Snow: 10-14 inches expected at the cabin

As it looks now....

The Maryland Sled Dog Adventures sled dogs can smell it. What is "it."? "It" is SNOW. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for our cabin in Maine:

Issued by The National Weather Service

Portland, ME
3:36 am EST, Wed., Dec. 9, 2009

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY.

ACROSS INTERIOR CENTRAL MAINE... LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 700 AND 900 AM. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON... THEN BECOME LIGHTER IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET... BETWEEN 10 AND 14 INCHES OF NEW SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED.

AS THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES LIGHTER TONIGHT... IT WILL LIKELY FALL IN THE FORM OF DRIZZLE... .FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SNOW FLURRIES. THIS WILL DEPEND ON SURFACE TEMPERATURES... BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AFTER THIS EVENING.

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... SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EAST FROM LOWE PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL APPROACH THE REGION THIS MORNING. AHEAD OF THE WARM FRONT... SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 500 AND 1000 AM.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ON THE WARM FRONT WILL RESULT IN SNOW FALLING HEAVILY AT TIMES FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED FROM THE MORNING COMMUTE ONWARD... .AS CONDITIONS DETERIORATE FAIRLY RAPIDLY THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

Ten to fourteen inches of snow is predicted to fall at our dog sledding cabin in Maine and since we're all snow lovers we say: bring it on! While snow at the cabin means plowing, shoveling and clearing, it also means dog sledding, cross country skiing, skijoring, and snow shoeing, some of our favorite activities. To check snow depths, we use the NERFC Snow Depth Map which is updated daily.

As it will soon look....

Want to spend four days having a hands on adventure learning all aspects of dog sledding and mushing across the gorgeous snow covered trails surrounding our Maine cabin? Interested in learning how to skijor, breaking trail on snowshoes in a silent forest, identifying animal tracks around the cabin, and spending time with our lovable sled dogs? If so, check out our special women's dog sledding adventure trip: our Maine Winter Cabin Adventure. There are only six spaces available for this trip and they are filling fast so email catherine@marylanddogsledding.com to register.