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FXUS61 KCAR 030005
AFDCAR
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
805 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
- HEAT ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK.
- A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COASTAL
PORTIONS OF HANCOCK AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES FROM 8 AM TIL 8 PM
FRIDAY.
- AIR QUALITY ALERT ISSUED FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL AREAS TIL
MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT.
- AIR QUALITY ALERT ISSUED FOR DOWNEAST AREAS FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT.
KEY MESSAGES
1) HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY THROUGH FRIDAY WILL LEAD
TO HAZARDOUS HEAT, WITH LITTLE REPRIEVE AT NIGHT.
2) THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY.
A CONDITIONAL THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS EXISTS.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY THROUGH
FRIDAY WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS HEAT, WITH LITTLE REPRIEVE AT
NIGHT.
KEY MESSAGE 1 DESCRIPTION...
A VERY MILD NIGHT AGAIN TONIGHT WITH LOWS GENERALLY RANGING
FROM AROUND 70 TO THE LOWER 70S. IN FACT, CARIBOU COULD BE IN
JEOPARDY OF SETTING AN ALL-TIME (ANY DAY OF THE YEAR) RECORD
HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE. THE RECORD TO BEAT IS 71.
HOT AGAIN FRIDAY, THOUGH EVER SO SLIGHTLY NOT QUITE AS HOT AS
TODAY NORTH OF BANGOR. ALONG THE COAST, FRIDAY SHOULD ACTUALLY
BE THE WARMEST DAY, WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S ALL THE
WAY TO THE IMMEDIATE COAST. THE DECENT WESTERLY BREEZE WITH A
SLIGHT OFFSHORE COMPONENT WILL LIMIT AND COOLING INFLUENCE FROM
THE GULF OF MAINE. STILL QUITE MUGGY, BUT DEWPOINTS FALLING INTO
THE MID TO UPPER 60S IN THE AFTERNOON SHOULD KEEP MOST PLACES
AT HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA RATHER THAN EXTREME HEAT CRITERIA.
TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL BE LOWER SATURDAY BEHIND A COLD
FRONT. EVEN STILL, HEAT INDICES WILL REACH THE UPPER 80S AND
POSSIBLY LOW 90S OVER THE BANGOR AND DOWNEAST REGIONS WHICH,
WHILE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA, STILL WARRANTS CONCERNS OVER HEAT
RISK DURING THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. HEAT INDICES FALL A BIT MORE
INTO SUNDAY.
KEY MESSAGE 2...THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS EVENING
THROUGH SATURDAY. A CONDITIONAL THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS EXISTS.
KEY MESSAGE 2 DESCRIPTION...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING,
ENDING AFTER SUNSET. A COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH LATER
FRIDAY, WHICH COULD HELP SUPPORT AN AFTERNOON OR EVENING
THUNDERSTORM ACROSS MOSTLY NORTHERN AREAS. THE COLD FRONT WILL
CROSS THE REGION SATURDAY HELPING SUPPORT SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA.
AVIATION /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/
TONIGHT...PATCHY SMOKE MAY BRING BRIEF VSBY REDUCTIONS TO
NORTHERN TERMINALS THROUGH 03Z. OTHERWISE, VFR. WEST/SOUTHWEST
WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS.
FRIDAY...VARIABLE CONDITIONS WITH ANY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS MOSTLY NORTHERN AREAS. OTHERWISE, VFR. WEST WINDS 10 TO
15 KNOTS, WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KTS.
FRIDAY NIGHT...VARIABLE CONDITIONS WITH ANY EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOSTLY NORTHERN AREAS. OTHERWISE, VFR. WEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS.
SATURDAY...MAINLY VFR, BECOMING MVFR IN LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS, AND
A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. W
WINDS, BECOMING NW.
SATURDAY NIGHT-SUNDAY NIGHT...MAINLY VFR WITH LIGHT NW WINDS
AROUND 5KT.
MONDAY...MAINLY VFR. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS.
MONDAY NIGHT...OCCASIONAL MVFR POSSIBLE LATE DOWNEAST.
OTHERWISE, VFR. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS.
TUESDAY...OCCASIONAL MVFR POSSIBLE DOWNEAST EARLY. OTHERWISE,
VFR. VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS.
MARINE
WINDS/SEAS BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT.
CONDITIONS BELOW SCA CRITERIA SATURDAY INTO MONDAY. SEAS
GENERALLY AROUND 2-3FT SATURDAY INTO MONDAY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY.
CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ME...AIR QUALITY ALERT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT SUNDAY NIGHT FOR
MEZ001>006-010-011-031-032.
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR MEZ005-006-011-015>017-
029>032.
AIR QUALITY ALERT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EDT SUNDAY
NIGHT FOR MEZ015>017-029-030.
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FROM 8 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING FOR MEZ029-030.
MARINE...NONE.
DISCUSSION...CN
AVIATION...CN/VO
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