362 FXUS61 KCAR 260651 AFDCAR AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 250 AM EDT FRI JUL 26 2002 SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT EAST OF THE CANADIAN MARITIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WEAK WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE WEST ON SATURDAY. DISCUSSION... WILL NOT BE MAKING ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE SINCE IT SEEMS TO BE ON TRACK. IR SATELLITE SHOWS SOME MAINLY HIGH/MID LEVEL CLOUDS STREAMING ACROSS THE REGION. BASED ON SATELLITE TRENDS THIS BATCH OF CLOUDS WILL BE MOVING EAST EARLY TODAY SO THERE SHOULD BE A BREAK FOR A TIME BEFORE THE NEXT BATCH OF CLOUDS ACROSS ONTARIO AND WESTERN QUEBEC MOVE IN LATER IN THE DAY. WILL WORD SKY CONDITION AS PARTLY CLOUDY TODAY FOR ALL AREAS. FOR TONIGHT UPPER RIDGE STARTS TO BREAK DOWN AS WEAK SHORT WAVE BEGINS TO APPROACH FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION. FOR SATURDAY WEAK SHORT WAVE/WARM FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION. WILL MAINTAIN LOW POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS AS THESE FEATURES CROSS THE REGION. NEXT SIGNIFICANT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/TSTMS WILL BE TUESDAY WITH COLD FRONT. COASTAL WATERS... NO HEADLINES. .CAR...NONE DUDA