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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY MAINE
345 PM EDT TUE MAY 17 2005

WEATHER MAPS TODAY SHOWED A WEAK SURFACE PRESSURE PATTERN OVER NEW 
ENGLAND.  THIS WAS SUPPORTED BY A LARGE LOW PRESSURE CIRCULATION 
ALOFT THAT WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION.  AS A 
RESULT OF THIS PATTERN, WE HAD A CLOUDY DAY WITH LIGHT WINDS.  RADAR 
RETURNS SHOWED ISOLATED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE REGION AS WELL.

TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WERE IN THE MID 40S TO THE LOWER 50S 
ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS OF MAINE AND IN THE 50S TO MID 60S ELSEWHERE 
ACROSS OUR TWO STATES.  WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

SATELLITE PICTURES SHOWED AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF FOG SITUATED JUST 
OFFSHORE.  IT WILL MOVE INLAND AND ENCOMPASS COASTAL SECTIONS AROUND 
THE TIME OF SUNSET.  THE FOG AND LOW STRATUS CLOUDS WILL THEN MOVE 
FURTHER INLAND TO THE UPLAND VALLEYS TONIGHT.

YOU CAN EXPECT CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS ON 
WEDNESDAY AS THIS WEATHER PATTERN PERSISTS.  UNSETTLED WEATHER CAN 
BE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND AS 
THIS WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES.