FXUS61 KGYX 061928
AFDGYX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
228 PM EST SUN DEC 6 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. A
WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.
AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE FOLLOWS FOR TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY.
LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY, THEN
REDEVELOP ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND COAST LATE WEDNESDAY AND EARLY
THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL GRADUALLY EXIT INTO THE MARITIMES LATE
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT AND MONDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA TNGT INTO EARLY MONDAY...THEN AN
APPROACHING CLIPPER WILL RAPIDLY SPREAD MID AND HIGH CLOUDS
ACROSS THE AREA. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NRN AREAS OF NH
AND THE WRN MTNS OF ME IN THE AFTN WITH A SLGT CHC OF SNOW SHOWERS
REACHING THE COAST BY THE END OF THE DAY. MOISTURE WILL BE VERY
LIMITED WITH THIS SYSTEM...STAYED WITH MAV POPS. USED A BLEND OF
BOTH MODELS FOR TEMP FCST. 

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
THE WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE REGION SHOULD
CONTINUE TO BRING SOME SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY EVENING. HIGH
PRESSURE THEN BUILDS EAST OVER NEW ENGLAND ON TUESDAY BRINGING
FAIR WEATHER. A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS
THE GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY COMBINED WITH A SECOND LOW DEVELOPING
ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW FOR
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW SHOULD MIX WITH OR CHANGE
TO RAIN ALONG THE COAST DEPENDING ON THE TRACK OF THE COASTAL LOW.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THURSDAY. HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH OF THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH FAIR
WEATHER SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAINS.

TEMPERATURES DURING THE PERIOD START OUT SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL 
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...THEN TREND COOLER DURING THE REST OF THE 
WEEK AND WILL BE WELL BELOW NORMAL BY NEXT WEEKEND. 

&&

.AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...VFR. CEILINGS AND VSBYS MAY BECOME
MVFR N OF TAF SITES DURING THE AFTN.

LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...MVFR CONDITIONS ARE 
POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT IN SNOW SHOWERS. IFR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY IN SNOW...WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW NEAR
THE COAST. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS
FRIDAY WITH FAIR WEATHER SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAINS.

&&

.MARINE...
SHORT TERM /THRU MONDAY/...NO FLAGS.

LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...GALE FORCE WINDS ARE 
POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY.

&&

.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...NONE.
NH...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

$$