#MEwx Cold Weather Alert now in Effect - take it seriously folks

National Weather Service Gray ME

12:38 PM EST Thu Jan 22 2026

COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 25 below expected.

* WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Maine and central

  and southern New Hampshire.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 10 AM EST Saturday.

* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills as low as 25 below zero could cause

  frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. Frostbite

  and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin is exposed to these

  temperatures.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a

hat, and gloves.

Interior York-Central Interior Cumberland-Androscoggin-Kennebec-

Interior Waldo-Coastal York-Coastal Cumberland-Sagadahoc-Lincoln-

Knox-Coastal Waldo-Sullivan-Merrimack-Strafford-Cheshire-Eastern

Hillsborough-Interior Rockingham-Coastal Rockingham-Western And

Central Hillsborough-

Including the cities of Chester, Westbrook, Peterborough, Auburn,

Brunswick, Marlow, Sullivan, Lebanon, Berwick, Saco,

Lincolnville, Sabattus, Thomaston, Durham, Morrill, Newcastle,

Vassalboro, Searsmont, Loudon, Hampton Falls, Topsham, Atkinson,

Liberty, Unity, Pelham, Dunbarton, Augusta, Rye, Concord,

Amherst, Bristol, Lempster, Hollis, Jackson, Bowdoinham, Salem,

Derry, Keene, Seabrook, Hampstead, Damariscotta, Belfast, New

Gloucester, Sharon, Waldoboro, Grantham, Goshen, Waldo, Bremen,

Turner, Rollinsford, Hampton, Buxton, Sidney, Rockport,

Canterbury, Nashua, Milford, Cape Elizabeth, Minot, Biddeford,

Plaistow, Bath, Manchester, Portland, Livermore Falls, North

Windham, Knox, Yarmouth, Windsor, Waterville, Winterport, Camden,

Somersworth, Surry, Northport, Wiscasset, Greene, Rochester,

Portsmouth, Gilsum, South Portland, Dresden, Weare, Owls Head,

Rockland, Hope, Croydon, Jefferson, Lewiston, Goodwins Mills,

Newton, Claremont, Brooks, Bowdoin, Exeter, Sanford, Gorham,

Greenland, Old Orchard Beach, Goffstown, Cornish, North Hampton,

Gray, Barrington, Appleton, Limington, Charlestown, Dover,

Phippsburg, Alfred, China, Jaffrey, Arrowsic, Whitefield,

Montville, Mont Vernon, Newport, Hooksett, Boothbay Harbor,

Madbury, Wales, Palermo, Boscawen, Kittery, and Alna

1238 PM EST Thu Jan 22 2026

Source: NOAA/National Weather Service