Subzero cold followed by near record warmth? What’s going on with our winter weather?

The Maine Forecast

Published
February 17, 2016

Subzero cold followed by near record warmth? What’s going on with our winter weather?

Yesterday Portland reached 50 degrees, just one degree shy of the record high for the date. Interestingly enough, this occurred on same day when day back in 1943 Portland set its all-time lowest reading ever at 39 degrees below zero. This past weekend temperatures fell well below zero and the highs on Sunday remained below 10 degrees […]
Published
February 13, 2016

Dangerous wind chill arrives Saturday night, but not record cold

The upcoming cold has been advertised almost as much as a snowstorm and you may wonder what the big deal is, but if you step outside from late Saturday afternoon through Sunday you’ll know why we’ve all been talking about it for the past week. The good news about the arctic blast is it won’t […]
Published
February 11, 2016

Bundle up: Arctic cold is coming for the weekend

Pure arctic air is on the way for the weekend, and if you’re among those who aren’t looking forward to it, at least I can tell you it won’t last very long. There are some (forgive the pun) cool things we can check out when it comes to the upcoming cold snap. The map below, as […]
Published
February 8, 2016

Large ocean storm stays far enough east to only brush Maine

After a very nice Sunday across the region, we find winter weather advisories posted for much of Maine. Snow is in the forecast in some form the first part of this week, but you’ll be disappointed if you were expecting a lot of it. The storm bringing this weather is located over 600 miles from […]
Published
February 5, 2016

Heavier snow pushes further inland, bringing snowstorm to larger area of Maine

Afternoon Update Nowcasting is what we call following a storm situation and giving updates. During this particular storm it’s been necessary to update the forecast and raise the snow totals everywhere. As the heavier precipitation earlier thought to stay south and east of the Maine coastline has now moved inland. This means some areas could […]

Published
February 4, 2016

Snow could make Friday morning commute a bit messy

If you haven’t looked at a weather forecast in over a day you might be surprised at the snow coming tomorrow. Indeed there is snow in the forecast and some areas may be plowing Friday morning. The warm air over us the past couple of days is being pushed out to sea by colder and […]
Published
February 3, 2016

Mild air means rain, not snow, for Wednesday evening

There are indications colder and perhaps snowy weather arrives next week, but in the short-term it’s more mild air with a windswept rain this evening. The weather is quite volatile as of late across much of the country and although you are likely enjoying the mild weather, our lack of snow and cold is directly […]
Published
February 1, 2016

One of the warmest starts to February on record, but still weeks of possible snow ahead

In February, we gain an hour and quarter of daylight and a full 5 degrees on average daily temperatures.
Published
January 25, 2016

January thaw starts the week, watching possible snow to end it

January Thaw! This week will bring a short period of melting in spite of it not being very cold this winter in the first place. The northeast has been the warmest, as compared to average. of the entire country. The map below shows which parts of the nation have seen colder versus warmer temperatures as […]