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Area forecast discussion 
National Weather Service Gray ME 
859 PM EDT Wednesday Oct 15 2008 


Synopsis... 
a cold front will approach the region from the west tonight and 
will cross the area on Thursday. High pressure will build over the 
area Thursday night through Saturday and will move offshore on 
Sunday. Another cold front will cross the region Monday and will 
be followed by high pressure on Tuesday and Wednesday. 


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Near term /until 8 am Thursday morning/... 
increasing clouds overnight as cold front approaches from the 
west. Going with low chance probability of precipitation in western zones for the last 
half of the night but it appears the bulk of precipitation holds 
off until daybreak for much of the forecast area. 


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Short term /8 am Thursday morning through 6 PM Thursday/... 
cold front gradually crosses the forecast area on Thursday making 
for a mostly cloudy and rainy day. Think the bulk of the 
precipitation falls during the morning into early afternoon before 
tapering to showers. Expect most of the shower activity to end by 
late afternoon/early evening as cold front passes offshore. 


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Long term /Thursday night through Wednesday/... 
it is going to be a rather quiet extended period for northern New 
England. Cold front will move offshore Thursday evening...with 
high pressure moving in from the west. Surface high pressure over 
the Great Lakes will slowly migrate eastward through the weekend. 
Weak disturbance moving through westerly flow aloft late Sunday 
could bring some clouds and an isolated shower to the mountains. A 
weak cold front will drop through the region late Monday and early 
Tuesday...bringing a chance of precipitation to the region. 


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Aviation /01z Thursday through Monday/... 
short term...generally VFR overnight. MVFR/IFR ceilings developing 
early Thursday ahead of cold front. 


Long term...VFR conditions will dominate the period. 


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Marine... 
short term...no flags. 


Long term...all quiet on the waters. 


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Gyx watches/warnings/advisories... 
ME...none. 
New Hampshire...none. 
Marine...none. 


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