Albany, NY – A wide stretch of New England is preparing for hazardous winter weather as multiple Winter Weather Advisories go into effect from late Saturday through early Monday, bringing freezing rain, sleet, and accumulating snow from Upstate New York to northern Maine.
According to the National Weather Service offices in Albany, Burlington, Gray, and Caribou, a series of overlapping systems will create widespread slippery travel from the Adirondacks to the Green Mountains, White Mountains, and much of interior Maine.
In eastern New York, counties including Hamilton, Northern Warren, Northern Fulton, Northern Saratoga, and Southeast Warren are under advisories from 4 p.m. Saturday to 1 a.m. Sunday, with a glaze to one-tenth of an inch of ice expected.
Across southern Vermont, including Bennington and Western Windham counties, a similar freezing rain event is forecast from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., producing up to 0.10” ice.
Farther north, Northern St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clinton, and Essex counties in New York, along with most of interior Vermont excluding the Champlain Valley, are expected to see mixed precipitation and up to 0.20” ice, with light snow amounts up to one inch.
By Saturday night and Sunday, the storm shifts deeper into New England.
Western and northern Maine—along with central and northern New Hampshire—will see 1–5 inches of snow, sleet, and around 0.10” ice, creating slick roads through early Sunday morning.
The most significant totals arrive in central and northern Maine from Sunday into Monday, where 4–8 inches of snow are expected, especially west of Route 11. Forecasters warn that the Monday morning commute may be severely impacted in towns such as Caribou, Fort Kent, Millinocket, Greenville, Houlton, and Mars Hill.
Drivers across the region are urged to travel slowly, use caution, and monitor updates at newengland511.org and 511ny.org.
