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FXUS61 KGYX 171926
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Gray ME
326 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024

.SYNOPSIS...
Heat, humidity, and storms persist into this evening, but a
change in pattern will bring relief through late week. A cold
front passes this evening and tonight, bringing drier and
somewhat cooler conditions for the end of the week into the
weekend. High pressure builds in from the west with mostly dry
conditions forecast through the weekend.


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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
Actual sfc front looks to be running from about Quebec City SW
to Buffalo at 19Z, and this will shift SE toward the CWA during
the afternoon and evening. Convection is breaking out along
various boundaries ahead of the front and will continue across
the CWA into this evening. Best forcing is currently to our SE
as wave is moving NE thru the 500 MB flow tracks from central PA
to near KALB by late afternoon, and then weakens. This should
help to produce better shear and stronger storms along its path,
but it won`t move far enough N at peak strength to contribute
to to sever wx across the whole CWA, and thus the SVR watch in
place for just the srn half of NH this afternoon. I think the
current cluster of storms over the lower Hudson valley are the
ones we have to watch. There are some weaker TSRA from SW NH
into the ME mtns this afternoon, but otherwise it`ll stay mostly
to partly sunny until the storms move in. It`ll also stay hot
and humid until the storms arrive as well.

Convection will wind down from the NW zones by around 00Z, and
gradually end from NW-SE through the course of the evening,
although the sever threat will end by 00Z as well.. Think the
actual sfc front crosses too late to see much mixing to the sfc,
and we`ll have to deal with one more warm and muggy night, with
patchy fog developing once the precip ends. Mins run from the
low to mid 60s in the mtns, to around 70 in srn NH and the ME
coast.

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.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
Thursday starts off with a lot of clouds, but they should begin
to erode during the morning especially away from the coast.,
where sunshine increases during the afternoon. Along the coast
it may take longer to clear completely as secondary move along
the front stalled to our S, but should see it become generally
clear by mid to late afternoon. In the mtns, Tds will drop off
into the mid to upper 50s during the morning, but itll take
until mid to late afternoon for that to happen in the S. Highs
will be lower than the last few days, but still warm in many
spots ranging from around 80 in the mtns to the mid to upper 80s
in S NH and on the ME coast, as W winds allow downslope
warming.

Expecting wide spread clearing Thu night with drier air moving
in and much more comfortable sleeping conditions , as mins range
from the low to mid 50s in the mtns to around 60 in the the
south. Patchy valley fog is also expected.


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.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
A weak cold front will bring a low chance of showers to portions of
the region Saturday night into Sunday, but otherwise it looks pretty
quiet for Friday into the weekend. The highlight will be drier air
in place, making it less humid out, and daytime temperatures won`t
be as hot. Highs will be generally in the 80s south of the
mountains, although a few southern areas could still reach 90
degrees on Saturday and Sunday. Nighttime will also offer relief
with lows primarily in the 50s to lower 60s, and northern valleys
may be even be able to dip into the upper 40s on a couple of nights
if the skies remain clear and winds stay light. Valley fog will also
be possible at night.

Going into next week, there may be enough of an increase in moisture
for a few showers to develop on Monday, but precip chances increase
moreso toward Tuesday and Wednesday of next week as low pressure and
a warm front lift toward New England. This is supported by the vast
majority of ensemble members from the ECMWF and GFS, but due to this
being toward the end of the forecast period and the inherit
uncertainty, will not go as high as the NBM on PoPs yet.
Temperatures look to remain near or slightly above normal from early
to midweek.

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.AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
Short Term...Sct TSRA possible this afternoon into early
evening, and could cause temp flight restrictions at any
terminals, but expecting fog to develop after midnight at
KLEB/KHIE/KAUG, and KRKD, which should bring a period of LIFR in
the pre-dawn hours. VFR expected Thu and Thu night, except for
valley fog at KLEB/KHIE late Thu night.

Long Term...High pressure and drier air will bring mostly VFR
from Friday through Monday, but there may be some valley fog
during the night and early morning hours. A weak frontal
boundary may bring a few showers late Saturday night into
Sunday, but overall chances for these look low. Enough moisture
may be sufficient enough for additional showers Monday
afternoon.

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.MARINE...
Short Term...Winds diminish this evening, and stay below SCA
levels through Thu night.

Long Term...SCA conditions are currently not expected from
Friday through the middle of next week. N/NW winds will be in
place across the waters early Friday but will become more S/SW
by the afternoon as the seabreeze develops and as high pressure
becomes centered SE of the waters. Another weak frontal boundary
could cross the waters late Saturday and into Sunday, resulting
in another brief wind shift. High pressure looks to maintain
control over the waters early next week before a low pressure
potentially approaches toward the middle of next week.

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.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...Heat Advisory until 6 PM EDT this evening for MEZ012-018>024-
     033.
NH...Heat Advisory until 6 PM EDT this evening for NHZ004-006-
     008>010-012>015.
MARINE...None.

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NEAR TERM...Cempa
SHORT TERM...Cempa
LONG TERM...Combs