000 AWUS81 KGYX 061446 RWSME WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1100 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 HIGH PRESSURE WAS ON ITS WAY INTO MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE TUESDAY MORNING...AND ITS ASSOCIATED DRIER AIR WAS BEGINNING TO BREAK UP THE FOG AND SOME OF THE CLOUDINESS THAT PERSISTED LAST NIGHT. THOSE CLOUDS KEPT TEMPERATURES FROM GETTING ANY LOWER THAN THE 50S LAST NIGHT...AND IN FACT LOWS WERE FAIRLY UNIFORM...RANGING FROM AROUND 60 ACROSS THE NORTH TO THE LOW 60S ACROSS THE SOUTH. SKIES WILL BECOME PARTLY SUNNY SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAINS TODAY ...HOWEVER LINGERING MOISTURE CAUGHT UP IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL MAKE IT TOUGH FOR CLOUDS TO DISSIPATE UP THAT WAY. EITHER WAY WELL ALL SEE HIGHS TOPPING OUT IN THE 70S. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD CROSS THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY... BRINGING FAIR WEATHER AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. THEN...A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...WILL APPROACH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A SERIES OF FRONTS WILL CROSS OUR REGION THURSDAY...WITH THE LOW ITSELF PASSING JUST NORTH OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM 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. $$ BROWN