FXUS61 KCAR 200811
AFDCAR
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
411 AM EDT SAT SEP 20 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN EAST OF THE REGION TODAY. A COLD FRONT
WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE IN THE DAY AND THEN CROSS
THE REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
ACROSS THE REGION LATER SUNDAY AND REMAIN THROUGH MID WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF THE REGION WILL RESULT IN A SOUTHWEST FLOW
OF MILDER AIR TODAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE
LOW TO MID 60S ACROSS THE REGION.
A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE TODAY. THE
FRONT WILL ENTER EXTREME NORTHWEST MAINE TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE
EAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. THE FRONT
WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS WHEN IT ENTERS THE
STATE LATE TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL BE FROM
CARIBOU NORTH AND WEST. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES EAST
ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT WITH SHOWERS DIMINISHING BY MORNING.
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW TO MID 40S
REGIONWIDE. 
&&
.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
THE WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY.
AN ISOLATED SHOWER IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN/CENTRAL AREAS EARLY
SUNDAY. OTHERWISE...CLOUD COVER WILL DIMINISH IN THE WAKE OF THE
COLD FRONT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY
NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT BRINGING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT BELOW NORMAL LEVELS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...THEN MOVE TO THE EAST THURSDAY. SKIES WILL REMAIN
MOSTLY CLEAR TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY. CLOUD COVER WILL THEN BEGIN TO
INCREASE LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY WITH A DEVELOPING
WARM FRONT. ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATER THURSDAY. A
COLD FRONT COULD BEGIN TO CROSS THE REGION FRIDAY WITH A CHANCE OF 
SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT BELOW NORMAL LEVELS TUESDAY...WITH
NEAR NORMAL LEVEL TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /06Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALIZED MVFR
CONDITIONS COULD OCCUR ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS WITH ANY SHOWERS
EARLY SUNDAY. OTHERWISE...GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THOUGH PATCHY LATE NIGHT FOG COULD
LOCALLY REDUCE CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES. 
&&
.MARINE...
NEAR TERM: WINDS/SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SCA LEVELS
THROUGH TONIGHT.
SHORT TERM: WINDS/SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY LEVELS SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
&&
.CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
$$
NEAR TERM...DUDA
SHORT TERM...NORCROSS
LONG TERM...NORCROSS
AVIATION...DUDA
MARINE...DUDA/NORCROSS