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FXUS61 KGYX 081043
AFDGYX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
643 AM EDT WED JUL 8 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
MINOR UPDATE TO THE AVIATION SECTION FOR THE 12Z TAFS.
KEY MESSAGES
1. RAIN MOVES AWAY FROM THE COAST, WITH A WARM UP GETTING
UNDERWAY TODAY.
2. RETURN TO ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES DURING THE LATTER HALF
OF THE WORK WEEK WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
INCREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON ONWARD.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1 DESCRIPTION...
RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE COAST THIS MORNING AS LOW
PRESSURE TRACKS OUT TO SEA. BROAD HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY BUILDS
IN FROM THE WEST THROUGH THE DAYTIME, BRINGING ABUNDANT
SUNSHINE. WITH THE SUNSHINE, TEMPS RISE INTO THE 80S ACROSS MOST
OF THE AREA TODAY. A SEABREEZE IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS, KNOCKING TEMPS BACK INTO THE 70S
THIS AFTERNOON.
A QUIET NIGHT IS EXPECTED WITH LOWS GENERALLY BOTTOMING OUT IN
THE 60S. AS DEW POINTS CONTINUE TO CREEP UP WITH THE WARMING
AIRMASS, NIGHTTIME VALLEY FOG IS LIKELY AGAIN TONIGHT THROUGH
THE NORTHERN VALLEYS AND THE CT RIVER VALLEY.
KEY MESSAGE 2 DESCRIPTION...
A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN IS EXPECTED MID TO LATE WEEK AS
TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S WITH A FEW SPOTS
APPROACHING THE 90 DEGREE MARK. THE WARMEST DAY LOOKS TO BE
THURSDAY WITH DEW POINTS CLIMBING INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S.
THIS MAY RESULT IN AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES TO APPROACH 95F FOR A
COUPLE OF HOURS, MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN NH. A FEW SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY
ACROSS THE MTNS AND TOWARDS THE CANADIAN BORDER AS A COLD FRONT
SAGS SOUTHWARD.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ON
FRIDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES ROUGHLY 5 DEGREES COOLER THAN
THOSE OF THURSDAY BUT IT WILL REMAIN HUMID. TEMPERATURES LOOK TO
LARGELY REMAIN NEAR OR A BIT ABOVE AVG THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK WITH TYPICAL DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AT TIMES.
AVIATION /12Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/
THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY...VALLEY FOG AT CON AND LEB WILL DISSIPATE
OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. LOW CIGS AT RKD WILL ALSO SCATTER BY
MID MORNING. VFR THEN PREVAILS TODAY, BUT VALLEY FOG WILL BE
POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT AT LEB, HIE, AND CON. VFR LIKELY
PREVAILS ELSEWHERE TONIGHT.
OUTLOOK:
THURSDAY-SUNDAY: MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH TEMPO
RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES WITHIN SCATTERED SHRA/-TSRA,
ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
MARINE
SEAS LOWER BELOW SCA LEVELS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WATERS THROUGH
DAYBREAK. FAIR CONDITIONS RETURN AS HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY
BUILDS ACROSS THE WATERS TODAY AND LOW PRESSURE EXITS THE GULF
OF MAINE. FAIR CONDITIONS CONTINUE TONIGHT. SEAS OUTSIDE OF THE
BAYS MAY APPROACH 5 FT THURSDAY PM BUT OTHERWISE WINDS AND SEAS
WILL LIKELY LARGELY REMAIN BELOW SCA CRITERIA THROUGH EARLY
NEXT WEEK.
GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ME...NONE.
NH...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
DISCUSSION...CLAIR/TUBBS
AVIATION...SCHROETER
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