PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT SPOTTER REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
530 AM EST MON DEC 8 2003
...MAJOR WINTER STORM IMPACTS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MAINE AND NEW
HAMPSHIRE WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...
AS OF 10 PM SUNDAY EVENING THE STORM WAS WINDING DOWN. SNOW HAS
ENDED OR AT LEAST TAPERED OFF IN MOST AREAS. WINDS...THOUGH STILL
GUSTY AT TIMES...ARE NOT AS STRONG AS THEY WERE.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WERE QUITE VARIABLE ACROSS THE REGION. THE BIGGEST
SNOW AMOUNTS REPORTED WERE 52 INCHES BY THE NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION /DOT/ IN PINKHAM NOTCH AND 41 INCHES BY A
COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER IN RANGELEY MAINE.
WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WERE QUITE COMMON. THE MARINE BUOYS REPORTED
GUSTS WELL OVER 50 MPH WITH MOUNT DESSERT ROCK PEAKING OUT AT 82 MPH.
HERE ARE SNOWFALL REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BETWEEN 1 AND 10 PM SUNDAY.
TOTAL TIME/DATE
LOCATION SNOWFALL
(INCHES)
===================== MAINE =====================
...ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY...
LIVERMORE FALLS 22.0 902 PM 12/07
POLAND 21.0 1100 PM 12/07
AUBURN 17.5 420 PM 12/07
LISBON FALLS 16.0 900 PM 12/07
DURHAM 15.1 420 PM 12/07
...CUMBERLAND...
BRIDGTON 32.1 635 PM 12/07
NORTH RAYMOND 24.0 1100 PM 12/07
SOUTH CASCO 18.0 406 PM 12/07
NORTH SEBAGO 17.5 455 PM 12/07
GRAY /NWS/ 17.0 700 PM 12/07
WINDHAM 14.2 700 PM 12/07
CUMBERLAND CENTER 14.0 420 PM 12/07
GORHAM 13.2 740 PM 12/07
PORTLAND /FAIRCHILD/ 13.0 700 PM 12/07
...FRANKLIN...
RANGELEY 41.0 420 PM 12/07
JAY 20.0 455 PM 12/07
...KNOX...
CAMDEN 14.0 1132 PM 12/07
...LINCOLN...
BOOTHBAY HARBOR 8.5 241 PM 12/07
...OXFORD...
RUMFORD 30.0 700 PM 12/07
HARTFORD 27.0 552 PM 12/07
WATERFORD 24.0 820 PM 12/07
HEBRON 22.0 830 PM 12/07
...YORK...
HOLLIS 14.5 815 PM 12/07
SANFORD 12.2 1210 AM 12/08
CORNISH 11.0 835 PM 12/07
================= NEW HAMPSHIRE =================
...BELKNAP...
SANBORNTON /DOT/ 21.0 1100 PM 12/07
LACONIA 19.0 500 AM 12/08
GUILFORD 18.0 825 PM 12/07
TILTON 17.0 654 PM 12/07
...CARROLL...
CRAWFORD NOTCH /DOT/ 35.0 500 AM 12/08
NORTH CONWAY 26.0 300 PM 12/07
MADISON 20.0 423 PM 12/07
WOLFEBORO 18.0 918 PM 12/07
CONWAY /DOT/ 15.5 500 AM 12/08
...COOS...
PINKHAM NOTCH /DOT/ 52.0 500 AM 12/08
GORHAM /DOT/ 41.0 500 AM 12/08
RANDOLPH 38.0 714 PM 12/07
TWIN MOUNTAIN /DOT/ 32.0 500 AM 12/08
ERROL DAM 30.0 343 PM 12/07
COLEBROOK /DOT/ 27.0 800 PM 12/07
LANCASTER /DOT/ 23.0 500 AM 12/08
...GRAFTON...
LOST RIVER /DOT/ 31.0 500 AM 12/08
KANCAMAGUS HIGHWAY /DOT/ 29.0 500 AM 12/08
FRANCONIA NOTCH /DOT/ 27.0 500 AM 12/08
MONROE 26.0 900 PM 12/07
ENFIELD /DOT/ 25.0 321 PM 12/07
BRIDGEWATER 12.8 407 PM 12/07
THORNTON /DOT/ 12.0 321 PM 12/07
...MERRIMACK...
HENNIKER 23.0 935 PM 12/07
WEST CONCORD 21.0 710 PM 12/07
BOW 20.0 710 PM 12/07
SALISBURY 20.0 124 PM 12/07
PITTSFIELD 20.0 710 PM 12/07
CONCORD 18.0 900 PM 12/07
EAST CONCORD 16.5 710 PM 12/07
...ROCKINGHAM...
HAMPTON /DOT/ 13.0 321 PM 12/07
...STRAFFORD...
DOVER /DOT/ 11.0 321 PM 12/07
ROCHESTER /DOT/ 10.0 800 PM 12/07
DURHAM /DOT/ 9.0 800 PM 12/07
HERE ARE SOME WIND REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DURING THE ENTIRE STORM.
LOCATION WIND TIME/DATE
(MPH)
===================== MAINE =====================
...ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY...
LEWISTON 40 655 AM 12/07
...CUMBERLAND...
PORTLAND 43 1152 PM 12/06
RAYMOND 42 1233 PM 12/07
BRUNSWICK 39 118 PM 12/07
...KENNEBEC...
AUGUSTA 47 930 AM 12/07
WATERVILLE 41 1015 AM 12/07
...KNOX...
ROCKLAND 49 915 PM 12/06
...LINCOLN...
WISCASSET 33 1056 AM 12/07
...OXFORD...
HARTFORD 50 735 AM 12/07
FRYEBURG 30 518 AM 12/07
...YORK...
SANFORD 49 135 AM 12/07
================= NEW HAMPSHIRE =================
...COOS COUNTY...
MOUNT WASHINGTON 96 200 AM 12/07
...GRAFTON...
LEBANON 30 1251 PM 12/07
...MERRIMACK...
CONCORD 39 143 AM 12/07
...ROCKINGHAM...
GREENLAND 45 523 AM 12/07
PORTSMOUTH 44 318 AM 12/07
...STRAFFORD...
ROCHESTER 48 212 AM 12/07
...COASTAL WATERS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...
MOUNT DESSERT ROCK 82 1200 AM 12/07
MATINICUS ROCK 76 400 AM 12/07
ISLE OF SHOALS 72 400 AM 12/07
PORTLAND BUOY 56 100 AM 12/07
NOTE...HIGHEST SEAS REPORTED BY THE PORTLAND BUOY WERE 23 FEET AT 1
AM ON THE 7TH...JUST BEFORE THE BUOY STOPPED REPORTING DATA. THE
HIGHEST SEAS REPORTED BY CACHES LEDGE BUOY WERE 30 FEET AT 4 AM ON THE 7TH.