Winter Weather — Kennebec, Maine

2024-01-14 · Kennebec, Maine

Event narrative

Snow squalls arrived in the Kennebec River Valley early evening on the 14th. The Augusta State Airport reported visibility falling to one quarter mile with winds gusting to 24 mph. The squalls lasted about 20 minutes at any given location before conditions improved. Snowfall amounts were generally less than 1 inch, but a few locations where squalls were more persistent received up to 2 inches.

Wider weather episode

Early on the 14th a strong cold front was crossing the eastern Great Lakes. By mid morning lake effect snow bands were entrained into the frontal boundary and snow squalls were developing over central New York. By late afternoon snow squalls moved out of New Hampshire and into western Maine. A well organized line of snow squalls began to break up after crossing the Saco River Valley. The worst conditions continued through the foothills into the Kennebec River Valley. Numerous observations of snow squalls were reported by automated weather equipment, webcams, and trained spotters.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1152713. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.