UPDATE: As of February 7, the storm is still on track. Click here for our updated story.

Original post: Lincoln County could be in for a wild 24 hours, according to the National Weather Service in Gray.

While the original forecast for the upcoming storm called for six inches of snow along the coast that number has been tweaked to 1-2 feet of snow over a 24-hour period.

It won't be just snow; heavy wind from the low-pressure system should cause drifts and limit visibility, meteorologist Tom Hawley said.

“The snow will start in the Boothbay area around noon on Friday,” he said. “That will get heavier around 6 p.m. (Friday) and continue to fall pretty heavily along the coast until Saturday morning. Then it should taper off.”

Hawley called the storm a typical nor'easter: the system started in Texas and will wind its way around the Florida panhandle where it will pick up moisture and momentum as hit hurls itself up the coast.

“It's going to be very cold up here,” he said. “Because of that we are expecting just snow; we don't think there will be any rain mixed in. It looks like everyone is going to get a lot of snow.”

A winter storm warning was put into effect for Thursday through Saturday for most coastal portions of Maine, including Lincoln, Sagadahoc and Knox counties.

Ben Bulkeley can be reached at 207-633-4620 or bbulkeley@boothbayregister.com. Follow him on Twitter: @BBRegisterBen.