A messy winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow and sleet in some parts of Maine heading into the weekend, though southern and coastal Maine saw minimal accumulation.

Friday’s weather brought 6 to 12 inches of snow to the western Maine mountains and central Maine – and in some parts more – while 2.7 inches of snow were recorded at the Portland International Jetport.

“That sleet line was pretty persistent and it took a long time to move, which was the main reason we had those lighter amounts south of the foothills and then the heavier amounts were further up to the north, where the participation stayed mostly snow,” said Hunter Tubbs, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Gray.

The Western Maine Foothills and inland areas in the southwest part of the state as well as central Maine saw at least 6 inches of snow. Portions of western Cumberland County saw over a foot as well as parts of northwest Maine from the White Mountains in New Hampshire east through Bethel and Rangeley.

Madrid, in Franklin County, reported 16.3 inches while the Kennebec County town of Readfield saw 14.2 inches. The highest snowfall total in Cumberland County was 13 inches in Bridgton and in York County, 8 inches in East Waterboro.

South of Lewiston through southeast Maine saw less snowfall and more sleet. “There were still a couple inches of snow and sleet reported in most of those locations as well,” Tubbs said.

The storm made for a dangerous commute Friday morning and cleanup was still taking place Saturday, though no major problems were reported.

In Portland, a citywide parking ban is in effect from 10 p.m. Saturday through 6 a.m. Sunday. The city offers numerous free options for parking during snow bans, including the Fitzpatrick Stadium parking lot behind the ice arena and the Hadlock Field parking lot. A complete list is available at portlandmaine.gov.

City Chief of Staff Dena Libner said Saturday the extra night was needed to clear city streets due to the length of the storm Friday and the consistency of the precipitation. “The consistency of it just made it difficult to do a really thorough plow so we need tonight to make sure we can properly clear all the streets,” Libner said.

Interstate 295, which runs from Scarborough to West Gardiner, had about five minor weather-related crashes early Friday morning while the Maine Turnpike saw a total of about 20 crashes, including 10 in a three-hour period from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Just before noon Friday, Maine State Police responded to three crashes that happened within a short span of each other including a tractor-trailer crash at mile marker 12 in Ogunquit, a tractor-trailer crash at mile 17 and a car crash at mile 28, according to a news release Saturday from the Maine Department of Public Safety.

No injuries were reported but in all three instances drivers were traveling too fast for road conditions, the release said.

Just before 5 p.m. Maine State Police troopers responded to several more crashes, including a tractor-trailer traveling northbound on the turnpike that went out of control at mile 7 in York, slid across the median and struck a concrete barrier. “Again, fortunately there were no injuries,” the release said.

Aside from messy roads, the storm appeared to have caused few problems. Only 499 out of more than 660,000 Central Maine Power customers were without electricity at noon Saturday. Just after 4 p.m. Saturday, CMP reported 93 outages, all of them in Oxford County.

The Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency did not get any reports of storm-related problems Friday. “We didn’t get a single call,” said Director Matt Mahar. 

York County Emergency Management Director Art Cleaves also reported no problems other than bad roads. “It was a big snowstorm in some parts and like an ice storm in other parts, but from our standpoint we had nothing at all,” Cleaves said. “I’m not disappointed, by the way.”

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