#MEwx Rain, clouds and Flood Statement with updates and cancellations
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The flood statement with updates and cancellations is posted in the this blog message at the bottom of the forecast.
This morning it is overcast with a chance for showers with showers likely this afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s with East winds around 10 mph gusting to 20 mph.
Tonight it will be rainy again with lows in the upper 30s. Winds will be Northeast around 10 mph gusting to 20 mph.
We’ve received 0.22 inches of rainfall here over the past 24 hours.
The wind is East Northeast between 3.8 MPH and 5.6 MPH.
The Relative pressure is 29.36, the Absolute pressure is 29.16 and rising with a weather graphic indicating overcast.
Our humidity is 98%, the temperature is 43.0°F, the dew point is 42.5°F and it feels like 41.1°F.
Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with overcast skies.
The UV index is 0 placing the average person at no risk and the solar radiation reading is 54.2W/m2. Sunrise is 5:28 AM, sunset is 7:45 PM, moonrise is 5:35 PM and Moonset is 4:30 AM. The moon phase is Waxing Gibbous and is 92% illuminated. We’ll have 14 hours 18 minutes of daylight today. Our next Full Moon is on May 5 and our next new moon will be on May 19, 2023
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
5:45 AM EDT Wed May 3 2023
The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Maine...
New Hampshire...
Androscoggin River Near Auburn affecting Androscoggin, Sagadahoc and Cumberland Counties.
Suncook River At North Chichester affecting Belknap and Merrimack Counties.
Lamprey River Near Newmarket affecting Rockingham and Strafford Counties.
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Maine...
Kennebec River At Augusta affecting Kennebec County.
Kennebec River At Skowhegan affecting Somerset and Kennebec
Counties.
Kennebec River at Hallowell affecting Sagadahoc and Kennebec
Counties.
...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in
Maine...
Kennebec River At North Sidney affecting Kennebec County.
For the Androscoggin River...including Gorham, Rumford, Auburn...
Minor flooding is forecast.
For the Kennebec River...including Skowhegan, North Sidney, Augusta,
Hallowell...Minor flooding is forecast.
For the Suncook River...including North Chichester...Minor flooding
is forecast.
For the Lamprey River...including Newmarket...Minor flooding is
forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/gray.
&&
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Kennebec River at Skowhegan.
* WHEN...Until this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...At 35,000.0 cfs, Flooding begins at campgrounds in
Skowhegan.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 5:00 AM EDT Wednesday the flow was 23,180.0 cfs.
- Forecast...The river is expected to remain around flood stage
this morning. It will then fall below flood stage this
afternoon.
- Flood flow is 35,000.0 cfs.
&&
GC
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