A potent storm system is set to move into Maine on Sunday, bringing mountain snow, coastal rain, strong winds, and potentially significant coastal flooding during the morning hours.
Improvements arrive Sunday afternoon with quieter weather continuing into next week.
Friday will be beautiful and sunny, with a bit of a breeze, but otherwise very nice with highs in the upper 40s.
Saturday will bring a lot more cloud cover heading through the day. Highs will be near 40.
A potent storm is set to arrive Saturday night into Sunday. Rain, wind, mountain snow, and coastal flooding are expected with this storm.
Outside of the mountains, snow will be a minimal factor with this system. In the mountains, totals will increase with elevation with up to a foot possible in the highest elevations.
Lower elevations will get up to 6 inches of precipitation, with some rain mixing in late in the morning. Still looking good for a nice boost for ski resorts.
Winds will be a factor with this system and they will be strongest before noon on Sunday.
Gusts up to 45 mph will be possible at the coast, with 35 mph gusts inland.
Widespread outages are not expected, but there could be some scattered power issues.
Significant coastal flooding is looking likely for the 11:41 a.m. high tide.
Current forecast has water levels reaching record highs in Portland. Erosion, splash over, and coastal road closures are all possible.
Around 1 to 1.5 inches of rain is likely for coastal and inland areas.
While major flooding is not expected, minor flooding is possible and there will be rises on all the major rivers.
The storm winds down Sunday afternoon. Some rain and snow showers will persist into Monday with temperatures remaining near the 40 degree mark for Monday.
Sunshine returns Tuesday of next week with highs in the 40s, Wednesday looks even milder, near 50 and sunny as well.
