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FXUS61 KCAR 201805
AFDCAR
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
205 PM EDT MON APR 20 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
- INCREASED COVERAGE OF CHANCE POPS TO THE ENTIRE CWA ON
THURSDAY.
KEY MESSAGES
1) GRADUALLY MODERATING TEMPERATURES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IT
SHOULD BE MAINLY DRY, EXCEPT FOR POSSIBLY SOME LIGHT SHOWERS
FROM LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1...
GRADUALLY MODERATING TEMPERATURES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IT
SHOULD BE MAINLY DRY, EXCEPT FOR POSSIBLY SOME LIGHT SHOWERS
FROM LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
KEY MESSAGE 1 DESCRIPTION...
THE VERTICALLY STACKED TROF WILL BEGIN TO MOVE OVER THE REGION
TONIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A PIPELINE OF COLD AIR
INTO THE AREA, CAUSING TEMPS TO BE WELL BELOW NORMAL WITH TEENS
IN THE NORTH AND 20S IN THE SOUTH TONIGHT.
THE REGION IS UNDER NW FLOW ALOFT WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT. A NORTHERN STREAM CLOSED LOW PASSING TO THE NORTH, THEN
NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY COULD BRING SOME LIGHT RAIN
OR SNOW SHOWERS (JUST RAIN SHOWERS AT THE COAST), WITH LITTLE
OR NO MEASURABLE SNOWFALL AND LESS THAN 1/4 OF AN INCH OF LIQUID
EQUIVALENT EXPECTED. OTHERWISE IT SHOULD BE DRY FROM WEDNESDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT, WITH GRADUALLY MODERATING TEMPERATURES.
DEEP LAYERED RIDGING BUILDS IN SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH
CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS AND NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES.
AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/
TODAY...MAINLY VFR WITH PERIODS OF MVFR CIG AND/OR VSBY DUE TO
SHSN OR SHRA DEPENDING ON TERMINALS THAT ARE BELOW FREEZING. WNW
WINDS 5-15 KTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KTS.
TONIGHT-TUE NIGHT...VFR FOR ALL TERMINALS. LIGHT AND VARIABLE
WINDS.
WEDNESDAY: VFR AT TERMINALS NEAR THE EASTERN BORDER WITH
CANADA, WITH A LOW CHANCE OF MVFR ELSEWHERE IN THE AFTERNOON.
S-SW WINDS G15KT POSSIBLE.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT-THURSDAY: MVFR OR LOWER POSSIBLE. NW WINDS
G15-20KT POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
THURSDAY NIGHT-SATURDAY: VFR. NW WINDS G15-20KT POSSIBLE BOTH
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
MARINE
WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN BELOW SCA CONDITIONS TONIGHT, TUESDAY
AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
A RELAXED PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE WATERS WEDNESDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY SHOULD LIMIT SUSTAINED WINDS TO 15 KT OR LESS, GUSTS TO
20 KT OR LESS AND SEAS TO 4 FT OR LESS THROUGH THIS TIME FRAME.
CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ME...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
DISCUSSION...ARL/PM
AVIATION...ARL/PM
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