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FXUS61 KCAR 282328
AFDCAR
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
728 PM EDT TUE APR 28 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
- HOISTED A GALE WATCH FOR THE WATERS 25-60NM OFFSHORE FROM THE
HAGUE LINE WESTWARD TO COVER ALL OF ANZ080 AND ANZ081 FROM
THURSDAY AM TO THURSDAY EVENING.
- HAVE HOISTED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE INTRA-COASTAL
WATERS FROM EARLY THURSDAY AM THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
- HAVE EXTENDED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE COASTAL WATERS
OUT 25NM THROUGH TO THURSDAY EVENING.
KEY MESSAGES
1) SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY, WHICH
SHOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE ONGOING GROUNDWATER DROUGHT.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1...
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY, WHICH
SHOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE ONGOING GROUNDWATER DROUGHT.
KEY MESSAGE 1 DESCRIPTION...
UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED LATE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. UPPER
LEVEL LOW ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION THURSDAY MORNING WILL
TRACK SLOWLY EAST THROUGH FRIDAY. INCREASINGLY MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY IN ADVANCE OF A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL
BOUNDARY FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL RESULT IN A WIDESPREAD SOAKING
RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS THROUGH FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY RANGE FROM 1 TO
2 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE UPSLOPE AREAS OF THE CENTRAL MAINE
HIGHLANDS. NOT EXPECTING ANY SIGNIFICANT HYDROLOGICAL ISSUES AT
THIS TIME. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED AT TIMES. ALTHOUGH THE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST RAINFALL
IS EXPECTED TO END BY LATER FRIDAY, CONTINUED DAMP AND SHOWERY
WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND, AS UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE REMAINS ACROSS THE REGION. THE OTHER BIG STORY WILL BE
THE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FROM LATE WEEK THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. EXPECT AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES TO GENERALLY
RANGE FROM ABOUT 5 TO 8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF
YEAR LATE THIS WEEK THROUGH THE WEEKEND, AND RIGHT INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK.
AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/
TONIGHT...VFR FIRST SEVERAL HOURS THIS EVENING BEFORE
DIMINISHING TO MVFR/IFR FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. SSE 5-10KTS,
GUSTING TO 15-20KTS FVE.
WEDNESDAY...MVFR/IFR WITH LIFR RAIN AT DOWNEAST TERMINALS. SE
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT WITH GUSTS 15 TO 20 KT.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MVFR/IFR WITH LOW VISIBILITIES AND SHOWERS AT
SOUTHERN TERMINALS, WITH RAIN SPREADING NORTH. E
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT WITH GUSTS 15 TO 20 KT.
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...MVFR/IFR EXPECTED IN RAIN AND LOW
CEILINGS. E TO SE WIND GUSTS 20 TO 25 KT THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT WITH LLWS POSSIBLE.
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...MVFR EXPECTED MUCH OF THE PERIOD
ALTHOUGH PERIODS OF VFR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. SW TO W WIND
THROUGH SATURDAY, BECOMING NW SUNDAY.
MARINE
E-NE WINDS THIS EVENING GENERALLY BELOW SCA CONDITIONS WILL
BEGIN GUSTING 15-25KT ACROSS THE WATERS TOMORROW AS THE WINDS
SHIFT E. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY GOES IN EFFECT FROM 2AM
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE NEAR TERM FOR THE COASTAL
WATERS OUT TO 25NM. THIS IS INTIALLY FOR SEAS BUILDING TO 6-9FT.
WIND GUSTS WILL REMAIN BELOW SCA THROUGH TOMORROW LATE DAY.
WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
LEVELS THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY, ALTHOUGH A FEW GUSTS UP TO 35 KT
ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING. A GALE WATCH HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR THE OPEN WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT TO EASTPORT
FROM 25 OUT TO 60 NM.
CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ME...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 2 AM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY
FOR ANZ050-051.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR ANZ052.
GALE WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR
ANZ080-081.
DISCUSSION...TWD/JS
AVIATION...21/TWD/JS
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