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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY MAINE
945 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED UP FROM THE SOUTH AND BECAME
WIDESPREAD ACROSS MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE WEDNESDAY EVENING... AS AN
ONSHORE FLOW OF MOIST MARITIME AIR PREVAILED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE NOT EXCESSIVE BUT MOST LOCATIONS GOT AT LEAST
A LITTLE WET. TEMPERATURES DURING THE EVENING WERE PRETTY UNIFORM
IN THE LOW TO MID 60S AND THERE WAS SOME PATCHY FOG AROUND TO GO
WITH THE SHOWERS.
OVERNIGHT WARM HUMID AIR TO OUR SOUTH WILL START MOVING NORTH...
INCREASING THE HUMIDITY A LITTLE IN SOUTHERN AREAS AND KEEPING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. TEMPERATURES
WILL ONLY GO DOWN ANOTHER DEGREE OR TWO OVERNIGHT AS THE FLOW
REMAINS ONSHORE... AND THE RAINFALL COULD BECOME A LITTLE HEAVIER AT
TIMES.
ON THURSDAY LOW PRESSURE AND AN ACCOMPANYING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
SLOWLY IN FROM THE WEST WHICH WILL STIR UP THE HUMID AIR AND KEEP
WIDESPREAD HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN OUR FORECAST
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TEMPERATURES THURSDAY WILL ONLY GET INTO THE
70S AGAIN BUT IT WILL FEEL PRETTY MUGGY AS MUCH MORE HUMID AIR FLOWS
IN ON AN ENHANCED SOUTHERLY FLOW. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON THURSDAY
SHOULD BE MUCH HEAVIER THAN ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
ESPECIALLY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES COULD
CAUSE FLOODING OF THE STATE'S WATERWAYS AND ROADWAYS.
ON THURSDAY NIGHT THE LOW AND THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING
SLOWLY THROUGH FROM THE WEST... REACHING THE COAST BY FRIDAY
MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD END AFTER THE FRONT GOES
BY AND MOST AREAS SHOULD BE SEEING IMPROVING SKIES AFTER MIDNIGHT AS
LESS HUMID AIR BEGINS TO FLOW IN FROM THE WEST.
ON FRIDAY MUCH BETTER WEATHER IS ON TAP FOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES OUT TO SEA AND THE AIR CONTINUES TO DRY OUT
OVER NEW ENGLAND. SUNSHINE WILL BE WIDESPREAD FRIDAY AND
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE MID AND UPPER 70S WITH COMFORTABLE
HUMIDITIES AND ONLY A CHANCE OF A FEW AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
AS FOR THE WEEKEND... IT SHOULD START OFF FAIR AND COMFORTABLE
SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER FRONT MOVES IN LATER ON TO BRING
INCREASING HUMIDITIES AND MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR LATE
SATURDAY SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY.
AJ LESTER
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