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... Winter Storm Warning remains in effect from 10 PM this evening to 8 PM EDT Saturday...

A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect from 10 PM this evening to 8 PM EDT Saturday. Snow is expected to develop later this evening and become heavy late tonight and will continue into Saturday morning. The snow is then expected to change over to sleet and then freezing rain by midday Saturday. Sleet and freezing rain will then change to all rain... mainly east of a Van Buren to Portage to Baxter State Parkline during Saturday afternoon. West of an Allagash to Clayton Lake line... precipitation will mainly be in the form of snow... mixed with sleet at times in the afternoon. Total snowfall accumulations of 10 to 20 inches can be expected before the changeover occurs with the greatest accumulations generally west of an Allagash... Clayton Lake line. In addition... a band of significant icing is expected across portions of north Central Aroostook and northern Piscataquis counties... with locally up to half to three quarters of an inch... with lesser amounts over areas that transition to all rain.

This storm will have a high impact on the warning area. Combination of heavy snow and wind gusts up to 25 mph and icing will create very hazardous conditions. Visibilities will frequently be less than one half mile in falling snow with occasional blowing and drifting snow causing near whiteouts.There is the potential for sporadic power outages on Saturday due to the ice and heavy snow.