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FXUS61 KCAR 110614
AFDCAR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
214 AM EDT SAT OCT 11 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST TODAY AND
TONIGHT AND THEN SLIDE SOUTH OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT
WILL CROSS THE AREA EARLY MONDAY MORNING FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDING IN FROM EASTERN CANADA MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS HIGH WILL
SLIDE SOUTH OF THE REGION ON TUESDAY AS MILDER AIR RETURNS BEHIND
THE HIGH.
&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
RATHER BENIGN WEATHER XPCTD THRU THE NEAR TERM PERIOD... HGH PRES
CENTERED OVR THE ERN GRT LAKES ATTM PROGGED TO BUILD SLOWLY SEWRD
OFF THE SRN NEW ENGLAND COAST THRU SUN. THIS WILL KEEP OUR AREA
UNDER A WNWRLY FLOW ALOFT THRU TNGT... A WEAK DISTURBANCE FCST TO
PASS JUST NE OF THE AREA LATER TDY WILL COMBINE W/ THE COOL WNWRLY
FLOW TO TRIGGER SOME SC CLOUDINESS...SPCLY NRN AREAS TDY W/
REMAINDER OF THE FA LIKELY TO SEE SOME PTCHY MID/HGH CLDS WHICH
ARE VISIBLE JUST UPSTREAM PER SAT IMAGERY. W/ THE DISTURBANCE PUSHING
WELL SE OF THE REGION TNGT AND THE LOSS OF HEATING...XPCT ANY CLDS
TO DISSIPATE LEADING TO MAINLY CLR SKIES ACROSS THE BOARD OVRNGT
TNGT.  NIL POPS THRU TNGT...
&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE AREA SUNDAY WILL BRING MOSTLY SUNNY
CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING AND MIDDAY AS TEMPERATURES REACH THE
UPPER 50S IN MOST AREAS. THE HIGH WILL SLIDE SOUTH OF THE REGION
SUNDAY AFTERNOON ALLOWING MOISTURE CIRCULATING OVER THE TOP
OF THE HIGH TO STREAM INTO THE STATE. THIS WILL BRING AN INCREASE
IN CLOUDS. RIDGING IN EASTERN CANADA WILL THEN SUPPORT A STRONG
HIGH PUSHING SOUTH FROM QUEBEC SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING A BACK
DOOR LIKE COLD FRONT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. A BAND OF SHOWERS IS LIKELY WITH THE FRONT. SOME CLEARING
SHOULD PRESS DOWN FROM THE NORTH DURING THE DAY MONDAY AS THE HIGH
QUICKLY BUILDS DOWN.
&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE FROM EASTERN CANADA WILL CREST OVER THE AREA MONDAY
NIGHT BRINGING A COLD NIGHT WITH TEMPS DROPPING BELOW FREEZING IN
MANY INLAND VALLEYS. AFTER A COLD MORNING TUESDAY MORNING SOME
SUNSHINE...AND EVENTUALLY A WARMER RETURN FLOW BEHIND THE HIGH FROM
THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST...WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO REBOUND TO NEAR 60
BY MID AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
WILL THEN BRING A MILD NIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. A BAND OF SHOWERS WILL
MOVE THROUGH WITH THE FRONT LATE AT NIGHT FOLLOWED BY ONLY MODERATELY
COOLER WEATHER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. COLDER AIR WILL PROGRESS
INTO THE AREA AT THE END OF THE WEEK WHEN SOME MOISTURE MAY BRING
FLURRIES TO NORTHERN AREAS.
&&

.AVIATION /05Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&

.MARINE...
WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SCA INTO THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK.
&&

.CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

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NEAR TERM...KHW
SHORT TERM...BLOOMER
LONG TERM...BLOOMER
AVIATION...KHW
MARINE...KHW/BLOOMER