AWUS81 KGYX 272204
RWSGYX
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY MAINE
455 PM EST FRI NOV 27 2009
RAW RAINY WEATHER SPREAD OVER MAINE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 
NORTHERNMOST SECTIONS AND ACROSS ALL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TODAY.  A 
STRONG OCEAN SYSTEM CONTINUED TO MOVE OUR WAY WHILE STRENGTHENING 
FURTHER.  TEMPERATURES HELD FAIRLY STEADY IN BOTH STATES THIS 
AFTERNOON... RANGING FROM MID 40S SOUTH TO THE 30S IN THE MOUNTAINS 
AND NORTH COUNTRY.  WINDS WERE NORTHERLY OVERALL AND WERE GUSTING TO 
26 MPH IN SOME AREAS OF CENTRAL MAINE.
THE RAINFALL WAS HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHERN 
MAINE.  THE STORM IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO TRACK OUR WAY AND WAS 
ALREADY OVER CAPE COD.  HEAVY RAIN HAS ACCUMULATED OVER AN INCH TO 
AN INCH AND A HALF IN SOUTHERN AREAS OF BOTH STATES.  MOUNTAIN AREAS 
WERE ALREADY REPORTING A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW.  SNOW WILL DEVELOP 
OVER MUCH OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN TONIGHT... DEPOSITING FROM 3 TO 6 
INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THESE AREAS.  A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS 
BEEN ISSUED FROM 7 PM TONIGHT TO 1 PM ON SATURDAY. 
A SLOWLY IMPROVING WEATHER SCENARIO WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AS OUR 
LOW PRESSURE AREA SETS OFF OVER NOVA SCOTIA BY MID DAY.  WE WILL 
START TO SEE SOME NICE WEATHER BREAKING OUT AGAIN BY AFTERNOON... 
ALTHOUGH WE ARE STILL GOING SEE SNOW SHOWERS LINGERING OVER THE 
MOUNTAINS... POSSIBLY ADDING ANOTHER INCH.  SATURDAY HIGHS 
WILL BE COOLER... SPANNING FROM THE LOWER AND MID 40S SOUTH TO THE 
LOWER  AND MID 30S WELL NORTH AND BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD 
MAKE IT FEEL COOLER.  THE COOLING TREND CONTINUES SUNDAY... WHILE 
FAIR WEATHER SETS IN AND WINDS TAME DOWN A BIT. 
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