Flood Watch and Dense Fog statement

Flood Watch statement as of 7:38 am EST on January 12, 2018

Flood Watch in effect from noon EST today through Saturday morning.

The National Weather Service in gray has expanded the

* Flood Watch to include portions of Maine and New Hampshire,

including the following areas, in Maine, Androscoggin,

interior Cumberland, interior Waldo, Kennebec, southern

Franklin, southern Oxford, and southern Somerset. In New

Hampshire, Belknap, northern Carroll, northern Grafton, and

southern Carroll.

* From noon EST today through Saturday morning

* a combination of heavy rainfall, snow melt and potential ice

jams may cause flooding on rivers and streams as well as in

urban and poor drainage areas. Rainfall amounts 1 to 2 inches

are expected, with locally higher amounts possible. The heaviest

rainfall is expected to occur this afternoon and tonight.

* Rivers and streams could see locally fast and significant

rises in vicinity of any ice jams. Urban and poor drainage

flooding may occur.

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.

Special Statement as of 7:03 am EST on January 12, 2018

Patchy dense fog for the morning commute.

A warm and moist airmass moving over cool snowpack has resulted in

patchy dense fog across much of New Hampshire and western Maine

this morning. Visibilities are highly variable from location to

location... with some spots seeing near zero visibilities at

times. Motorists should be prepared for rapidly changing

visibilities... and use low beam headlines when encountering areas

of dense fog. Visibilities will be very slow to improve this

morning.

Arnott

703 am EST Fri Jan 12 2018