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FXUS61 KGYX 202252 AFDGYX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
552 PM EST FRI NOV 20 2009

SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. A STORM SYSTEM MAY APPROACH FROM THE SOUTH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... UPDATE; COMPLETELY UPDATED FORECAST FOR TONIGHT TO REFLECT MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST AND REMOVE ANY MENTION OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING SINCE IT IS MUCH TOO WARM. DRY SLOT WITH MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHERN AREAS THIS EVENING MAY GRADUALLY GIVE WAY TO SOME SCATTERED SC LATER TNGT OVER SRN AREAS OTHERWISE FURTHER N AND IN THE MTNS MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDS WILL PREVAIL WITH SCT RAIN SHWRS.

SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE REGION SATURDAY. UPSLOPE CLOUDS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS EARLY SATURDAY. OTHERWISE...SKIES WILL BE PARTLY/MOSTLY SUNNY ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE TO THE EAST MONDAY...WITH MOISTURE STARTING TO INCREASE LATER MONDAY AROUND EXITING HIGH PRESSURE. CLOUD COVER WILL INCREASE MONDAY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS MONDAY NIGHT.

LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS REGARDING LOW PRESSURE WHICH COULD LIFT NORTH ALONG THE COAST TUESDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. THE LOW SHOULD MOVE EAST WEDNESDAY...WITH SHOWERS POSSIBLY LINGERING IN THE MOUNTAINS. ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY/FRIDAY.

AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THRU SATURDAY EXCEPT AT LEB WHERE BRIEFLY MVFR CIGS MAY OCCUR. OCNL MVFR CONDITIONS COULD OCCUR ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS EARLY SATURDAY. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY INTO MONDAY. OCCASIONAL MVFR CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE TUESDAY DEPENDENT ON THE TRACK OF THE COASTAL LOW. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN WEDNESDAY.

MARINE... AN SCA REMAINS UP TONIGHT FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS FOLLOWING THE FRONT. SEAS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 FT OVERNIGHT WITH THE HIGHEST SEAS OFF THE MID MAINE COAST. WINDS/SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE THEN POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY DEPENDENT ON THE TRACK OF THE COASTAL LOW.

GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE.
MARINE... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR ANZ151- 153. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY FOR ANZ150-152- 154.

&& SHORT TERM... MARINE LOONG TERM...HANES

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