621  
FXUS61 KCAR 011824  
AFDCAR  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME  
224 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS  
 
A COLD FRONT EXITS ACROSS MAINE TONIGHT. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE  
AND COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION THURSDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL  
LOW WILL CROSS THE REGION FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS  
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.  
 
 
   
NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/  
 
THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS  
EVENING AND EXIT TO THE E TONIGHT. FOR THIS EVENING AND EARLY  
TONIGHT, HIGH RES SIMULATED REFLECTIVITY SHOWS SOME ISOLATED  
THUNDERSTORMS LASTING LATER THAN USUAL DUE TO THE COLD FRONT  
EXTENDING ACROSS THE WATERS. ONCE THE FRONT EXITS TO THE E AFTER  
MIDNIGHT, RAIN SHOWERS WILL EXIT AS WELL. WITH THE MOIST LOW  
LEVELS AND CALM WINDS, PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.  
 
FOR WEDNESDAY, THE FRONT WILL DRAG SOME SHOWERS ACROSS THE  
COAST BEFORE EXITING. UPPER AIR MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW MID AND  
UPPER LEVEL FLOW FROM THE SW WITH W SURFACE FLOW. THIS WILL PIPE  
UP WARM AIR INTO THE REGION BOOSTING TEMPS INTO THE 80S ACROSS  
THE REGION. WITH THE CLEARING SKIES IN THE NORTH AND WARM TEMPS,  
CONVECTION IS EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. MODELS SHOW SOME CAPE  
AND STEEP LAPSE RATES, PULSE THUNDERSTORMS COULD POP UP IN AREAS  
THAT SEE CLEARING. HOWEVER, CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON THIS SO  
DECIDED TO LEAVE THUNDERSTORM CHANCE OUT OF THE FORECAST.  
 
FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE  
W MOVING INTO NEW ENGLAND AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL INCREASE  
CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT, KEEPING TEMPS IN THE 60S. HIGH RES MODELS  
HAVE A SLOWER FRONT PROGRESSION, SO SLOWED THE RAIN MOVING INTO  
THE AREA UNTIL THURSDAY.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/  
 
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY,  
ENTERING THE THE WESTERN BORDER THURSDAY MORNING AND PUSHING OFF  
THE COAST THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. CAPE VALUES COULD APPROACH  
1000 TO EVEN 1500 J/KG THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON, ESPECIALLY  
IF THERE ARE BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER THURSDAY MORNING TO ALLOW  
FOR INCREASED SURFACE HEATING. LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL  
STEEPEN AS WELL, AGAIN SHOULD THE SURFACE HEAT THROUGH THE  
MORNING, AND APPROACH 8 C/KM. AND IN THE PRESENCE OF THE  
BOUNDARY MOVING THROUGH, BULK SHEAR COULD SIT AROUND 30 TO 40  
KTS. WITH ALL OF THESE INGREDIENTS TOGETHER AND AN INVERTED-V  
PRESENTATION ON FORECAST SOUNDINGS WITH PLENTY OF COOL DRY AIR  
ALOFT, THERE IS AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT  
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THESE INGREDIENTS  
POINT TOWARDS THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STORMS TO BECOME STRONG TO  
SEVERE, WITH THE DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL BEING THE GREATEST  
THREAT AT THIS TIME. THAT SAID, THIS IS TRULY ALL DEPENDENT ON  
HOW WELL THE SURFACE WARMS IN THE MORNING. SHOULD THE REGION  
REMAIN IN DENSE OVERCAST SKIES OR LINGERING FOG, THE LOWER  
LEVELS MAY REMAIN TOO STABLE TO SUPPORT LATER CONVECTIVE  
ORGANIZATION.  
 
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING DUE  
TO LACK OF DIURNAL SUPPORT AND THE FRONT PUSHING OFF THE COAST.  
FOR THE DAY ON FRIDAY, AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE IN ACROSS  
THE STATE. THOUGH THIS WILL INTRODUCE A DEEP AREA OF VORTICITY  
AND BRING IN A COLD POOL ALOFT, THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY  
ABOUT THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE ON FRIDAY. RECENT MODEL TRENDS HAVE  
SLOWED HOW QUICKLY THE UPPER LEVELS COOL OF, SUGGESTING MORE  
STABILITY THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. WITH THIS TREND, THERE  
REMAINS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST  
AREA ON FRIDAY, ALONG WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS, BUT THE  
SEVERITY OF THESE STORMS REMAINS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/  
 
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE UPPER LEVEL LOW HEADING  
INTO THE WEEKEND, ALLOWING FOR DRIER CONDITIONS INTO THE DAY ON  
SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO REBOUND AS WELL, LIFTING TO  
AROUND AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR ON SATURDAY.  
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM INTO SUNDAY, POTENTIALLY RISING  
INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S. THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY AND INTO  
EARLY NEXT WEEK, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER TROUGH OF  
LOW PRESSURE TO PUSH THROUGH THE AREA, THOUGH TIMING REMAINS  
UNCERTAIN, ALONG WITH HOW ROBUST THIS SYSTEM WILL BE.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/  
 
NEAR TERM: MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT IN  
RAIN SHOWERS. ISOLATED TS FOR ALL TERMINALS THIS EVENING.  
CONDITIONS IMPROVE TO VFR AFTER MIDNIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY. W  
WINDS 5-10 KTS.  
 
SHORT TERM:  
THURS...VFR EARLY, DROPPING TO MVFR/IFR AS A FRONT MOVES FROM NW  
TO SE THROUGH THE DAY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY, CHANCE FOR  
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL TERMINALS, THOUGH LESS LIKELY AT THE  
COAST. IT IS POSSIBLE SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING  
WINDS. SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KTS, SHIFTING W TO NW BEHIND THE FRONT  
WITH GUSTS TO 20 KTS.  
 
THURS NIGHT...IMPROVING TO VFR. WINDS BECOMING LIGHT AND  
VARIABLE.  
 
FRI...GENERALLY VFR ACROSS ALL TERMINALS, THOUGH BRIEF MVFR  
POSSIBLE IN ANY SHOWERS OR STORMS. NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KTS.  
 
FRI NIGHT - SAT NIGHT...VFR. WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE.  
 
SUN...VFR, DROPPING TOWARDS MVFR/IFR IN ANY SHOWERS OR  
THUNDERSTORMS. SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KTS GUSTING TOWARDS 20 KTS.  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
NEAR TERM: WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN BELOW SCA CONDITIONS  
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.  
 
SHORT TERM: WINDS AND SEAS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN BELOW SMALL  
CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE  
WEEKEND. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY EVENING.  
 
 
   
CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
ME...NONE.  
MARINE...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
NEAR TERM...LAFLASH  
SHORT TERM...ASTRAUSER  
LONG TERM...ASTRAUSER  
AVIATION...LAFLASH/ASTRAUSER  
MARINE...LAFLASH/ASTRAUSER  
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