For those hoping the Wednesday, March 26 snowstorm would push the area's snowfall totals above last year's were out of luck.

For those who don't want snow there is some good news: The snowstorm will most likely skip the Midcoast, according to the National Weather Service in Gray.

Meteorologist Mike Kistner said the storm, which had been projected to dump the Midcoast with several inches of snow, will most likely blow past the region and quickly.

“There will be major gusts of wind until midnight (Thursday, March 27) before it dies down a bit,” he said.

By major, Kistner said the Midcoast can expect wind gusts from the upper-40 mile per hour range all the way up to 60 miles per hour.

“Down in Portland, the wind will likely be more in the 40- and 50-mile-hour range,” he said. “In the Midcoast, expect it to be more in the 50s.”

Central Maine Power reports at 3:37 p.m. Wednesday that 41 customers are without power in Lincoln County. Wiscasset has 35 outages, while Dresden (five) and Edgecomb (one) also have outages. The majority of Wiscasset outages are on Old Dresden Road.

But, it won't be the Midcoast bearing the brunt of a storm that brought 82-mile-per-hour-winds to Nantucket, Mass. earlier in the day. Washington County will receive significant snowfall and winds gusting 60-65 miles per hour, Kistner said. Mattinicus Island was the breeziest spot recorded in Maine on Wednesday, with gusts ranging up to 75 miles per hour.

“In the Midcoast, if you get anything it will just be a flurry,” he said. “It looks like the storm is going to get just a bit of Washington County.”

The snowfall totals for the current winter season needed a push if they were going to beat last year's impressive total: So far, 81.8 inches of snow have fallen at the Portland measuring station, which is the closest to the Midcoast. Last year the total was greater than 97 inches, thanks in large part to a February storm that dropped 30 inches across New England.