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Cold & Wet Start to Memorial Day Weekend

Nor'easter Impacting the Waters Tonight/Friday

***A late season Nor'easter will impact Northern and Eastern Maine tonight through Saturday.*** Rain will move in from south to north tonight, overspreading the entire region by Friday morning. Rain will continue Friday and Friday night. Rain will taper to showers Saturday south of Katahdin. Steady rain continues to the north on Saturday before tapering to showers Saturday night. The storm will bring strong winds to the Downeast coast tonight into Friday morning. Some gusts up to 50 mph will be possible at the coast. Winds will gradually diminish thereafter. Temperatures will be cold enough for accumulating snow at the summit of Katahdin with this storm. Amounts of 5-10" are expected there. A few flakes could mix in as low as 1500 feet at night. Little or no accumulation outside of Katahdin. Conditions improve on Sunday, but a few rain showers could linger, especially over the Crown of Maine. More sunshine and warming temperatures Monday into the middle of next week. For more details, please visit weather.gov/car

In addition to the hazards inland with this storm (rain, gusty winds, high elevation snow), winds and seas will be hazards with this storm. A Wind Advisory has been issued for the Downeast Coast through late-morning Friday. Winds could gust up to 50 mph at the immediate coast and on the outer islands late tonight into Friday morning. https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=CAR&wwa=wind%20advisory Additionally, a Gale Warning is in effect for all waters through late Friday morning. Wind gusts up to 45 kts are expected, along with wave heights of 8-13 feet during that time. Coastal flooding is not expected with this system. This is due to offshore winds and the highest storm surge coinciding with low tide. However, there may still be some isolated overwash due to high waves. For more information on marine weather, please visit https://www.weather.gov/car/Marine