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FXUS61 KGYX 170643
AFDGYX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
243 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE MOVING WELL EAST OF THE AREA THIS
MORNING...REACHING SOUTHEAST OF NOVA SCOTIA BY THIS AFTERNOON.
MEANWHILE A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN
NEW ENGLAND TODAY. A BROAD UPPER LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW
ENGLAND SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ANOTHER MID ATLANTIC LOW WILL
REMAIN SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY. THE BROAD AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL SHIFT TO THE MARITIMES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/...
LOW PRES PASSING WELL SE OF CAPE COD EARLY THIS MORNING WILL
CONTINUE MOVING E. THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF LIGHT RAIN WILL REMAIN
ALONG THE COAST TIL MID MORNING THEN MOVE OUT TO SEA. ANY LIGHT
RAIN WILL BE LESS THAN .10 OF QPF. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY
IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON AS WEAK HIGH PRES BUILD EAST. STAYED CLOSE
TO MAV TEMPS AND POPS.  

&&

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/...
A DEEP UPPER TROF WILL BE DEVELOPING TO OUR W KEEPING CLOUDS ACROSS
THE AREA AND SOME SHOWERS. TEMPS AND POPS ONCE AGAIN CLOSE TO GFS OVERALL.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
SHORT WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND THE UPPER LOW TO OUR
WEST...SPINNING PERIODS OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE REGION FROM TIME TO
TIME THROUGH THURSDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR WETTING APPEARS TO BE
LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WHILE THE UPPER LOW IS STILL TO OUR
WEST. CLOUDS WILL DOMINATE THE WEEK WITH OCCASIONAL BREAKS. MORE
SUBSTANTIAL CLEARING STARTS ONCE THAT LOW MOVES OFF TO THE EAST
AND WE SET UP A DRYING NORTHERLY FLOW.

&&

.AVIATION /06Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
SHORT TERM /TODAY AND TONIGHT/...SOME LINGERING AREAS OF LIGHT
RAIN OVER COASTAL AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING MAY AFFECT KPWM/KPSM TO
BRIEFLY MVFR CONDITIONS OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT.  

LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... 
MVFR CONDITIONS MOVE IN LATE SUNDAY. OTHERWISE MAINLY MID AND HIGH
CLOUDS THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...WINDS AND SEAS TO REMAIN BELOW SCA
CRITERIA THROUGH TONIGHT.  

LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
WINDS SHOULD STAY BELOW SCA CRITERIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  WESTERLY
WINDS WILL BRIEFLY GUST INTO THE LOWER 20S MONDAY NIGHT AS GRADIENT
TIGHTENS AROUND THE LOW TO OUR NORTH.

&&

.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...NONE.
NH...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

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