GRAY, Maine — Southern and coastal counties were expected to feel the brunt of a snowstorm moving across New England Monday.
According to the National Weather Service’s Gray forecast center, several waves of low pressure will track along a front stalled to the south of New England.
While heavy snow is not expected, accumulation is expected to build steadily throughout the day, with potential for more than a foot in some areas, according to the weather service.
A winter weather advisory has been posted for Franklin, Somerset, Kennebec, Waldo, Lincoln, Knox, Waldo, Oxford, Cumberland, Sagadahoc and Androscoggin counties. Snow is expected to continue through Monday night in those areas, with the weather alerts in effect through Tuesday morning.
In addition, coastal Hancock and Washington counties are also under the winter weather advisory through Tuesday morning, with up to three inches of fresh snow expected in those areas, but gusty winds could also lead to blowing snow and hazardous travel.
The weather service’s Caribou office announced later Monday that Bangor has tied it’s all-time record for snow depth.
As of 7 a.m. Monday, the city’s snow depth was 53 inches, tying a record nearly four decades old (1969).
Tim Duda, a forecaster at the weather service’s Caribou office, said the snow measurement is based on how much snow is on the ground at Bangor International Airport.
“That’s the actual depth of snow that’s on the ground at this time,” he said.
Recordkeeping in Bangor began in 1926.
