High Wind Watch 7, NWS Caribou, ME

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
343 AM EST MON NOV 13 2006

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE JUST NORTH OF THE STATE WILL PROVIDE A
MOIST EASTERLY FLOW WITH CLOUDY SKIES AND AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND FOG
TODAY. LOW PRESSURE MOVING OFF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES WILL
SLOWLY TRACK NORTH TONIGHT...AND MOVE JUST WEST OF THE REGION ON
TUESDAY. RAIN WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE
TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE FOR MOST OF TUESDAY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY WITH DRYER CONDITIONS.
THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAINFALL FOR THE REGION WILL BE LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
BAND OF RAIN CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN MAINE WILL MOVE
NORTH OF THE VALLEY THIS MORNING. AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE
STATE IT WILL ALLOW SURFACE RIDGE TO OUR NORTH TO BUILD DOWN
ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THIS WILL PREVENT ANY FURTHER RAINFALL
TODAY BUT MOIST EASTERLY FLOW AROUND THE HIGH WILL KEEP PLENTY OF
LOW CLOUDS WITH FOG AND DRIZZLE AROUND.

MODELS MUCH CLOSER THIS MORNING WITH LOW PRESSURE MOVING OFF THE
EAST COAST AND TRACKING WEST OF THE REGION ON TUESDAY. RAIN WILL
OVERSPREAD THE AREA MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AS THIS LOW
TRACKS NORTH. PLENTY OF ATLANTIC MOISTURE IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW
WILL FLOW ACROSS THE REGION ON TUESDAY. UPPER LOW WILL LIFT RIGHT
OVER THE STATE TUESDAY SETTING UP SCENARIO FOR 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE UPSLOPE REGIONS OF OUR
WESTERN FOOTHILLS. USED A MODEL BLEND OF THE GFS...HPC...AND NAM
FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHICH CAME OUT VERY CLOSE TO HPC SOLUTION. FLOOD
GUIDANCE INDICATES RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS
ADDITIONAL RAIN SO WILL REISSUE ESF AND NOT PUT OUT A FLOOD WATCH
AT THIS TIME.

LOW LEVEL JET OF 50 KTS WILL NOSE INTO THE COASTAL REGIONS TUESDAY
SO HAVE ISSUED HIGH WIND WATCH FOR COASTAL ZONES. COULD SEE SOME
GUSTS TO 50 KTS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH
POSSIBLE TREE DAMAGE AND MINOR POWER OUTAGES. ADVISORY WINDS MAY
BE POSSIBLE ACROSS INTERIOR DOWNEAST ON TUESDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT WITH A
STEADY RAIN TAPERING TO SHOWERS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. THE LOW WILL
CONTINUE LIFTING NORTH THROUGH QUEBEC PROVINCE WEDNESDAY...WHILE
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGES NORTH TOWARD THE REGION. SHOWERS COULD LINGER
EARLY WEDNESDAY...PARTICULARLY ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS. THE RIDGE
WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHILE LOW
PRESSURE LIFTS TOWARD THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE
ACROSS THE REGION IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THE LOW WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THURSDAY DRAWING A
WARM FRONT TOWARD THE REGION. SHOWER CHANCES WILL INCREASE
THURSDAY IN ADVANCE OF THE WARM FRONT. THE LOW SHOULD TRACK WEST
OF THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY WHILE A COLD FRONT APPROACHES
FROM THE WEST...WITH RAIN ACROSS THE REGION IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD
FRONT. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD CROSS THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH
THE RAIN ENDING IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. A SECONDARY
FRONT/TROF COULD CROSS THE REGION SATURDAY...KEEPING MORE EXTENSIVE
CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE NORTH/MOUNTAINS. ANOTHER COLD FRONT/TROF
COULD CROSS THE REGION SUNDAY...BRINGING PARTLY/MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES
TO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN FALL TO NEAR
NORMAL LEVELS FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...PLENTY OF CLOUDS...DRIZZLE AND FOG WILL KEEP MAINLY
MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

&&

.MARINE...
EASTERLY FLOW WITH CONTINUE TO BUILD SEAS TODAY. AS LOW PRESSURE
MOVES UP THE EAST COAST GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN BETWEEN LOW AND
RETREATING HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR NORTHEAST. WITH SEAS APPROACHING 5
FT TODAY AND WINDS INCREASING TO SCA CRITERIA LATE TONIGHT WILL
ISSUE SCA WITH THIS PACKAGE. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES JUST WEST OF THE WATERS.

LONG TERM: SEAS WILL REMAIN AT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS TUESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS WILL BE NEAR SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
LEVELS TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO BE BELOW SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY. WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE
BACK TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY.
VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED IN RAIN/FOG TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN
AGAIN THURSDAY/FRIDAY

&&

.CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR MEZ029-030 FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 5 PM TUESDAY.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ANZ050 UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY.
&&

SHORT TERM/MARINE...FOSTER
LONG TERM/MARINE...NORCROSS
AVIATION...FOSTER

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