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AFDCAR
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
736 PM EDT SAT OCT 17 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
735 PM UPDATE...UPDATE FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION.
KEY MESSAGES
1) GENERALLY DRY WEATHER SUNDAY THROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1...GENERALLY DRY WEATHER SUNDAY THROUGH LATE NEXT
WEEK.
KEY MESSAGE 1 DESCRIPTION...
A STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL ELONGATE ACROSS THE
NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES BEGINNING ON SUNDAY AND WILL
GENERALLY CONTROL THE WEATHER THROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK. DURING
THIS TIME, SEVERAL WEAK FRONTAL PASSAGES WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER,
WITH ONLY LIMITED MOISTURE AVAILABLE EXPECT THAT THE FRONTAL
PASSAGES WILL GENERALLY BE DRY. AS THE ORIGINAL HIGH SLIDES
EASTWARD ON TUESDAY, ADDITIONAL RIDGING OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL
MOVE INTO THE REGION CONTINUING THE DRY TREND.
AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/
TONIGHT...VFR. NW WINDS 5-10 KTS, BECOMING WSW.
SUNDAY...VFR. WSW WINDS 5-10 KTS.
SUNDAY NIGHT...VFR. S WINDS 5-10 KTS.
MONDAY...VFR. S WINDS 10 - 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 20
KTS MONDAY. VARIABLE WINDS UP TO 10 KT MONDAY NIGHT.
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...VFR. WINDS TURN N 10 - 15 KT WITH
GUSTS UP TO AROUND 20 KT TUESDAY, THEN 5 TO 10 KNOTS TUESDAY
NIGHT. N/NE WINDS 5 - 10 KT WEDNESDAY. GUSTS UP TO 20 KNOTS
BANGOR/DOWNEAST.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...VFR. WINDS TURN FROM NE TO S/SE
VARIABLE WINDS THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN AREAS. THEN
CHANGING TO W/NW WIND BY THURSDAY EVENING. VARIABLE WINDS.
MARINE
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
FOR THE INTRA-COASTAL AND COASTAL WATERS. WINDS/SEAS BELOW SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
A NOREASTER IS EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG THE MID- ATLANTIC ON
MONDAY, BRINGING INCREASED SEAS INTO OUR WATERS EARLY THIS WEEK.
SEAS WILL BEGIN TO GROW ON THE OUTER WATERS IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON ON MONDAY REACHING BETWEEN 4-8 FT THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. BY THIS TIME, SEAS BETWEEN 4-6 FEET ARE
EXPECTED IN COASTAL AND INTO INNER COASTAL WATERS, PEAKING
BETWEEN 6-8 FT BY TUESDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL STAY CONSTANT
THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON TUESDAY. WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW SCA
THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE INCREASING TUESDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO
30KT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WITH WAVES ON WEDNESDAY ON THE INNER
COASTAL BETWEEN 2-4 FT AND THE WAVES ON THE COASTAL AND OUTER
WATERS STAYING THE CONSISTENT WITH 5-8 FT, THEN BEGINS TO DROP
IN THE COASTAL WATERS DURING OVERNIGHT PERIODS ON WEDNESDAY.
WITH WAVES ON THURSDAY 4-6 FT COASTAL AND OUTER WATERS.
CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ME...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR ANZ050>052.
DISCUSSION...CN/CM
AVIATION...21/CN/CM
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