The Maine Forecast: Big swings in temperatures will continue into April

Spring generally leans cold or warm, and this year overall we are running mild.

The Maine Forecast: Welcome spring, and the return of winter’s snow

Daylight saving time begins Sunday. Why are we still doing this?

It’s that time of the year again when we move the clocks forward by an hour and therefore can take advantage of more daylight during the second half of the day. Although we call this new time daylight saving time, we haven’t added anymore daylight to our lives; we’ve only shifted when it occurs. A […]

As warmer weather arrives, pollen season begins

While temperatures are still cold this weekend, there is a big warm-up coming over the next week thanks to high pressure pushing offshore and the return flow of warm air. This pattern will likely bring at least one 60-degree day and the feeling of spring to parts of the region. Most of the area has […]

Subzero cold followed by near record warmth? What’s going on with our winter weather?

Yesterday Portland reached 50 degrees, just one degree shy of the record high for the date. Interestingly enough, this occurred on same day when day back in 1943 Portland set its all-time lowest reading ever at 39 degrees below zero. This past weekend temperatures fell well below zero and the highs on Sunday remained below 10 degrees […]

Dangerous wind chill arrives Saturday night, but not record cold

The upcoming cold has been advertised almost as much as a snowstorm and you may wonder what the big deal is, but if you step outside from late Saturday afternoon through Sunday you’ll know why we’ve all been talking about it for the past week. The good news about the arctic blast is it won’t […]

Bundle up: Arctic cold is coming for the weekend

Pure arctic air is on the way for the weekend, and if you’re among those who aren’t looking forward to it, at least I can tell you it won’t last very long. There are some (forgive the pun) cool things we can check out when it comes to the upcoming cold snap. The map below, as […]

Large ocean storm stays far enough east to only brush Maine

After a very nice Sunday across the region, we find winter weather advisories posted for much of Maine. Snow is in the forecast in some form the first part of this week, but you’ll be disappointed if you were expecting a lot of it.  The storm bringing this weather is located over 600 miles from […]

Heavier snow pushes further inland, bringing snowstorm to larger area of Maine

Afternoon Update Nowcasting is what we call following a storm situation and giving updates.  During this particular storm it’s been necessary to update the forecast and raise the snow totals everywhere.  As the heavier precipitation earlier thought to stay south and east of the Maine coastline has now moved inland.  This means some areas could […]

Snow could make Friday morning commute a bit messy

If you haven’t looked at a weather forecast in over a day you might be surprised at the snow coming tomorrow.  Indeed there is snow in the forecast and some areas may be plowing Friday morning. The warm air over us the past couple of days is being pushed out to sea by colder and […]