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Karen Maxwell prunes her limelight hydrangeas on Saturday at her home in Ogunquit. Maxwell flew in on Friday from her home in Florida just to prune her gardens, as the window for pruning Hydrangeas is now, said Maxwell, while wearing two pairs of gloves to keep her hands warm. “Next week I will be back in Florida, where it will be 90 degrees,” Maxwell said. She gardens all winter at her home in Florida and all summer at her home in Maine. “I have the best of both worlds, but my heart will always be in Maine.” Daryn Slover/Portland Press Herald

Portland woke up to a few inches of snow Saturday morning as a late-season burst of wintry weather hits the state.

A total of 3.4 inches was recorded at the Portland International Jetport after the snow stopped Saturday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. Most of the state had between 2 and 5 inches. Parts of Cumberland and York counties saw 5 or more inches, with 5 inches reported out of South Windham and 5.2 in East Baldwin.

The bulk of the snow came Saturday morning, said Jon Palmer, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Gray office. The weather service recorded roughly 3 inches in Portland as of 8 a.m. Saturday.

Lisbon police officer Brianna Kenney checks on the driver of a car that slid off the side of Lisbon Street on Saturday morning. Daryn Slover/Portland Press Herald

The snow tapered off by late morning. A dry Saturday afternoon was expected to be followed by a mix of sleet, rain and freezing rain going into Sunday, Palmer said.

“It’s just going to be kind of a weird weekend. A lot of on-and-off snow, and then on-and-off freezing rain,” Palmer said.

Commuters should take caution in slick conditions on Sunday, especially in interior Maine and into New Hampshire.

“We could be looking at a pretty decent amount of ice throughout the day tomorrow,” Palmer said. “North of Farmington, we’re looking at a little over a quarter of an inch (of ice), and then down towards Gray, Augusta, Waterville, maybe up to a tenth of an inch of ice, and then more ice as you head towards the White Mountains.”

Things will warm up, but not necessarily dry up, on Monday when temperatures are expected to reach the 50s in the Portland area.

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Katie covers Brunswick and Topsham for the Times Record. She was previously the weekend reporter at the Portland Press Herald and is originally from the Hudson Valley region of upstate New York. Before...

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