Weather Alert in Maine
Flood Advisory issued March 20 at 5:42PM EDT until March 21 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Caribou ME
AREAS AFFECTED: Penobscot, ME
DESCRIPTION: * WHAT...Minor flooding caused by an ice jam on the Piscataquis River in Maxfield and Howland continues. * WHERE...A portion of East Central Maine, including the following county, Penobscot. * WHEN...Until 800 PM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding with the Piscataquis River along the Maxfield and North Howland Roads. Additionally flooding of properties near or in low-lying and flood-prone locations between Maxfield and Howland is possible if ice shifts on the Piscataquis River. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 539 PM EDT, Penobscot County Emergency Management reported minor flooding due to an Ice Jam along the Piscataquis River in Maxfield to Howland. The Piscataquis River remains out of its banks due to the ice jam. Flood waters are slowly receding along the Maxfield and North Howland Roads. Sections of the North Howland Road is washed out but no longer flooded in Maxfield. Large ice chunks have been pushed into properties between Maxfield and Howland. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Howland, Enfield, Medford and Maxfield. - For flood safety visit www.weather.gov/safety/flood
INSTRUCTION: Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Water levels can rise and fall quickly in the vicinity of ice jams. Those with interests along rivers and tributary streams should be alert for rapidly fluctuating water levels in the vicinity of ice jams. Never drive through flooded roads or around closed road barricades. The barricades are there for your safety due to the potential for ice jam releases or continued flooding.
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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth
back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.
Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because
molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor.
In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.
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Weather Topic: What are Fractus Clouds?
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A fractus cloud (scud) is a fragmented, tattered cloud which has
likely been sheared off of another cloud. They are accessory clouds, meaning they
develop from parent clouds, and are named in a way which describes the original
cloud which contained them.
Fractus clouds which have originated from cumulus clouds are referred to as
cumulus fractus, while fractus clouds which have originated from stratus clouds
are referred to as stratus fractus. Under certain conditions a fractus cloud might
merge with another cloud, or develop into a cumulus cloud, but usually a
fractus cloud seen by itself will dissipate rapidly.
They are often observed on the leading and trailing edges of storm clouds,
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