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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY MAINE
330 PM EDT THU APR 3 2008

   
EXCEPT FOR A FEW HIGH CLOUDS UP NORTH MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE HAD 
ANOTHER SUNNY SPRING DAY TODAY.  HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE 
UPPER 30S IN THE FAR NORTH TO AROUND 50 IN SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE 
AND WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WERE ONLY MODERATELY GUSTY.

TONIGHT NORTHERN MAINE WILL REMAIN GENERALLY FAIR WITH DIMINISHING 
WINDS.  NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHERN MAINE HOWEVER WILL SEE CLOUDS 
MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF THE 
MID ATLANTIC COAST AND A DEVELOPING LOW STARTS HEADING OUR WAY 
THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY.  TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE 20S IN ALL 
LOCATIONS DURING THE EVENING AND SOME LIGHT SNOW COULD BREAK OUT IN 
NEW HAMPSHIRE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

ON FRIDAY THE SNOW IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL SPREAD ON OVER INTO 
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MAINE AS THE OHIO VALLEY LOW REDEVELOPS ON THE 
MID ATLANTIC COAST AND MOVES NORTHEAST.  THE FLOW OVER THE REGION 
WILL BECOME ONSHORE AS THIS HAPPENS AND MILDER AIR WILL FILTER IN 
OFF THE OCEAN TO CHANGE THE SNOW TO RAIN OR A MIXTURE BY MIDDAY.  A 
FEW INCHES OF WET SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND 
FOOTHILLS BEFORE ANY CHANGEOVER... BUT WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING 
INTO THE 40S MOST LOCATIONS WILL JUST BE WET.

ON FRIDAY NIGHT THE LOW WILL MOVE OUT TO SEA SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA 
AND COOLER AIR WILL FILTER DOWN INTO MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.  THIS 
WILL CAUSE THE RAIN AND MIXED PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK OVER TO 
SNOW BEFORE IT ENDS IN THE EVENING... WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING 
INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOW 30S DURING THE NIGHT.

ON SATURDAY HIGH PRESSURE AND DRIER AIR WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST 
TO BRING IMPROVING SKIES AND ONLY SOME LINGERING SHOWERS TO MAINE 
AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.  TEMPERATURES WILL GET INTO THE UPPER 30S AND 40S 
IN THE AFTERNOON AND WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE.  AFTER THAT 
THE REST OF THE WEEKEND AND THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK LOOK FAIR 
AND SEASONABLE EVERYWHERE... AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN AND STALLS 
OVER NEW ENGLAND FOR A FEW DAYS.

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AJ LESTER