The blizzard warning may have expired at 7 p.m., but effects of the storm that battered Lincoln County during the overnight hours of Sunday and through Monday are still lingering. The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement that gusty northwest winds running along the backside of the passing weather front will continue through tonight. Blowing and drifting snow will remain an issue, making travel treacherous and visibility low in some cases, according to the NWS.

The Central Maine Power Co. is reporting 182 power outages in Boothbay Harbor concentrated in the Spruce Point area, as of the 2:06 p.m. CMP report. The rest of Lincoln County appears to be faring well as blizzard conditions begin to dissipate in the area. The only other outages presently reported are in South Bristol, with two households affected on Winks Way.

After a pause for safety concerns during whiteout conditions the morning of Monday, Feb. 13, plow trucks are back on the road in towns across Lincoln County.

Route 1 has been reopened in Waldoboro, after four tractor-trailers jackknifed due to whiteout conditions.

Steady snowfall began in Lincoln County Sunday night and is expected to continue, with blizzard conditions, until Monday at 7 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. A blizzard watch issued earlier by the NWS was upgraded to a blizzard warning on Sunday afternoon, as residents prepared for high winds, heavy snowfall, and the possibility of widespread power outages.

Just as the first weather system to bring snowfall to Lincoln County this weekend began to move out, a blizzard watch has been issued by the National Weather Service for a second system due to arrive Sunday.

Steady snowfall was overspreading Lincoln County on Saturday in advance of another, more robust system forecast to chug through the area from Sunday through Monday. Snowfall totals for both storms are now projected at between 18 and 26 inches, according to the National Weather Service.

A significant storm on Saturday will be followed by a more significant storm on Sunday through Monday, leaving Lincoln County blanketed in snowfall and buffeted by high winds, according to advisories from the National Weather Service.

Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency Director Casey Stevens is warning residents to take precautions and check conditions before going onto frozen bodies of water.