A dense fog advisory is in effect from the mountains to the coast until midnight. Visibility in dense fog is expected to be a quarter-mile or less.The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for southern and western Maine and most of New England.

The rain is falling, and warmer temperatures are here, which means an increased risk for ice jams and flooding along Maine’s rivers.“They form during the freeze

Maine FIshermen's Forum, fishermen react to federal cuts to the National Weather Service, which they use to make life-and-death decisions.

Hundreds of employees were cut from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration late last week, including the National Weather Service.

A spring storm is bringing various weather conditions across the U.S. Some regions are facing snow, possible tornadoes, and critical fire conditions, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

The hourlong virtual training session is being held Wednesday evening by several NWS offices in northern New England.

PORTLAND (WGME) -- Spring is warming nationwide, including in Maine. Climate Central, a non-profit organization of scientists and journalists, found that 97% of the 241 U.S. cities they analyzed saw spring warming. The average temperature increase (March - May) is 2.4 degrees.

Those let go include meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the country.

A burst of heavy snow during the morning could bring snowfall rates of a half-inch to an inch per hour, which is likely to impact the morning commute and make travel tricky through the afternoon. There could be low visibility and slushy roads across the region, according to the National Weather Service in Gray.

The National Weather Service is hosting a virtual online river ice spotter training course from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. today. It is free and open to the public. The course is a collaboration between the NWS offices in Burlington,

Around Yosemite National Park, warnings are in place between 10 p.m. PST on Saturday and 10 p.m. PST on Monday, with wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour and snow accumulations of up to 14 inches at the highest elevations. In this area, roads could become hazardous and travel "very difficult to impossible."