Winter Weather in Northern Penobscot, Maine

Roughly 2-4 inches of snow fell in Northern Penobscot, with areas of 4-6 inches of snow in the northwest. Co-Op observer measured 0.5 inches off sleet in Millinocket.

High pressure system sat north of Maine, as a low pressure moved northeast into the region. Favorable cold air damming set up led to temperatures at, or around, freezing throughout the state. Precipitation began to move in late Wednesday night into early Thursday morning. Warm mid-layer temperatures move in with associated warm front, transitioning snow in the northern regions over to mixed precipitation. Snow transitioned to sleet, sleet to freezing rain, and freezing rain to rain throughout Thursday. Transition to mixed precipitation began before sunrise from Central Highlands to Northwest Aroostook County, and then over to northern Aroostook when the sun rose. Mixed precipitation transitioned to rain by afternoon. Roughly 2-4 inches of snow fell in the north, and 1 to 1.5 inches of sleet. A trace - 0.05 inches of freezing rain in the Central Highlands, Upper Penobscot Valley, and Downeast region. A trace - 0.75 inches of sleet fell in the Central Highlands region. Sleet fell on top of snowfall, which had resulted in messy clean up period.