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FXUS61 KGYX 062010
AFDGYX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
310 PM EST FRI MAR 6 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
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HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND WILL
SHIFT OFFSHORE ON SATURDAY. A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS
THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND WILL PULL A TRAILING COLD FRONT
THROUGH THE REGION ON SUNDAY. A SHALLOW RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY NIGHT. A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY FOLLOWED BY HIGH
PRESSURE MONDAY NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS SOUTH OF THE REGION
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.  A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE
AREA LATE WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD IN FROM
THE WEST WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
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AFTER A MOSTLY CLEAR 1ST HALF OF THE NIGHT HIGH CLOUDS WILL
GRADUALLY FILTER IN FROM THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SHOULD SEE A
SLIGHT WARMER NIGHT WITH LOWS OF ZERO TO 10 BELOW NORTH AND ZERO
TO 10 ABOVE SOUTH. A WEAK SHORTWAVE PASSING BY TO THE NORTH MAY
PRODUCE A STRAY FLURRY TOWARD DAYBREAK ON SATURDAY IN THE FAR NORTH.
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.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
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ANOTHER WEAK SHORTWAVE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST ON SATURDAY
BRINGING INCREASING CLOUDS AND A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN
NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE
AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 20S NORTH TO THE
LOWER 30S SOUTH.

SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED WEAK SURFACE LOW WILL CROSS THE AREA
SATURDAY NIGHT WITH LITTLE FANFARE OTHER THAN CLOUDS AND A FEW
SNOW SHOWERS. WILL SEE A MILDER NIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER TO
MID TEENS NORTH AND UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S SOUTH.
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.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
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QUIET/DRY WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE LONG TERM PERIOD. WEAK
DISTURBANCES WILL BE PASSING THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY AND MONDAY
AND COULD LEAD TO A FLURRY OR TWO, MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. A
MINOR SYSTEM WILL PASS SOUTH OF THE REGION TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT PRECIP WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF
AREA. SOME MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY, BUT A COLD FRONT CROSSING THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT
WILL BRING A RETURN TO CHILLY TEMPERATURES FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION FROM CENTRAL
CANADA.
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.AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
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SHORT TERM...VFR TONIGHT. AREAS OF MVFR CEILINGS SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT.

LONG TERM...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED.
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.MARINE...
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SHORT TERM...NO FLAGS.

LONG TERM...WINDS AND SEAS EXPECTED TO BE BELOW SCA CRITERIA
THROUGH MONDAY. SEAS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS LOW
PRESSURE PASSES SOUTH OF AREA. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE LATE IN THE WEEK
AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO REGION.
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.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...NONE.
NH...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

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