Issued by NWS Portland, ME
000 AWUS81 KGYX 211511 RWSGYX WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY MAINE 10 AM EST SAT NOV 21 2009 MILD TEMPERATURES FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR CONTINUED ACROSS NEW ENGLAND. OVERNIGHT LOWS STAYED IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S SOUTH... WITH THE MID TO UPPER 30S OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTH COUNTRY. NORMAL NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES AT THIS POINT IN NOVEMBER WOULD SPAN FROM THE LOWER 30S WELL SOUTH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE TO THE COOL UPPER TEENS IN THE NORTH COUNTRY OF MAINE. CLOUDS WERE STILL PRESENT OVER MUCH OF THE REGION AT SUNRISE... ALTHOUGH FILTERED SUNSHINE WAS MAKING A SHOW IN SOME SOUTHERN LOCATIONS... AND ALONG MOST OF THE COASTAL PLAIN. AT 10 AM... TEMPERATURES WERE MOVING UP SLOWLY THROUGH THE LOWER 50S SOUTH... TO THE 40S NORTH. WINDS WERE GENERALLY LIGHT AND WEST TO NORTHWEST... ALTHOUGH THE EXCEPTION WAS CENTERED OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MAINE... WHERE GUSTS 17 TO 28 MPH WERE ALREADY OCCURRING. FAIR AND MILD CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL ACROSS MOST AREAS THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. WE WILL SEE SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER NIGHTTIME LOWS BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... BUT STILL STAYING A BIT ABOVE NORMAL. NO PRECIPITATION IS IN THE FORECAST... UNTIL A WEATHER SYSTEM PUSHES MORE CLOUDS IN FROM THE SOUTH MONDAY. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL TRACK EASTWARD OVER THE CAROLINA COAST MONDAY MORNING... BUT SHOULD STAY OFFSHORE AS IT CLOSES IN ON NOVA SCOTIA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS BY TUESDAY ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE QUITE LIGHT... MOSTLY CONCENTRATED ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS... AND DIMINISHING TOWARD THE FOOTHILLS. DRY CONDITIONS WILL HANG ON OVER NORTHERN MAINE. $$
