The National Weather Service has extended a winter weather advisory warning of hazardous road conditions caused by mixed precipitation overspreading Lincoln County during the evening hours Tuesday. The winter weather advisory, originally in effect until 6 p.m., is now in effect until 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Crews from Central Maine Power Co. succeeded in restoring power before nightfall to all of the over 300 Lincoln County households with outages, according to a Sunday afternoon report from CMP. The outages followed the first measurable snowfall of the season Saturday night.

A number of factors have combined to cause power outages to increase in Lincoln County following the first measurable snowfall of the season. A total of 310 Lincoln County households were without electrical power, according to the report from Central Maine Power Co.  at 11:57 a.m. on Sunday; up from 160 outages reported Saturday night at 10:28 p.m. That number puts Lincoln County in the unenviable position of highest number of outages state-wide, followed by Kennebec with 208.

The first measurable snowfall in Lincoln County brought some sloppy road conditions, resulting in a number of traffic accidents, as well as scattered power outages, according to reports. As of this posting, no major storm related incidents have been reported. Steady snowfall is forecast to taper off before dawn on Sunday, and Lincoln County residents may even see some sunshine on Sunday, according to the NWS.

The National Weather Service has downgraded the winter storm watch issued Friday afternoon to a winter weather advisory issued Saturday morning. The downgrade means that the NWS does not expect snowfall totals to exceed 6 inches during the event, which is now forecast to begin with snowfall or mixed precipitation Saturday afternoon and continue through the overnight hours into Sunday morning. Nevertheless, the current storm should bring the first measurable snowfall of the season to Lincoln County.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch in advance of a weather system expected to bring the first measurable snowfall of the season to Lincoln County. Total snowfall accumulations of 6 inches or more are possible during this event, according to the NWS.

Lincoln County Publishing Co., 116 Mills Road, Newcastle, invites the community to an open house at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 17. The event is free to attend and open to all. Light refreshments will be served.