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FXUS61 KCAR 140856
AFDCAR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
456 AM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE TRACKING SOUTH OF THE GULF OF MAINE WILL MOVE AWAY TO
THE EAST TODAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. A DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE REGION SATURDAY...WITH
LOW PRESSURE STARTING TO APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATER SUNDAY.
&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
THE LOW WHICH IS TRACKING SOUTH OF THE GULF OF MAINE WILL BRING
CLOUDS TO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS THIS MORNING. SOME PATCHY
LIGHT RAIN OR SHOWERS MAY BRUSH THE DOWNEAST COAST.
OTHERWISE...RAIN FROM THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OFFSHORE.
THE LOW WILL MOVE AWAY TO THE EAST TODAY AND SKIES WILL BECOME
PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS WITH
PARTIAL CLEARING DOWNEAST LATE TODAY. A COLD FRONT AND UPPER
LEVEL DEFORMATION FIELD WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN AREAS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH LIFT WITH THIS LOW TO PRODUCE SOME
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM THIS
AFTERNOON. CAPES ARE ONLY AROUND 200 TO 300 J/KG SO SEVERE STORMS
ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...RELATIVELY DRY AIR IN THE LOW
LEVELS MAY ALLOW ANY THUNDERSHOWERS TO PRODUCE BRIEFLY GUSTY
WINDS. THE FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL THEN BRING A GUSTY
NORTHWESTERLY BREEZE LATE TONIGHT AS DRIER AIR FILTERS DOWN FROM
THE NORTHWEST. SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT AS THE
DRIER AIR MOVES IN.
&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
A TROF WILL MOVE SOUTH TO NORTHERN MAINE SATURDAY. PARTLY CLOUDY
SKIES ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
NORTHERN AREAS SATURDAY...WITH PARTLY/MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES DOWNEAST.
THE TROF WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA
SATURDAY NIGHT WHILE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST. PARTLY CLOUDY/MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY NIGHT.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRIEFLY CROSS THE REGION EARLY SUNDAY...WITH A
WARM FRONT APPROACHING LATER SUNDAY. CLOUD COVER WILL INCREASE
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY IN ADVANCE OF THE WARM
FRONT...ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS. A STEADIER RAIN
IS THEN POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT WHILE THE WARM FRONT LIFTS ACROSS
THE FORECAST AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT NEAR NORMAL LEVELS
SATURDAY/SUNDAY.
&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATER MONDAY THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT...DRAWING A COLD FRONT TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA.
UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT WITH A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS. THE LOW WILL DRAW THE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE
REGION TUESDAY. A STEADIER RAIN IS EXPECTED TUESDAY...ALONG WITH A
CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT.
SHOWERS WRAPPING AROUND THE EXITING LOW COULD LINGER ACROSS THE
REGION EARLY WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD ACROSS THE
REGION LATER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT COULD
BEGIN TO CROSS THE REGION LATER THURSDAY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN AT NEAR NORMAL LEVELS MONDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.
&&

.AVIATION /05Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
NEAR TERM: VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

SHORT TERM: GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
REGION SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. THE EXCEPTION COULD BE BRIEF
LOCALIZED MVFR CONDITIONS WITH ANY SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MVFR CONDITIONS SHOULD THEN BEGIN TO DEVELOP
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS ARE THEN
EXPECTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
&&

.MARINE...
NEAR TERM: WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SCA TODAY
AND TONIGHT.

SHORT TERM: CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY LEVELS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH CONDITIONS POSSIBLY
APPROACHING SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS EARLY NEXT WEEK.
VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED IN RAIN AND SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY.
&&

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

&&

$$
NEAR TERM...BLOOMER
SHORT TERM...NORCROSS
LONG TERM...NORCROSS
AVIATION...BLOOMER/NORCROSS
MARINE...BLOOMER/NORCROSS