The next storm headed to Maine this weekend will be influenced by the path it takes

Accuweather Meteorologist Joe Lundberg says if it travels through the Gulf of Maine, it’ll bring cold air that’ll lead to a lot more snow than rain in Portland.

“I think there’s easily going to be several inches,” said Lundberg. “I’m talking like I would think at least three to six inches. Even along the seacoast, I could see more, if the storm track is far enough south that the mixing is limited or non-existent.”

Lumberg says the storm, which will pass through on Saturday night and Sunday, will bring a foot or more of snow to the mountains of Maine.

Maine is also now getting a steady flow of storms every several days after an early winter with very little snow.

Lundberg says the reason for the change is a blocking pattern, which sent storms to the southern states instead if New England.

“That blocking is gone now,” Lundberg said. “So, the jet stream has come back to the north, and it’s been an extraordinarily active one, storm after storm embedded in it, and there’s still plenty of arctic air on the playing field. So now we’re getting the storm after storm after storm,”

Lundberg says this weekend’s storm will be followed by another storm next week.