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FXUS61 KGYX 091949
AFDGYX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
249 PM EST MON DEC 9 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
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WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTH-NORTHEAST THROUGH THE GULF OF
MAINE THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT
FOLLOWED BY A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ON TUESDAY. A SECONDARY
COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY AND WILL
SLOWLY SINK SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD IN FROM THE WEST THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY. A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL CROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON
SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY
NIGHT AND INTO THE MARITIMES BY SUNDAY MORNING.
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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
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THE COASTAL FRONT REMAINED DRAPED ALONG THE ROUTE ONE CORRIDOR AT
19Z. THE STEADIER MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO EITHER LIGHT
DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING DEPENDING ON SURFACE
TEMPERATURES. ALONG THE COAST...TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE ABOVE
FREEZING THIS EVENING WITH DRIZZLE WHILE WE`LL SEE SOME AREAS OF
FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS THE INTERIOR. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
OVERNIGHT...THE DRIZZLE SHOULD END AND WE`LL BE LEFT WITH MOSTLY
CLOUDY SKIES. THE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT INTO TONIGHT FOR AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND OR SOME LIGHT ICING IN
FREEZING DRIZZLE.
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.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
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ON TUESDAY...LOW PRESSURE PASSES TO OUR EAST AND WELL OFFSHORE
ALTHOUGH THE AREA WILL BE ON THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE CLOUD
BAND WITH SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS PERHAPS BRUSHED BY A FEW
FLURRIES. OTHERWISE...THE COLD WESTERLY FLOW DOWNWIND OF THE GREAT
LAKES MAY ALLOW A FEW SNOW SHOWERS TO REACH INTO THE CONNECTICUT
VALLEY AND WHITE MOUNTAINS.

FOR TUESDAY NIGHT...SOME LAKE EFFECT STREAMERS CONTINUE TO SPREAD
A FEW CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS INTO THE CONNECTICUT
VALLEY AND WHITE MOUNTAINS. ELSEWHERE...MAINLY CLEAR WITH A FEW
OCEAN EFFECT CLOUDS AND SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE ACROSS OUR OUTER
COASTAL WATERS IN THE DEEPENING COLD AIR.
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.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
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A WEAK CLIPPER-TYPE SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON
WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES TO
THE REGION...WITH THE GREATEST LIKELIHOOD IN THE MOUNTAINS. A COLD
NORTHWEST FLOW WILL FOLLOW ON THURSDAY...WHEN UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS
MAY ACCUMULATE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

A WARM AIR ADVECTION PATTERN WILL BRING QUITE A FEW CLOUDS TO THE
REGION ON FRIDAY. A FRONT WILL RETURN AS A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT BY
SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH FROM CANADA. THIS COLD AIR
SETS THE STAGE FOR THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM EXITING OUT OF THE
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. ALL GUIDANCE NOW DEPICTING LOW
PRESSURE MOVING EITHER THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE OR JUST SOUTH OF
THE REGION EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL LIKELY BRING ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL AND PERHAPS MIXED PRECIPITATION TO SOUTHERN AREAS OVER
THE WEEKEND.
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.AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...

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SHORT TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...MVFR AND AREAS OF IFR IN MIXED
PRECIPITATION IMPROVING TO VFR THROUGHOUT BY 12Z. SCT MVFR
POSSIBLE TUES AND TUES NIGHT VCNTY OF KLEB AND KHIE IN SNOW
SHOWERS.

LONG TERM...AREAS OF MVFR CEILINGS AND VSBY MAINLY IN NORTHERN
ZONES WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY AND SATURDAY.
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.MARINE...

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SHORT TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...MARGINAL SMALL CRAFT
CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO LINGER OUTSIDE THE BAYS INTO TUESDAY
AHEAD...AND IN THE WAKE OF A WEAK SURFACE LOW THAT CROSSES THE
WATERS TONIGHT.

LONG TERM...SCA`S LIKELY WEDNESDAY. SCA`S POSSIBLE AGAIN ON
THURSDAY.
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.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR
     MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022.
NH...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR
     NHZ001>010-013.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR ANZ150>154.

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