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Good evening! I'm DJ Huzz. And welcome to the Maine Weather Podcast for Wednesday, February 25th. Folks, that dusting on your doorstep this morning? That was just winter clearing its throat. The real performance is happening up north right now. Portland, you lucked out today. Partly sunny skies, a high of 36 degrees.. That's actually 4 above normal for late February. Enjoy it while you can. Scattered snow showers drift in around midnight. Low of 26. Slide up the coast toward Downeast and the Midcoast, though. And the mood changes fast. Rain mixing with snow through this evening. Two to four inches possible before it wraps up. High of 35, dropping to 27 overnight. Bangor, you're right in the thick of it. Light snow through the afternoon with one to three inches piling up. That evening commute? Take it slow. High of 32, then temperatures sink to 18 tonight. Over in the Western Mountains, you're sitting at 25 degrees under heavy clouds. Scattered snow showers develop after 9 P.M. Low of 14.. That damp cold that seeps through everything. Up in Aroostook, snow likely through tonight. About an inch. High of 24, low of 18. Now the plot twist. Thursday brings sunshine statewide with highs in the mid 30s. Beautiful. But Thursday night, temperatures crash. Lows from 4 degrees in the mountains to 15 along the coast. Looking ahead.. Friday stays sunny and calm. Saturday warms into the 40s. A genuine thaw. Then Sunday, an Arctic front barrels in. Snow chances return. And by Monday morning, parts of northern Maine could see minU S Two0. That's not a typo. Quick history nugget. On this day in 1969, Portland got buried under 20 inches with 50 mile an hour winds. Today's snow? Considerably more polite. Charge those phones tonight and keep the faucets dripping if you're north of Bangor. That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow.