AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED

 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

 1117 AM EST WED NOV 1 2006

 .SYNOPSIS...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH OF THE COAST THIS

 AFTERNOON AND STALL ACROSS THE GULF OF MAINE TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE

 TRACKING NORTHEAST ALONG THIS FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR RAIN

 AND SOME WET SNOW TO THE AREA ON THURSDAY. A NORTHWESTERLY FLOW OF

 COLDER AIR WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE

 WEEK AND THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE MID ATLANTIC

 STATES.

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 .SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/...

 WEAK COLD FRONT IS MOVING OFF THE COAST ATTM. VISIBLE SATELLITE

 IMAGERY INDICATING CLOUDS DIMINISHING RESULTING IN PARTLY CLOUDY

 CONDITIONS ACROSS THE CWA. ISSUED AN UPDATE TO REMOVE MENTION OF

 PRECIPITATION/QPF. REMAINDER OF FIRST PERIOD GRIDS LOOKS GOOD...SO

 NO ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED.

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 .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...

 SYNOPSIS...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE

 STATE TODAY AND STALL ACROSS THE GULF OF MAINE. LOW PRESSURE

 TRACKING NORTHEAST ALONG THIS FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR RAIN

 AND SOME WET SNOW TO THE AREA ON THURSDAY. A NORTHWESTERLY FLOW OF

 COLDER AIR WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE

 WEEK AND THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES.

 SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...

 WEAK COLD FRONT CURRENTLY CROSSING THE FA W/ BAND OF LGT

 SHOWERS/RAIN IN ADVANCE OF THIS FRONT ACROSS MAINLY ERN AND SRN

 AREAS ATTM... MODELS SIMILAR IN TAKING THIS FRONT JUST OFFSHORE

 TODAY AND STALLING IT ACROSS THE GULF OF MAINE AS A SFC WAVE OF

 LOW PRES DEVELOPS OVR THE MID ATLC STATES LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

 THIS WAVE PROGGED TO LIFT RATHER RAPIDLY NE ACROSS THE GULF OF

 MAINE ON THU W/ SHIELD OF PRECIP N AND NW OF THIS LOW TO XPCTD TO

 AFFECT A GOOD PORTION OF OUR FA ON THU. HOWEVER...THIS OPEN WAVE

 WILL BE QUITE PROGRESSIVE AND MOVE RAPIDLY NE OF THE REGION BY

 LATE. AS A RESULT...PRECIP AMOUNTS OF ONLY .25 TO .50 XPCTD W/

 THE HGHST AMOUNTS FCST TO OCCUR OVER CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST AREAS.

 ACROSS THE CENTRAL HGHLANDS AND NRN AREAS...CRITICAL THICKNESS

 VALS AND FCST BL TEMPS SUPPORT SOME WET SNOW AND WILL GENERALLY

 ADVERTISE ACCUMS OF UP TO AN INCH OVER THE HGH TRRN W/ LOCAL

 AMOUNTS OF 1-3 INCHES PSBL FROM BXTR STATE PARK SW ACROSS THE

 HILLS OF ZN 10...