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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY MAINE
344 PM EST FRI JAN 21 2005

TODAY NORTHERN MAINE WAS CLOUDY DUE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM 
CENTERED OVER LABRADOR THAT CIRCULATED WRAP AROUND MOISTURE INTO 
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF MAINE.  ELSEWHERE IN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE IT 
WAS SUNNY.  TEMPERATURES REMAINED COLD OVER THE ENTIRE REGION 
TODAY.  AFTERNOON HIGHS WERE IN THE SINGLE NUMBERS BELOW ZERO ACROSS 
NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AS WELL AS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN 
MAINE.  ELSEWHERE IT WAS IN THE SINGLE NUMBERS ABOVE ZERO.  ADDED TO 
THOSE COLD TEMPERATURES WE HAD SOME WIND THAT WAS RUNNING FROM 10 TO 
15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.  THIS PRODUCED WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 15 
BELOW IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS TO AS LOW AS 32 BELOW IN SOME 
OF OUR NORTHERN LOCATIONS.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE REGION. LATER TONIGHT 
IT WILL CAUSE THE GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS TO DIMINISH.  THEREFORE, WE 
WILL CONTINUE WITH THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN SECTIONS 
ONLY THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.  HOWEVER VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND COLD 
WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR 
WITHIN MINUTES. IF HEADING OUTDOORS, IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT 
YOU DRESS IN LAYERS, WEAR A HAT, GLOVES, SCARF, AND EAR MUFFS TO 
KEEP WARM.

THE HIGH WILL MOVE EAST ON SATURDAY AS A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM 
APPROACHES NEW ENGLAND FROM THE WEST.  SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY BREAK OUT 
SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIN PRECIPITATION SHIELD.  IT 
LOOKS LIKE BULK OF THIS STORM WILL HAPPEN DURING THE SATURDAY NIGHT 
TIMEFRAME.  SINCE THE CENTER OF THIS STORM WILL PASS TO OUR SOUTH, 
WE WILL BE ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF ITS PRECIPITATION AREA.  
THEREFORE, ACCUMULATIONS FOR SOUTHERN SECTIONS WILL BE ON THE ORDER 
OF 3 TO 5 INCHES, 1 TO 3 INCHES INLAND, AND LESSER AMOUNTS FURTHER 
NORTH.

A WEAK SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SNOW SHOWERS TO NORTHERN 
MOUNTAIN SECTIONS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.  THEN, ANOTHER 
CLIPPER TYPE STORM WILL ARRIVE MID WEEK.  ALBEIT, NOT AS STRONG AS 
PREVIOUSLY INDICATED, SOME MODERATION OF OUR TEMPERATURES CAN BE 
EXPECTED NEXT WEEK.