-- Discussion containing changed information from previous version are highlighted. --
000
FXUS61 KCAR 232213
AFDCAR

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Caribou ME
613 PM EDT Fri Jun 23 2017

.SYNOPSIS...
A warm front will lift across the region this evening, followed
by a cold front late tonight into Saturday. Another cold front
will begin to cross the region later Sunday night.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
-- Changed Discussion --
6:13 PM Update...Showers will continue to track northeast this
evening across northern and central portions of the CWA, with
mainly dry weather for the next few hours across Downeast areas
where some areas have broken out into a decent amount of
sunshine early this evening. Low clouds are seen on satellite
lifting north off the water and will likely continue to expand
to the north this evening. Made some tweaks to the PoP/Wx/Sky
grids based mainly on the latest satellite images and radar
returns. Another wave of moisture back in the Ohio Valley could
clip the Downeast areas Saturday morning, and this will need to
be watched closely tonight.

Previous discussion...
Isolated thunderstorms and localized heavy rain still a threat
for the remainder of this afternoon into the overnight.

A warm front currently lies stretches from northern NY to
extreme southern ME this afternoon. This boundary will continue
to slowly trek northward overnight. Some clearing has occurred
just ahead of the boundary, allowing thunderstorms to develop
over central/southern New England. Our region has remained out
of the sunshine and is therefore pretty stable, but can`t rule
out a possible thunderstorm or two over the Bangor region
through late afternoon. Thereafter, the focus will turn to
northern Maine as elevated instability moves in, along with good
warm air advection. PWATs will approach 2 inches, as well. The
combination of these parameters will allow areas of moderate to
locally heavy rain to cross from southwest to northeast
overnight, with perhaps a few rumbles of thunder or two. The
warm front will push through just about the entire region by
late tonight, then a cold front will begin to make its way
southward. This will shunt the steadiest activity southward
toward the coast. With plentiful moisture around tonight,
overnight lows will be on the uncomfortable side, mainly in the
lower and mid 60s.

As mentioned above, the cold front will be making its way southward
through the state on Saturday. Expect showers will be focused over
Downeast Maine by mid morning. These will push offshore during the
afternoon hours. Breaks of sunshine will develop thereafter with a
few showers lingering across the north. Highs will be warmer than
today, mainly in the mid 70s to around 80, though winds will be a
little breezy out of the west.
-- End Changed Discussion --

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
Progressive fast flow with below normal mid tropospheric pres
hts alf will result in rapid chgs in sensible wx both in the
short and long term. Any eve shwrs Sat eve should dissipate by
erly Sun morn as an initial s/wv ridge alf builds from the W ovr
the Rgn. This will be followed up by a fast movg s/wv trof alf
for Sun aftn, resulting in a fair start Sun morn becoming ptly
to msly cldy with sct shwrs/tstms in the aftn and eve. Whats
left of the upper trof and a weak cold front will also result in
sct shwrs and aftn tstms on Mon, but more so ovr Cntrl ptns of
the Rgn tan the far N. Temps will be near to slightly below avg
in the short term for this tm of season.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
Other progressive s/wvs alf from E Cntrl Can will keep msly
unsettled conditions for the Rgn msly for aftn and eve hrs for
Tue and Wed where sct shwrs will have the greatest chc of
occurrence. Most longer range models then indicate a more sig
s/wv for Thu into Thu ngt from Cntrl Can accompanied by a surge
of warmer air for the late week. Given rapid speed of s/wvs and
tmg uncertainties, for now outside of high trrn, we kept max
PoPs for any shwr activity in the hi chc range for now, with
later fcst updates re-visiting the weighting of higher PoPs for
specific s/wvs as they become closer in real tm. What can be
said attm is that there does not look to be any lengthy rn pds,
but also not much opportunity be to rn free for much greater
than 12 hrs attm, spcly for the N hlf of the Rgn.

&&

.AVIATION /22Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
-- Changed Discussion --
NEAR TERM: MVFR with pockets of IFR early this evening will
lower to LIFR to IFR this evening as low ceilings and fog set
in. Showers will be most persistent at the northern terminals,
and a thunderstorm or two can`t be ruled out this evening. A
cold front will cross the region on Saturday, bringing showers
to an end and raising conditions to MVFR from north to south
after 11z Sat. All sites to be MVFR or VFR by 18z Sat.

SHORT TO LONG TERM: All TAF sites will mainly be VFR Sat ngt
thru Wed, xcpt briefly MVFR clgs/vsbys attms in heavier shwrs
and isold tstms.
-- End Changed Discussion --

&&

.MARINE...
-- Changed Discussion --
NEAR TERM: A Small Craft Advisory remains in effect tonight. The
wind and seas are below criteria early this evening, but the
wind will likely pick up with gusts of 20-25 kt and seas will
build to 4-6 ft. Winds will subside through the day Saturday
while becoming westerly behind a cold frontal passage. Winds
will subside through the day on Saturday, but seas will linger
at 4-6 ft, so the SCA may need to be extended and transitioned
over to one for hazardous seas only.

SHORT TO LONG TERM: No hdlns anticipated for these ptns of
the fcst attm, with wv hts ovr outer MZs decreasing from SCA
thresholds Sat ngt. Went with 75 to 85 percent of WW3 wv
guidance or fcst wv hts with primary wv pds will ranging from 5
to 7 sec.
-- End Changed Discussion --

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
There is potential for very heavy downpours this evening into
the overnight along a slow moving warm frontal boundary. The
highest risk at this time will be mostly north of a line from
Dover- Foxcroft towards Houlton. Urban and small stream flooding
are the risks as a half inch or more of rain could fall within
a very short time.

&&

.CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...None.
MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until 8 AM EDT Saturday for ANZ050-051.

&&

$$

Near Term...CB/Hastings
Short Term...Hastings
Long Term...Hastings
Aviation...CB/Hastings/Hastings
Marine...CB/Hastings/Hastings
Hydrology...Hastings