However, Maine is expected to get the tail end of the storm on Thursday morning with only a few inches expected. The southern tip of the state, in parts of York County, may get 4-8 inches, with the Portland-area possibly seeing 2-4 inches and the Bangor-area a dusting of 2 inches or less.
CBS 13 contributed to this report.
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