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FXUS61 KGYX 111838
AFDGYX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
238 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
LITTLE CHANGE TO THE GOING FORECAST AT THIS TIME.
KEY MESSAGES
1. MAINLY FAIR WEATHER EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT
WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOW POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS.
2. SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE LIKELY TO END OUT THE WEEK, WITH
MOSTLY DRY WEATHER EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND. ASTRONOMICAL TIDES
WILL BE AT A MONTHLY HIGH, BUT IMPACTS SHOULD REMAIN MINIMAL.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1 DESCRIPTION...
OTHER THAN LOCALLY DENSE VALLEY FOG TONIGHT THE WEATHER WILL BE
FAIR. RADIATIONAL COOLING WILL BRING TEMPERATURES DOWN INTO THE
50S IN OUTLYING AREAS, WITH A FEW SPOTS IN NORTHERN NH POSSIBLY
REACHING THE UPPER 40S. HAVE HEAVILY BLENDED IN THE MET AND MAV
GUIDANCE FOR LOWS.
A WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL APPROACH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND
WEDNESDAY. THIS FEATURE COUPLED WITH AT LEAST WEAK INSTABILITY
SHOULD ALLOW FOR WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WITH SFC DEWPOINT
DEPRESSIONS AROUND 20F GUSTY WINDS COULD OCCUR IN CONVECTIVE
SHOWERS AND STORMS. HOWEVER, COVERAGE WILL BE WIDELY SCATTERED
AND MOST LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY REMAIN DRY. VALLEY FOG WILL BE
LIKELY ONCE AGAIN LATE AT NIGHT.
KEY MESSAGE 2 DESCRIPTION...
A WEAK TROUGH AXIS SWINGS INTO THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
IS LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. DURING ITS PASSAGE, SHOWERS
AND STORMS ARE POSSIBLE, BUT PWATS IN THE RANGE OF 1.1-1.5
INCHES SHOULD ALLOW FOR SHOWERS TO BE FAIRLY SCATTERED RATHER
THAN MORE WIDESPREAD.
IN ADDITION, WE WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE HIGH TIDES FOR
THURSDAY. ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE HIGH FOR THE MONTH, AND THE TIDE
GAUGES WILL BE CLOSE TO REACHING MINOR FLOOD STAGE. HOWEVER, LIGHT
OFFSHORE WINDS AND VERY LOW WAVE HEIGHTS COULD ALLOW FOR SOME HIGH
WATER ALONG THE COAST, BUT OTHERWISE IMPACTS SHOULD BE MINIMAL.
OVER THE WEEKEND, A MID-LEVEL RIDGE MOVES INTO THE AREA. RIDGING
AND HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD ALLOW FOR DRY AND PLEASANT WEATHER,
WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES FORECAST NEAR 80F.
AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...VFR EXPECTED WITH RELATIVELY LIGHT
WINDS. VALLEY FOG AT HIE AND LEB LIKELY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. THE SEABREEZE WILL LIKELY COME ASHORE DURING THE
AFTERNOON AT COASTAL TERMINALS. WIDELY SCATTERED GUSTY SHOWERS
AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
OUTLOOK:
THURSDAY-FRIDAY: PERIODS OF MVFR POSSIBLE DUE TO SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.
SATURDAY-SUNDAY: VFR EXPECTED.
MARINE
WINDS AND SEAS WILL LARGELY REMAIN BELOW SCA CRITERIA THROUGH
THE WEEK AS A SERIES OF GENERALLY WEAK COLD FRONTS CROSS THE
WATERS. CONDITIONS MAY COME CLOSE TO SCA CRITERIA BRIEFLY FRIDAY
NIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY.
GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ME...NONE.
NH...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
DISCUSSION...EKSTER/PALMER
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