Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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975 FXUS61 KCAR 020437 AFDCAR Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Caribou ME 1237 AM EDT Sun Jun 2 2024 .SYNOPSIS... High pressure slowly builds to our south through Sunday. An area of low pressure slowly drifts west over the southern Canadian Maritimes Sunday night, followed by high pressure building down from the northeast Monday through Wednesday. The high then slowly slides offshore through Thursday, as a complex storm system slowly moves across the northern Great Lakes. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... 1237 AM Update...Clear skies remain under building high pressure. Minor adjustments made to temperature forecasts based on current observations and trends, otherwise the previous forecast remains on track. Previous Discussion: Tonight... High pressure over the area. Daytime cumulus should dissipate, with just a few high clouds moving in from the west. With light winds and generally clear skies, good radiational cooling expected, with lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Not expecting any frost. Sunday... Not much change for Sunday, except the upper level ridge of high pressure to our west inches closer and is centered along the Maine/Quebec border, while the upper level low to our east shifts a touch further east. This will bring warmer temperatures than Saturday with highs in the mid 70s to low 80s, and a tendency for cirrus rather than cumulus. Still, cirrus will be thin and not everywhere, with skies clear to mostly clear. Dewpoints will still be lower than usual, so although temperatures will be in the mid 70s to low 80s, it will still feel pleasant. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... Models have come into better agreement on handling the cutoff low ESE of Nova Scotia - and indicate it will retrograde WSW Sunday night, this should bring some isolated to possibly scattered showers (far Downeast) mainly after midnight Sunday night, with an increase in clouds elsewhere, especially from Katahdin on east. Lows Sunday night should be a few degrees above normal. The cutoff low slowly exits to the east again on Monday as northern stream ridging approaches from the west. Other than possibly some lingering isolated showers early over far Downeast Maine, it should be dry, with some decrease in cloud cover - especially from Katahdin and west. Highs on Monday should be around 5-10 degrees above normal. It should be warmest over far western zones - were there is a better chance of meaningful sunshine in the afternoon. Deep layered ridging builds in Monday night and Tuesday. Should see gradual clearing as the low levels dry out and subsidence increases from W to E. Lows Monday night should be a few degrees above normal and highs on Tuesday around 5 degrees above normal. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... The region will be between a closed low east of the southern Maritimes and another closed low moving from S Central Canada into the Great Lakes Region, resulting in ridging over the region in between the two systems Tuesday night-Thursday. It should be dry Tuesday night through at least Wednesday night and quite possibly through Thursday. For now though do have mainly isolated showers over the western 90 percent of the CWA Thursday afternoon. The models then differ over how fast the western closed low moves towards the region, and how quickly it opens up Thursday night through Saturday. As a result, have limited pops to chance in this time frame - as it is hard with any degree of confidence to say which 12 hour time block is more likely than any other to receive any precipitation Thursday night-Saturday. Temperatures should be above normal Tuesday night-Saturday. However, there is low confidence in this forecast Friday- Saturday as if the the closed low moves directly over the region late next week, temperatures could end up quite a bit cooler than currently forecast then. && .AVIATION /06Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... NEAR TERM: High confidence in VFR through Sunday. Winds light and variable across all terminals through the early morning hours. N winds around 10 kts through the afternoon, perhaps switching to the S in the afternoon with sea breeze at coastal terminals. SHORT TERM: Sunday Night-Wednesday...VFR. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM: Conditions below SCA levels with no marine fog. SHORT TERM: A light pressure gradient over the waters should limit winds to 10 kt or less and seas to 2 ft or less Sunday night-Wednesday night. There is some potential the pressure gradient could tighten a bit on Thursday with winds over the ocean possibly going up to 15kt and seas on the ocean possibly building up to 3 ft late in the day. && .CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...Beach Hazards Statement from 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening for MEZ029-030. MARINE...None. && $$ Near Term...AStrauser/Foisy Short Term...Maloit Long Term...Maloit Aviation...AStrauser/Foisy/Maloit Marine...AStrauser/Foisy/Maloit