AWUS81 KGYX 071435
RWSGYX
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY MAINE
1035 AM EDT SUN SEP 7 2008
   HEAVY RAIN CROSSED MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE OVERNIGHT AS TROPICAL 
STORM HANNA PASSED BY TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE RAIN BEGAN TO TAPER OFF 
FROM THE NORTH AND WEST ABOUT MIDNIGHT. BY DAYBREAK... THE TRAILING 
EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS OVER CENTRAL MAINE. BUT BY THAT 
TIME... MANY AREA HAD RECEIVED FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN. IN 
MAINE... CAPE NEDDICK COLLECTED 6.85 INCHES... AND THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAY MEASURED 6.71 INCHES. IN NEW 
HAMPSHIRE... LONDONDERRY REPORTED A RAINFALL TOTAL OF 5.90 INCHES. 
IT WAS NOT AS WET ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WHERE ONE TO TWO INCHES 
FELL... AND IN NORTHERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY MAINE THERE WAS LESS THAN 
ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. IT WAS A WARM AND MUGGY NIGHT EVERYWHERE... 
WITH MOST PLACES REPORTING LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S. ALONG THE 
COAST THERE WERE WIND GUSTS TO ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR... BUT THE 
WIND WAS LIGHTER INLAND.
   AFTER SUNRISE... THE CLOUDS BEGAN TO BREAK UP WITH SOME SUNSHINE 
ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE. BY 10 AM... THE 
HEAVIER RAIN HAD ENDED... WITH ONLY A BIT OF LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE 
IN NORTHEASTERN MAINE. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE UPPER 50S ACROSS 
THE MOUNTAINS... TO THE LOW AND MID 70S IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS. 
HUMIDITY LEVELS WERE DROPPING AS AN INCREASING NORTHWEST BREEZE  
BROUGHT IN DRIER AIR. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THIS 
AFTERNOON ... WITH A GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE IN MANY PLACES.
   HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 
36 HOURS... RESULTING IN SOME PLEASANT EARLY SEPTEMBER WEATHER. BUT 
THIS SPELL OF DRY WEATHER WILL BE SHORT LIVED. BY MONDAY NIGHT... AN
INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES 
... AND CONTINUE DOWN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY ON TUESDAY. OUR 
WIND WILL TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST... PUSHING INCREASING HUMIDITY OUR 
WAY ONCE AGAIN. TUESDAY WILL BE QUITE MUGGY. AT THE SAME TIME... A 
COLD FRONT WILL SWING THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL PRODUCE 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS IT CROSSES THE AREA.
   THE SHOWERS WILL END TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT PASSES BY... AND 
HIGH PRESSURE BUILD IN FROM THE WEST. THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL 
BRING ANOTHER SPELL OF DRY AND PLEASANT WEATHER TO THE REGION FOR  
WEDNESDAY... THURSDAY AND INTO FRIDAY.   
 
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JRM