This will be a Thanksgiving to remember and for many Mainers, it’s not a good thing. Power is out to over 80,000 this morning after heavy wet snow and enough wind combined to make bring down trees and power lines. New Hampshire is also in the dark with up to a third of the state experiencing some power issue.

The accumulating snow is over for southern most Maine with an inch or 2 more in the capitol district. The storm is notable for the amount of snow so early in the season and the timing. Of course, having a major snowstorm the day before Thanksgiving is always going to impact the holiday in a major way.

It’s obvious to many, but every winter people die shoveling. Moving snow isn’t the way anyone wants to die, be careful when clearing it today, it’s very dense.

Snowfall totals will be updated throughout the day, but you can see some of the numbers from just after midnight below.

If you did lose power and perhaps you are still reading this or you know someone without power remind them refrigerators stay cold for 12-18 hours if they are kept shut. Since the heat might off as well, that number could go longer.

You can always take out the Turkey, put it in a cooler and cover it with snow. Temperatures the next three days are going to be 10 degrees below average so the outdoors will act like a big fridge. Food can be kept safely chilled in this way. When in doubt, throw it out.

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Our nor’easter is now headed to eastern Canada and will continue to lose influence on the region throughout the day. The isobars (black lines) around the storm indicate a lot of wind.

There will be lots of clouds today with highs in the lower to middle 30s. The clouds tonight will help to keep temperatures from falling too far, into the mid-teens to lower 20s. There might be some light snow or flurries over south coastal York and Cumberland Counties with a coating of new snow possible there. This is basically some ocean snow, but most of it will stay south of Maine. Boston could see 2 inches of snow.

Friday is a very cold day with highs only in the lower 30s and with clearing skies Friday night it’s going to be very cold. Lows by Saturday morning will range from 8-14 and if power is still out, some frozen pipes will likely be a problem.

The cold lasts one more day on Saturday with a much milder air mass for Sunday and Monday. Highs to start the workweek will be near 50F in greater Portland.

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