Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Caribou, ME

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
225 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE AREA WILL SLOWLY DROP SOUTH
THROUGH NEW ENGLAND THROUGH EARLY THIS WEEKEND. A SECOND TROUGH
OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST EARLY NEXT WEEK AND
STALL OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES DURING THE MID WEEK PERIOD.
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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 515 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
AND NORTHERN MAINE INCLUDING PENOBSCOT...PISCATAQUIS AND AROOSTOOK
COUNTIES THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. THE SLOWLY APPROACHING TROUGH
MOVING INTO WARM AND HUMID AIR NEAR THE SURFACE WILL RESULT IN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS
EARLY THIS EVENING MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY
WINDS AND HAIL. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE ROUNDING THE TROUGH LATER
TONIGHT MAY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS.
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.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL LAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE TROUGH
SLOWLY MIGRATES SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. MOIST AIR
CIRCULATING IN FROM THE SOUTHEAST FROM LOW PRESSURE SOUTHWEST OF
THE AREA COMBINED WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MARITIMES WILL
MAINTAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH CHANCES FOR SHOWERS EACH DAY
THROUGH MONDAY.
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.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
A NEW UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL APPROACH FROM THE GREAT LAKES EARLY
NEXT WEEK AS THE LOW SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND SLOWLY DISSIPATES.
TROUGHINESS TO THE SOUTH AND WEST COMBINED WITH HIGHER PRESSURES
TO THE NORTHEAST WILL KEEP A MOIST EASTERLY FLOW OVER THE REGION.
THE LOW FROM THE GREAT LAKES IS EXPECTED TO STALL OVER THE EASTERN
LAKES. HIGH PRESSURE NUDGING IN FROM THE MARITIMES MAY BRING
ENOUGH SUBSIDENCE TO BRIGHTEN SKIES ON WEDNESDAY THOUGH SHOWERS
CANT BE RULED OUT. A PIECE OF THE TROUGH FINALLY KICKING OUT LATE
IN THE WEEK MAY BRING A RENEWED CHANCE FOR SHOWERS THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY.
&&

.AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
GENERALLY IVR TO MVFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK IN LOW CLOUDS. BEST CHANCES FOR IFR CONDITIONS
WILL BE IN FOG AND LOW STRATUS LATE AT NIGHT AND EARLY IN THE MORNING.
&&

.MARINE...
WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SCA THROUGH EARLY THIS
WEEKEND. A SOUTHEAST FETCH LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK
MAY BRING SEAS ABOVE SCA SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AND WINDS MAY APPROACH
SCA SUNDAY NIGHT. HUMID AIR OVER THE WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
AREAS OF DENSE FOG.
&&

.CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

NEAR TERM...BLOOMER
SHORT TERM...BLOOMER
LONG TERM...BLOOMER
AVIATION...BLOOMER
MARINE...BLOOMER/BLOOMER

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1220 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009

MEZ001>006-010-011-015-031-271630-
NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-
SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
1220 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 515 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH
CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL MAINE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MEZ016-017-029-030-032-271630-
INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-
COASTAL WASHINGTON-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
1220 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MAINE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ050>052-271630-
COASTAL WATERS FROM EASTPORT ME TO SCHOODIC POINT ME OUT 25 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT ME TO STONINGTON ME OUT 25 NM-
INTRACOASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT ME TO STONINGTON ME-
1220 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
201 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0150 PM     HAIL             EAGLE LAKE              47.04N 68.59W
06/26/2009  M1.00 INCH       AROOSTOOK          ME   TRAINED SPOTTER

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
211 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0144 PM     HAIL             FORT KENT               47.26N 68.59W
06/26/2009  E0.88 INCH       AROOSTOOK          ME   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0150 PM     HAIL             EAGLE LAKE              47.04N 68.59W
06/26/2009  M1.00 INCH       AROOSTOOK          ME   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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