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AWUS81 KGYX 171352
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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY MAINE
952 AM EDT THU MAR 17 2011

TEMPERATURES HAVE STARTED OFF WARM TODAY WITH SEVERAL AREAS ALREADY 
TOPPING 40 DEGREES AT 10 A.M.  AMPLE SPRING SUNSHINE WILL SEND THOSE 
TEMPERATURES SOARING FOR THE WARMEST DAY THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS 
YEAR...AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.  HIGH TEMPERATURES 
WILL RANGE FROM NEAR 40 IN THE MOUNTAINS TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE 50 ALONG 
THE COASTAL PLAIN.  LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL STAY ABOVE 
FREEZING FOR MOST LOCATIONS.  

CLOUDS WILL START TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE 
SYSTEM MOVING EAST FROM CANADA AND INTO NORTHERN MAINE BY TOMORROW 
MORNING...PUSHING A WARM FRONT ACROSS OUR REGION. TOMORROW...THE LOW 
WILL TRACK DOWN THE SAINT LAWRENCE AND DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE 
REGION LATER IN THE DAY.  AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL 
WARM INTO THE 40S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...WITH 50S ELSEWHERE...AND 
EVEN A FEW LOWER 60S OVER SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST 
COASTAL MAINE. THIS FRONT COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS CLOSE TO 40 MPH 
AND SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION WITH ITS PASSAGE. 

THE WARM TEMPERATURES WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS THEY WILL DROP BELOW 
NORMAL AGAIN THIS WEEKEND.  A LINGERING SURFACE TROUGH AND COLD 
ONSHORE FLOW COULD BRING A FEW CLOUDS AND ISOLATED RAIN OR SNOW 
SHOWERS TO SOUTHERN SECTIONS ON SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD 
SOUTH AND EAST INTO THE REGION LATE ON SUNDAY.   

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