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FXUS61 KCAR 061947
AFDCAR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
245 PM EST SAT APR 6 2002

.SYNOPSIS...WEAK LOW PRESSURE NEAR WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA WILL SLIP EAST
TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. THE HIGH WILL BACK
SOUTH ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS A WARM FRONT APPROACHES. THE WARM
FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...AND
THEN A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

.DISCUSSION...AN INVERTED LOW LEVEL TROUGH THROUGH THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF
THE REGION HAS BEEN BRINGING A LOCALIZED AREA OF SNOW TO SOUTHEAST
AROOSTOOK AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY TODAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO
SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT WITH LITTLE OR NO SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION
EXPECTED. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN TONIGHT ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO FALL
INTO THE 20S AND TEENS IN MANY AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN RECOVER QUICKLY
ON SUNDAY AS SUNSHINE WARMS THE AIR BENEATH RISING HEIGHTS.

AS THE HIGH MOVES AWAY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY A WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH
BRINGING CLOUDS AND A CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT RAIN SOUTH AND LIGHT SNOW AND
RAIN NORTH. WARM ADVECTION WILL MAINTAIN CLOUDS AND LIGHT RAIN INTO TUESDAY
BEFORE A COLD FRONT COMES IN TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT WILL BRING DRYER CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.
SIGNIFICANT WARMING IS POSSIBLE LATE IN THE WEEK AS WEDNESDAYS HIGH MOVES
EAST OF THE AREA BUILDING A RIDGE.

COASTAL WATERS: WINDS MAY BRIEFLY INCREASE TO NEAR SCA CRITERIA AROUND
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...OTHERWISE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW 25 KT.

.CAR...NONE.

MCB