CARIBOU, Maine — Much of Maine woke up Thursday morning to fresh snow on the ground, including more than a foot in some locations.
Timothy Duda, a forecaster at the National Weather Service’s Caribou office, said the Houlton area already has about 13 inches of snow, with a total of 15 inches expected before the storm winds down Thursday afternoon.
Southeastern Aroostook and northern Washington counties are under a winter storm warning until 3 p.m. Thursday, while northern sections of Aroostook County are under a winter weather advisory, also expected to last until 3:00, according to the weather service.
Eight to 10 inches of snow were expected in the Caribou area. The Bangor area won’t get as much, with 2 to 5 inches expected when everything is said and done. Penobscot, Hancock, southern Washington and Piscataquis counties also are under weather advisories Thursday.
Somerset, Oxford and Franklin counties also are under the winter weather advisory, according to the weather service’s Gray forecast center, but those were expected to be lifted at 1 p.m Thursday.
While serious accidents have been few and far between, a tractor-trailer overturned on Route 11 in Patten on Wednesday afternoon, which shut down the road for most of the afternoon. No injuries were reported.
Power outages also were piling up Thursday morning, as Emera Maine reported more than 2,600 customers without electricity.
The bulk of the outages were in northern Penobscot and Piscataquis counties, with over 2,300 customers without service in those areas.
Power was expected to be restored by late Thursday afternoon.
