Active Advisories: Flood Watch
Currently
Reported at Bar Harbor Automatic Weather Observing / Reporting System, ME
11:15 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2012- 54°F12°C
Overcast- Feels Like:54°F12°CDew Point:46°F8°CHumidity:77%
Winds:E 8 mph 13 kph
Pressure:29.91 in1013 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 meters
Flood Watch
...HEAVY RAIN COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE FLOODING OVER WESTERN DOWNEAST AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF MAINE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INTO THE GULF OF MAINE DURING THE FLOOD WATCH PERIOD. THIS WILL CONCENTRATE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OVER WESTERN DOWNEAST AND THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF OUR REGION...WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED. RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE FLOOD WATCH AREA ON MONDAY AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST INTO THE OPEN ATLANTIC. MEZ010-015-016-029-031-031015- /O.CON.KCAR.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-120604T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK- COASTAL HANCOCK-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD... BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM... EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR... BLUE HILL...DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD 1012 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE AND SOUTHEAST MAINE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE...SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT. IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE... CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS AND SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS. IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...COASTAL HANCOCK AND INTERIOR HANCOCK. * THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAINFALL (2 TO 4 INCHES) BEGINNING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL CAUSE SHARP RISES AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF STREAMS ACROSS THE FLOOD WATCH AREAS BY SUNDAY NIGHT. HIGH RUNNING TRIBUTARY STREAMS FLOWING INTO THE PISCATAQUIS RIVER COULD ALSO RESULT IN SHARP RISES AND POSSIBLE FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE PISCATAQUIS RIVER AS WELL BY MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. &&
