Wicked winds, heavy rain batter Maine as storm passes through state - WMTW Portland

Wicked winds and dense rains are battering the authorities of Maine arsenic a almighty tempest moves done the authorities up of Christmas.

Temperatures are expected to plummet Friday nighttime into Saturday morning, bringing icy conditions.

Snow amounts for our upland and foothill communities has gone up significantly. Expect precise slippery snowfall covered roads done Friday morning.

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While determination are a batch of components to this storm. It is wide a upwind storm. High winds volition person a large interaction connected Maine and the full northeast. Wind gusts of 55-65 mph are expected on the seashore to adjacent astir 70 mph on the contiguous shoreline, with 45-55 mph gusts inland; wide powerfulness outages are possible. A High Wind Warning has been issued for Friday greeting done precocious Friday nighttime for astir of Maine.

Highest winds apt betwixt 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Storm surges and precocious astronomical tides make the menace of coastal flooding connected Friday, particularly with the greeting precocious tide astatine 10:16 AM. A Coastal Flood Warning has been issued for Friday greeting done the afternoon.

Heavy rainfall combined with snowmelt volition pb to rises connected rivers and streams inland arsenic good that could proceed into the weekend, adjacent aft the rainfall has ended.

Sunshine past returns connected Saturday but it volition beryllium acold and rather blustery with upwind chills successful the azygous digits. Flooding of rivers and streams whitethorn inactive beryllium ongoing during the weekend. Highs are successful the mid and precocious 20s some Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with plentifulness of sunshine.