

Wind speeds will decrease into the afternoon and then increase again towards 15 kts tonight. Winds will gradually shift from northeast towards southwest by later this afternoon into the evening. NEAR TERM: The south swell will slowly diminish towards 2 to 3 ft by tonight.

There's also a chance of fog for sites in the FVE to HUL corridor. Otherwise VFR until late tonight when fog is expected to roll onshore to BHB and then BGR. NEAR TERM: An area of fog is emerging in the MLT to HUL corridor and will last into mid morning. The front will cross the area Thursday night with some gusty showers possible followed by a blustery and colder day on Friday.ĪVIATION /06Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/. Another strong cold front will approach on Thursday bringing increasing clouds and an increasing south wind and a chance of showers in the afternoon. This will allow temperatures to climb into the upper 50s Wednesday under a mostly sunny sky. The high will then slide south of our area Wednesday as a return southerly flow behind the high lifts milder air north into our region. High pressure over the area will maintain a mostly sunny day on Tuesday with a bit of moderation. Monday will remain cool with highs from 50 north to the upper 50s Downeast. The trough from the Great Lakes will slide southeast into the Appalachians on Monday as high pressure building behind the trough settles in and brings clearing to our area. Some moisture streaming in from a weak trough trailing across the Great Lakes will bring a partly to mostly cloudy day Sunday. The gradient between the high to our south and low pressure to our north will maintain a cool westerly breeze over the area. High pressure will build well to our south Saturday night into Sunday as a large low pressure system tracks from northern Quebec into Labrador. LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/. Following the front, high pressure building to our southwest will bring a mostly sunny, breezy and cool day Saturday with highs only in the 40s northwest to mid 50s Downeast. Lows by Saturday morning will range from around 30 over the northwest to 40 across southeastern areas. The cold front will reach eastern parts of our area Friday evening followed by a surge of cooler and drier air overnight Friday night. However, this occurs mid to late afternoon several hours before the front reaches eastern parts of the region. Both the NAM and GFS are showing capes up to 250-300 J/KG across our area Friday. Some surface frontal convergence combined with divergence aloft and weak elevated instability may produce an isolated thunderstorm over northwestern areas around midday or afternoon Friday along and just ahead of the front. The low will pull a strong cold front toward the region with showers beginning over the west Friday morning ahead of the front, then pushing across the rest of the area, mostly north, during the afternoon as the cold front presses in. Lawrence river on Friday will pull relatively humid air north ahead of it with a partly to mostly cloudy day. Fog will be a threat again later Thursday night, due to advection fog along the coast and the possibility of radiation fog in the northern half of the forecast area.

Further south, there's too much cloud cover and towards northern Aroostook County, it's too dry. This morning, a corridor from southern Piscataquis County across central Penobscot County into southern Aroostook County will experience fog into mid-morning. Generally moister air is working into the area from the south and bringing the threat of fog back with a very shallow surface inversion. This will likely be the warmest day until next spring. The resultant surface temps will generally reach the lower 70s across the entire area except right along the coast. The strong subsidence will help push H925 temps towards 15C to as much as 17C over the area today. In its place, upper level ridging builds over the area. That will lead to decreasing PoPs and cloud cover towards the coast. An upper level low south of the Gulf of Maine will slowly drift eastward and fill today. High pressure will build across the area through the weekend into Monday while low pressure deepens and tracks from Quebec into Labrador. A cold front will approach from the west on Friday then cross the region late Friday afternoon into Friday night. High pressure will remain across the region today while low pressure tracks south of Nova Scotia. Area Discussion for - Caribou, ME (on/off) Help NOTE: mouseover dotted underlined text for definitionĪrea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Caribou ME 245 AM EDT Thu Oct 6 2022
