It’s beginning to look a lot like spring in Maine, but that could all change on Tuesday. According to reports on NOAA, dated March 18, much of Maine is expected to receive upwards of a foot of snow by the first day of spring. The storm will arrive sometime late Tuesday night and continue into the daylight hours on Wednesday, the first day of spring.
Areas of downeast and east central Maine can expect rates of up to 1 to 2 inches of snow an hour Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, with a total accumulation of 10 to 14 inches of heavy snow.
According to WABI TV in Bangor, the snow will spread from southwest to the northeast across Maine from late Tuesday to early Wednesday morning, winding down by noon on Wednesday.
Although there is some chance of mixed precipitation, the air mass is expected to remain cool enough to produce snow across most of Maine, with the possibility of sleet or ice along the coast.
Total accumulations are expected to range from 6 to 12 inches south of Bangor and 8 to 14 inches in northern areas.
Mainers typically refer to late winter and early spring storms as either the “robin’s storm”, because it arrives after the robins have returned to their nesting grounds in Maine, or “poor man’s fertilizer”. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, late snow storms add nitrogen to the soil as the snow melts, giving rise to the name.
Whatever you call it, Mainers can look forward to heavy snow to mark the first day of spring on Wednesday.
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