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Today's update is presented by Crowe’s Restoration of Arundel. For emergency fire & water damage (flooding), mold, or biohazard issues in western and southern Maine, call them at 207-467-3152. Ice jam threat persists into early next week FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY: DEW POINT TEMPERATURES ON THE RISE mean SIGNIFICANT MELTING BEGINS, in which areas of DENSE FOG and DRIZZLE will assist in starting the runoff. Expect BREEZY AND RAW conditions to develop along the coast as the wind direction from the east to the south brings moisture into the area. This will assist in fueling the fog that will overspread much of the state Friday night and will be off and on at times until the cold front kicks through at some point on Monday. ICE JAM FLOOD THREAT for brooks, streams, and rivers continues to be the primary concern with this event. Reports of a foot or more of ice exist where it is still frozen. Where it is broken up and flowing, it could hang up and dam. The main concern is the areas south and east of the mountains. This threat continues into Monday and may persist into early next week. For those over the interior that deal with spring, you may get that. RAINFALL AMOUNTS continue to vary with modeling ideas. What is consistent is the areas north of the mountains into the rooftop of The County are likely to come out on the low end, which will help to salvage some of the remaining snowpack and hold off the potential for ice jam flooding for the St. John River valley for now. DownEast areas have consistently been on the higher end, which makes sense given the ideas on upper-air pattern ideas and moisture flow from the southwest. While it will be damp and raw, WIND does not appear to be of widespread concern with this storm. As the parent low heading for Hudson Bay splits off and forms a secondary low over eastern Ontario / western Quebec, it may not develop fast enough to cause wind-related issues. As in the case of these inside runners, the low-level jet will be hauling, but with surface temperatures being cold enough, that sets up a low-level inversion to keep the damaging wind threat above ground. The only exception may be Monday for the west and south. A threat of thunderstorms will occur as the cold front passes through, which may bring an isolated wind threat there. Outside of the ice jam flood threat, we've had worse St. Patrick's Day storms over the years, but mud season is likely to kick into high gear with the combination of the prolonged period of dew points above freezing and significant snowmelt as a result. Frost heaves could start to show themselves as well. Given how deep the frost is, we've only just begun to see the impact on the roads in what could be a rough season for potholes and ruts. PROGRAMMING NOTE: My kidney stones are back. I am going back to the doctor Friday morning. Pending the results of that will determine how I proceed. I will do what I can when I can. This sucks. Check out the Weather Wall with all your current |
Mike Haggett
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