March brings a renewed blast of winter to Maine.

A storm that rapidly intensified in the Gulf of Maine brought heavy snow to the interior sections of Maine on the 8th. A relatively unimpressive storm as it approached rapidly gained intensity as it passed right up the Maine coast. The immediate coast had a heavy Ice Pellet event which limited accumulation amounts; inland, however got much more accumulation as the storm brought mostly snow.

In addition to the snowfall, this storm brought high winds to the Portland area as it departed. A tight pressure gradient set up over northern New England which brought very gusty winds to Southern Maine.