Winter Weather — Northern Piscataquis, Maine

2023-02-23 to 2023-02-24 · Northern Piscataquis, Maine

Event narrative

Storm total snow accumulations generally ranged from 5 to 8 inches...with isolated totals up to 10 inches.

Wider weather episode

A slowly intensifying low tracked along the Downeast coast through the night of the 23rd...exiting across the Maritimes during the 24th. Snow developed across the region through the night of the 23rd and persisted into the morning of the 24th. The heaviest snow fell in a corridor extending across northern portions of Somerset...Piscataquis and Penobscot counties into southeast Aroostook county. Snow totals in this corridor generally ranged from 5 to 7 inches...with local totals of 8 to 9 inches. Snow totals across Washington county generally ranged from 3 to 6 inches. Drier air with high pressure located to the north of Maine limited snow accumulations across extreme northern areas to 1 to 3 inches.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1080389. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.