WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY MAINE
1000 AM EST MON NOV 5 2007
THERE WAS SOME HIGH CLOUDINESS OVER MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
THIS MORNING BUT MOST AREAS HAD A GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE. THIS TOOK
TEMPERATURES THAT STARTED OUT THE DAY IN THE 20S AND LOW 30S AND
SENT THEM INTO THE UPPER 30S AND 40S BY LATE MORNING.
THIS AFTERNOON WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN
ACROSS THE REGION AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE CRESTS OVER NEW ENGLAND.
TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT IN THE 40S AND LOW 50S AND WINDS WILL
REMAIN LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
TONIGHT THICKENING CLOUDS WILL SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION AS
A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SHOWERS WILL THEN MOVE IN
FROM WEST TO EAST LATER ON ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCREASING SOUTH TO
SOUTHEAST BREEZE. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S AND 30S
OVER THE NORTH AND MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND THOSE AREAS SHOULD SEE THE
SHOWERS FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW. THE REST OF THE TWO STATES WILL
ONLY DROP INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOW 40S AND THE SHOWERS SHOULD BE
IN THE FORM OF RAIN.
ON TUESDAY THE FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH MAINE AND NEW
HAMPSHIRE KEEPING SNOW OR MIXED PRECIPITATION GOING IN THE NORTH AND
MOUNTAINS AND RAIN FALLING ELSEWHERE FOR MOST OF THE DAY.
THE NORTH
AND MOUNTAINS COULD GET AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION TOMORROW
BUT MOST AREAS WILL JUST GET WET WITH TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT IN
THE UPPER 30S AND 40S.
LATE ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT THE FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE
REGION AND THE WINDS WILL SHIFT INTO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. THIS
WILL END THE STEADY PRECIPITATION EVERYWHERE BY EARLY EVENING AND
LEAVE US WITH IMPROVING SKIES AND FALLING TEMPERATURES FOR THE
OVERNIGHT. LOWS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S AND 30S AND
THERE COULD BE A FEW SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS.
ON WEDNESDAY A COOL DRY HIGH WILL BEGIN BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST TO
BECOME THE CONTROLLING FEATURE IN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE'S WEATHER
FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WORKWEEK. THIS SHOULD TRANSLATE INTO
FAIR SKIES AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES EVERYWHERE ON WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH HIGHS EACH DAY IN THE UPPER 30S AND 40S AND
LOWS EACH NIGHT IN THE 20S AND LOW 30S.
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AJ LESTER