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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
548 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
1. A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MULTIPLE
WAVES OF RAIN TO NEARLY ALL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL MAINLY FALL LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME LOCALIZED
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS A RESULT OF SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF AND
SNOWMELT. THE RISK OF FLOODING AS A RESULT OF ICE JAMS REMAINS
LOW, BUT NON- ZERO AS SOME ICE DOES REMAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
NORTHERN BASINS.
2. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO LEAD TO STRONG WINDS THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND MOVES THROUGH THE
REGION. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL MAINLY BE IN THE 40 TO 50
MPH RANGE OVER SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE, COASTAL AREAS, THE
INTERIOR OF MAINE, AND THE SOUTHERN KENNEBEC RIVER VALLEY. ANY
CONVECTION IN THE VICINITY COULD LEAD TO SOME HIGHER GUSTS.
3. COLDER AIR BRIEFLY RETURNS MIDWEEK WITH QUIETER WEATHER
BEFORE TEMPERATURES TREND BACK TOWARD NORMAL FOR THE SECOND HALF
OF THE WEEK.
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