Update: The winter storm that made its way up the coast has arrived in Lincoln County, and will likely stick around until early Wednesday morning.

Although the blizzard that went through the Northeast didn't feature the heavy snow that typically leads to outages, the high winds still accounted for more than 1,200 outages, according to Central Maine Power.

Of those outages, Lincoln County has been the hardest hit: as of 1 p.m., 988 outages were reported in Lincoln County. Approximately half of the Lincoln County outages were in Bremen, and the other half in Waldoboro.

At the same time, blizzard warnings were still in effect along the coast, according to the National Weather Service in Gray.

Original post: When a winter storm comes swooping into New England early Tuesday morning, it's expected to bring with it light, fluffy snow that shouldn't weigh down power lines.

Unfortunately, the howling winds mean the snow, even when it's done falling, won't stay still for very long, said Mike Kistner with the National Weather Service in Gray.

After a mostly quiet January, winter has returned to New England. The Midcoast received several inches of snow on Saturday, Jan. 24, and more is on the way.

The storm will arrive in the Midcoast in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Jan. 27 Kistner said, and soon after the fun will really begin.

“The way it's currently tracking, it looks like snowfall is going to be heaviest from right after daybreak to dusk,” he said. “The estimates range from 12 to 20 inches, and most of that will be in a nine-hour window.”

The storm will be heavy only in the amount of snow it drops, Kistner said, as the powder falling from the skies is expected to be light, and likely won't clump to trees and power lines.

But, there still could be power outages, Kistner warned.

“If there are going to be outages, it'll be from the wind,” he said, adding that winds could track up towards 50 miles an hour in some areas. “Because the snow is going to be so light, the wind's going to whip it around really well. That should reduce visibility down to zero.”

Most of the snow will be concentrated during the daylight hours, although Kistner said up to half a foot could fall throughout Tuesday night, before the storm finally dissipates Wednesday morning.

The storm, like many that barrel into New England, is a pair of different storms, Kistner said.

The first part is what is called an Alberta Clipper, which has moved cold weather across the northern part of the country. Then that storm is projected to collide with a low-pressure storm brewing off the coast of Maryland to form the storm that is expected to hit Maine on Tuesday, Kistner said.

“The heaviest snow is actually going to be along the coastal regions,” he said. “Up in the mountains we are projecting eight to 12 inches (of snow), so it's looking like it will be a nice storm for (the ski mountains) too, but most of the snow should come down along the coast.”

Kistner said the top-end estimates include two feet for the region, although snow totals are likely going to be closer to 20 inches.

After the snow stops the region will still be blanketed in cold, although no snow is expected after Wednesday morning into Thursday.

But, any relief could be short-lived. Another storm is being project to dump another three- to six inches in the region on Friday, Jan. 30.

“The models show it as a quick moving storm, and it shouldn't be anything too significant,” Kistner said. “It looks like it's going to be more of a nuisance storm.”

Even before the first flakes fell, Wiscasset schools announced there would be no school on Tuesday, the Newcastle board of selectmen canceled its Monday meeting, and according to a release from AAA New England's Pat Moody, it's a better idea to not take to the roads.

“Driving during or after a winter storm is dangerous no matter how well you and your vehicle is prepared,” Moody wrote in a release.