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Rain, snow, and ice impacted Maine on Tuesday, December 10th. The following is a list of snowfall reports from the National Weather Service office in Gray and from Maine's Total Weather spotters. Livermore Falls 3.0 in
Aroostook County received its earliest major December snowfall in three years during a storm that dumped more than half a foot of precipitation Wednesday night and into Thursday morning. Flakes started falling late Wednesday afternoon and totaled more than 8 inches in some parts of The County.
A winter storm that battered the Northeast this week brought nearly an entire month's worth of snow to one Maine town over the first two days of the month.
More than 5 inches had accumulated in much of southern, central and western Maine by Tuesday evening, when the heaviest snow was expected to fall.
A winter storm brought the first significant round of snow and ice to parts of the Midwest and South on Monday, with the system set to deliver ice across the Northeast.
National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists across the nation have issued winter weather alerts on Tuesday, with many states expecting several inches of snow or more over the next 24 hours.
The low pressure system causing snow on Sunday night is forecasted to be followed by a high pressure system, with northwest winds bringing a blast of cold air to Maine. Across the state, low temperatures on Monday night will reach the single digits. The forecasted low for Portland Monday evening is 3 degrees, and minus 1 in Rangeley.
Last year, New Hampshire saw at least an inch of snow on Christmas morning, as the Granite State experienced a weather event that brought six inches to some places in New Hampshire and more than that in other places.
Forecasters have said parts of the U.S. can expect frigid temperatures in December. A first round has arrived, and more cold air could be coming.