An Important Update on the 2,000-Mile-Long Storm Bearing Down on Maine, New Hampshire, & Massachusetts

It has been a few years since we have had to deal with a monster like Fern.

Yes, we get at least a few major storms every years, but Fern is massive.  The storm, which is affecting millions of Americans from Texas to Maine, is set to cause disruptions along a path that stretches 2,000 miles!

It is kind of funny to think that, just a few days ago, it did not look like this storm was even going to touch us.  At first, meteorologists were predicting that the storm would only reach as far as New York.  Now, it is predicted to dump snow as far north as Caribou, Maine.

Over the last few years, we have gotten an updated on what we can expect from the storm.

An Update on Winter Storm Fern

According to an article on the WCSH 6 website, the snow is expected to start around noon on Sunday in the Boston area.  Most of New Hampshire and Southern Maine will start seeing snow in the early afternoon, it will be snowing in Central Maine by late afternoon, and the rest of the state will start getting dumped on by about 9 PM.

Despite the fact that the south and much of the lower east coast are likely to get a mix of precipitation that includes a lot of ice, meteorologists have been saying that we will probably get mostly snow in Northern New England.

As for totals, Boston (and most of Massachusetts) could get up to 12".  The article explains that coastal Maine (like Portland, Scarborough, and York) could see over 18" by the end of the storm.  Central Maine, including Augusta and Waterville, could see anywhere from a foot to 18" of snow.  The Bangor area could see as much as 12" and Northern Maine will likely get somewhere between 2" and 8".

At this point, it looks like the storm will stick with us through the middle of the day on Monday.

On the plus side, because it is expected to be mostly snow here in Maine and New Hampshire, we will likely avoid having an power outages.

Please be safe over the next couple of days.