Eastern coastal Maine was expected to get more than half a foot of snow Tuesday before an offshore storm moves away into Canadian waters.
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning Tuesday afternoon for parts of Hancock and Washington counties.
“Plan on difficult travel conditions, including during the evening commute,” NWS forecasters wrote in a statement. “Additional snow accumulations of 3 to 5 inches are expected.”
The warning is expected to be in effect until 7 p.m. Snow along the eastern coast started falling around 6 a.m. Tuesday.
Bangor was expected to get 2 to 4 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service. Portland was not expected to get any snow but did get some minor coastal flooding Tuesday morning as a result of the storm and astronomical high tides.
Flooding off Commercial St. near J’s Oyster. #MEwx #NEWSCENTERmaine #PortlandME pic.twitter.com/3gjztARGjI
— Ryan Breton (@RyanBretonWX) January 30, 2018
The snow is expected to stop falling Down East by the evening, as the storm heads out to sea, Bloomer said.
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