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FXUS61 KCAR 212335
AFDCAR
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
735 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
- 7:35PM UPDATE...UPDATE FOR 00Z TAFS. SEE THE AVIATION SECTION
BELOW. THE REST OF THE FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK.
KEY MESSAGES
1) BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE
WEEK BEFORE WARMING FOR THE WEEKEND.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1...BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THROUGH THE
END OF THE WEEK BEFORE WARMING FOR THE WEEKEND.
KEY MESSAGE 1 DESCRIPTION...
PER THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION: BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGH TEMPS WILL BE HARD- PRESSED TO CLIMB
INTO THE 50S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH TEMPS LIKELY TO REMAIN IN
THE 40S WITH UPPER LOW REMAINING OVER THE MARITIMES. UPPER LOW
WILL BEGIN TO HEAD EAST INTO THE NORTH ATLANTIC OVER THE WEEKEND
AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS CLOSER TO THE AREA. AS A RESULT TEMPS
WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS REACHING
INTO THE 50S THIS WEEKEND, POSSIBLY INTO THE 60S EARLY NEXT
WEEK. MOST OF THE STORM SYSTEMS WILL PASS TO OUR SOUTH THROUGH
THE END OF THE PERIOD.
AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/
00Z TAF UPDATE...
TONIGHT...VFR WITH FEW/SCT MID-HIGH CIGS. LIGHT S WINDS BECOMING
LIGHT AND VARIABLE. INCREASING VFR CIGS GRADUALLY LOWERING.
WEDNESDAY...VFR NORTH. VFR BECOMING MVFR CIGS SOUTH THEN MVFR
REACHING HUL LATE AFTERNOON. SOUTHERN TERMS VCSH/-SHRA EXPECTED.
LIGHT S WINDS.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...IFR/LIFR CIGS WITH RA/SN SHOWERS. SSW WINDS 5
KTS, SHIFTING TO W.
THURSDAY...MVFR OR LOWER IN SHOWERS. NW WINDS 5-10 KTS.
THURSDAY NIGHT...VFR/MVFR POSSIBLE NORTH, VFR DOWNEAST. NW
5-15KTS.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY...VFR. NNW 5-15KTS.
SUNDAY...VFR. LIGHT N WINDS.
MARINE
HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP WINDS AND SEAS BELOW SCA CRITERIA
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ME...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
DISCUSSION...ARL/JS/JMM
AVIATION...ARL/JMM
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