000 AWUS81 KGYX 060853 RWSME WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 453 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 A COLD FRONT ALONG THE MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE BORDER DIVIDES PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TO THE WEST OF THE FRONT, FROM FOGGY AND DREARY CONDITIONS EAST. AS A RESULT OF AN ONSHORE FLOW, MOST COASTAL LOCATIONS IN COASTAL MAINE HAVE VISIBILITY BELOW A MILE IN LOCALLY DENSE FOG. TEMPERATURES ARE GENERALLY IN THE MID 60S ACROSS MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE. DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS, SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED THE FRONT IN WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. HOWEVER, THIS SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS DISSIPATED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST, WITH FOG GRADUALLY LIFTING THIS MORNING IN COASTAL MAINE. SKIES WILL BECOME PARTLY SUNNY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE TODAY...WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN MAINE TODAY. PERHAPS THE SUN WILL MAKE A BRIEF APPEARANCE THIS AFTERNOON IN MAINE LOCATIONS. PORTIONS OF MAINE MAY ALSO SEE A SHOWER OR DRIZZLE THIS MORNING. HIGHS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE MID 70S. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD CROSS THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY, BRINGING FAIR WEATHER AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. NEXT, A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM, ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE, WILL APPROACH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A SERIES OF FRONTS WILL CROSS THURSDAY WITH THE LOW ITSELF PASSING JUST NORTH THURSDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL EXIT TO THE EAST FRIDAY, WITH SHOWERS LINGERING IN THE MOUNTAINS. LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT WEEKEND, HIGH PRESSURE LOOKS TO BUILD IN, WITH FAIR WEATHER AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. $$ APFFEL