Mainers awoke on the 8th to some serious ice accumulation.

During the night, power outages were common over many areas of Cumberland County. And it was not the morning to sleep-in either, as the overnight freezing rain coated most cars with a thick layer of scraper-breaking ice. The ice also made any walking surface not either sanded or salted virtually impassable.

After the ice accretion, the temperatures rose above freezing during the daytime heating. The Sun's radiation combined with the warm air-temperatures resulted in an interesting melt where the sky was clear but the trees made it seem like it was raining.

For the Portland area, this is the 3rd winter storm of this season. The one prior left about 3.5" of snow at WeatherMaine in South Portland, Maine.