Blizzard Warning | Maine Weather Noon

Good afternoon, folks! I'm DJ Huzz. Welcome to the Maine Weather Podcast for Monday, February 23rd. A Nor'easter with teeth is bearing down on us right now. This isn't a polite little February snow. This one bites. Heavy snow, blizzard conditions, coastal flooding.. The full package. If you don't need to drive today, don't. Snow rolls into Portland and the coast around 11 A.M. It spreads north through Augusta by 4 P.M. And reaches The County by 7 P.M. The heaviest punch lands this afternoon. Downeast, you're looking at snowfall rates over an inch an hour around 2 P.M. That's the kind of snow where you lose your driveway in twenty minutes. But the real villain is the wind. Gusts hitting 60 miles an hour along the Downeast coast. Fifty miles an hour inland near Bangor. Visibility drops to a quarter mile. Whiteout conditions. Your windshield wipers won't save you. Portland peaks at 28 degrees around 3 P.M. With snow wrapping up near 9 P.M. Push up Route 1 to Augusta and snow flies until 11 P.M. Bangor sees it through 10 P.M. With lows tonight around 15 degrees. Downeast gets hammered longest.. Heavy snow and blowing snow straight through 4 A.M. Tuesday. Over in the western mountains, lighter totals but still slick. Highs only 21 degrees. Snow tapers by 1 A.M. Tomorrow's high? Seventeen degrees. Brutal. Up in The County, snow keeps falling through 11 A.M. Tuesday. Blowing snow lingers past 5 P.M. Coastal flood warning is active this afternoon. Storm surge plus high waves equals minor flooding. Stay away from seawalls. Now the week ahead. Tuesday brings sunshine and low 30s. Catch your breath. Wednesday another clipper sneaks in with a few more inches, messing with the afternoon commute. Thursday clears out. Late week gets murky.. Another system possibly bringing rain and snow, especially Downeast. Weekend looks drier, but we're watching. Charge your phones. Fill the bathtub. Power outages are possible tonight with those coastal gusts snapping limbs. That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow.