000 AWUS81 KGYX 021404 RWSME WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1030 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE LAST NIGHT MOVED OFF THE COAST THIS MORNING. IN ITS WAKE A MASS OF SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR BEGAN FLOWING IN ON A FRESH NORTHWEST BREEZE... LOWERING HUMIDITIES AND PRODUCING SUNNY SKIES IN ALL LOCATIONS. TEMPERATURES QUICKLY WARMED UP INTO THE 70S THIS MORNING... AND READINGS WILL NOW CONTINUE TO CLIMB THIS AFTERNOON UNDER SUNNY SKIES. SEABREEZES WILL DEVELOP TO COOL THINGS A LITTLE NEAR THE SHORE BUT READINGS WILL OTHERWISE TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOW TO MID 80S BEFORE THE DAY IS OUT. TONIGHT A WEAK HIGH WILL BUILD IN TO GIVE ALL AREAS CLEAR SKIES AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES THAN LAST NIGHT. THEN ON TUESDAY ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST AND BRING CLOUDS AND A THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION DURING THE DAY. HUMIDITIES WILL COME BACK UP TOMORROW AS WELL WITH TEMPERATURES GETTING INTO THE 70S AND LOW 80S IN SPITE OF ALL THE CLOUDINESS. ON TUESDAY NIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. BUT ON WEDNESDAY THE FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY AWAY OUT TO SEA AND A NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BEGIN BRINGING MUCH COOLER AIR IN FROM CANADA... SETTING THE STAGE FOR A SPELL OF FAIR MILD WEATHER OVER THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. $$ AJ LESTER