064  
FXUS61 KCAR 210620  
AFDCAR  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME  
220 AM EDT TUE APR 21 2026  
   
WHAT HAS CHANGED
 
 
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FROM LAST FORECAST.  
 

 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
1) BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK  
BEFORE WARMING FOR THE WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
KEY MESSAGE 1...BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THROUGH THE END  
OF THE WEEK BEFORE WARMING FOR THE WEEKEND.  
 
KEY MESSAGE 1 DESCRIPTION...  
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGH  
TEMPS WILL BE HARD- PRESSED TO CLIMB INTO THE 50S THURSDAY AND  
FRIDAY WITH TEMPS LIKELY TO REMAIN IN THE 40S WITH UPPER LOW  
REMAINING OVER THE MARITIMES. UPPER LOW WILL BEGIN TO HEAD EAST  
INTO THE NORTH ATLANTIC OVER THE WEEKEND AS UPR RIDGE BUILDS  
CLOSER TO THE AREA. AS A RESULT TEMPS WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE  
THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS REACHING INTO THE 50S THIS  
WEEKEND, POSSIBLY INTO THE 60S EARLY NEXT WEEK. MOST OF THE  
STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS TO OUR SOUTH THRU THE END OF THE PERIOD.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /06Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/
 
 
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. W WIND 5 TO 10 KT  
TODAY, BECOMING LIGHT S THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND  
TONIGHT, THEN S WIND 5 TO 10 KT ON WEDNESDAY.  
 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT-THURSDAY...MVFR OR LOWER IN SHOWERS. LIGHT S  
BECOMING NW AND INCREASING TO 5-10KTS THURSDAY MORNING.  
 
THURSDAY NIGHT...VFR/MVFR POSSIBLE NORTH, VFR DOWNEAST. NW 5-15KTS.  
 
FRIDAY-SATURDAY...VFR. NNW 5-15KTS.  
 

 
   
MARINE
 
 
HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP WINDS AND SEAS BELOW SCA CRITERIA  
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
ME...NONE.  
MARINE...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...21/TWD  
AVIATION...21/TWD  
 
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