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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
241 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
-- Changed Discussion --A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH FURTHER OUT TO SEA TONIGHT ALLOWING HIGH
PRESSURE TO NOSE DOWN FROM CANADA. THIS HIGH WILL CONTROL OUR
WEATHER WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH SUNNY WARM WEATHER
DURING THE DAY AND COOL PLEASANT WEATHER AT NIGHT. THE HIGH WILL
SLIDE OFFSHORE TO OUR SOUTH ON THURSDAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL
DROP SOUTH INTO NEW ENGLAND FOR FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND WITH MILD
TEMPERATURES AND UNSETTLED WEATHER. THE FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH OF
THE REGION BY MONDAY AS A WARM FRONT WITH HEAT AND HUMIDITY TO
FOLLOW FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.-- End Changed Discussion --

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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
-- Changed Discussion --THE SURFACE COLD FRONT JUST OFF THE COAST WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
OUT TO SEA TONIGHT. WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST
ALONG THE FRONT. THIS FRONT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RAIN TODAY BUT
AS IT MOVES OUT TO SEA THE RAIN SHIELD WILL SHRINK/DRY UP FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. CLEARING SHOULD ALSO WORK IN
FROM THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT LEAVING US WITH CLEAR OR MOSTLY CLEAR
SKIES LATER TONIGHT. SOME VALLEY FOG MAY FORM BUT WITH DRIER
AIR/LOWER SURFACE DEW POINTS AND LIGHT NORTH OR NORTHWEST WINDS
SHOULD KEEP MOST AREAS FOG FREE. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM 40 TO 50
MOST AREAS THOUGH THE NORTHERN MOST ZONES COULD SEE LOWS IN THE
UPPER 30S WITH THE COLDEST SPOTS PERHAPS DIPPING INTO THE MID 30S.
AT THIS TIME NOT EXPECTING MUCH FROST, IF ANY, SO WILL NOT PUT UP
AN ADVISORY OR MENTION FROST IN THE FORECAST.-- End Changed Discussion --

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.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
-- Changed Discussion --HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN WITH MOSTLY CLEAR WEATHER WITH LOW
HUMIDITY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S WEDNESDAY AND LOWS 40
TO 50 WITH SOME UPPER 30S NORTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NORTH WINDS PICK
UP FOR AWHILE ON WEDNESDAY AND WILL KEEP OUT THE SEA BREEZE FOR
MOST OF THE DAY...BUT A GOOD CHANCE BY LATE AFTERNOON THAT WINDS
LIGHTEN UP ENOUGH FOR THE SEA BREEZE TO KICK IN ALONG THE COAST.-- End Changed Discussion --

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.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
-- Changed Discussion --THE MODELS ARE NOW IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK ON
LONGWAVE PATTERN. WE BEGIN THE PERIOD WITH A BROAD TROUGH FROM THE
GREAT LAKES EASTWARD INTO NEW ENGLAND. HEIGHTS BEGIN TO RISE BY
THE WEEKEND AS THE TROUGH LIFTS OUT AND BY NEXT MONDAY WE`RE IN A
NEARLY ZONAL FLOW WITH THE MEAN JET POSITION MIGRATING NORTH TO A
POSITION ALONG OR NORTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. THIS OPENS
THE DOOR FOR SUMMER HEAT AND HUMIDITY TO EXPAND EASTWARD INTO THE
FORECAST AREA BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
THURSDAY...TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE ABOVE NORMAL
FOR THE FORECAST PERIOD.

IN THE DAILIES...HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE OFFSHORE TO OUR SOUTH ON
THURSDAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH INTO NEW ENGLAND FOR
FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND WITH MILD TEMPERATURES AND UNSETTLED
WEATHER. THE FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE REGION BY MONDAY AS A
WARM FRONT WITH HEAT AND HUMIDITY TO FOLLOW FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.-- End Changed Discussion --

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.AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
-- Changed Discussion --SHORT TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...SHOWERS END THIS EVENING
WITH ANY MVFR CONDITIONS IMPROVING. HIGH PRESSURE BRINGS VFR
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF VALLEY FOG LATER
TONIGHT BUT IT SHOULD BE LIMITED DUE TO DRIER AIR MOVING IN AND
LIGHT NORTH OR NORTHWEST BREEZES. AT THIS TIME CONFIDENCE NOT HIGH
ENOUGH TO MENTION IN THE TAFS...BUT IT IS POSSIBLE MAINLY FOR LEB
AND MAYBE CON AND HIE.

LONG TERM...

FRI - SUN...SCT MVFR POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.-- End Changed Discussion --

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.MARINE...
-- Changed Discussion --SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...THE FRONT AND LOW
PRESSURE MOVING ALONG IT MOVE FURTHER OUT TO SEA TONIGHT ALLOWING
HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD IN FROM CANADA THROUGH THE SHORT TERM
FORECAST PERIOD. THIS SHOULD KEEP WINDS AND SEAS BELOW SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY LEVELS.

LONG TERM...

FRI - SAT...WINDS AND SEAS MAY APPROACH SMALL CRAFT OUTSIDE THE BAYS.-- End Changed Discussion --

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.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...NONE.
NH...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

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NWS MTR Office Area Forecast Discussion