Weather alerts for the NWS Gray ME forecast area

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FXUS61 KGYX 281102
AFDGYX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Gray ME
702 AM EDT Wed Oct 28 2026

.WHAT HAS CHANGED...
No significant changes to the forecast with this update.

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.KEY MESSAGES...
1. High pressure continues to dominate the weather for the week.
Expect dry conditions and no significant weather impacts.

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.DISCUSSION...
KEY MESSAGE 1 DESCRIPTION...
High pressure slides offshore today and the resulting return 
flow will bring slightly warmer temperatures and dewpoints to 
the region. Temperatures warm into the low to mid-50s areawide 
with some upper 40s in the far north. Heating looks to get 
impeded by a shortwave bringing an increase in cloud cover 
during the afternoon, but many locations will see temperatures 
similar to, or slightly warmer than, yesterday. Thursday is 
going to be the noticeably warmer day as return flow transitions
to southerly gradient flow as low pressure approaches from the 
north. Full sun should allow temperatures to mix into the 60s 
area wide with southern locations nearing 70F. The combination 
of warming dewpoints and a degree of increasing cloud cover is 
going to make Thursday night quite mild compared to recent 
nights with temperatures only bottoming out in the mid to upper 
40s for most of the area, and low 50s for the coastal plain.

Low pressure passing to the north drags a cold front through 
beginning Thursday night, and it looks like it is going to be 
mostly dry. There is still some uncertainty with how this plays 
out coverage wise with global ensembles still unsure if showers 
are going to make it out of the mountains, but this point may 
ultimately become moot since the aforementioned showers are 
depicted to only be good for a few hundredths of an inch anyway 
(around a tenth along the International Border). The 28.00Z NAM 
nest and RRFS are a little more excited and are showing a more 
organized band of showers approaching the area, but do also 
depict it pretty well losing the battle to the dry air to the 
southeast resulting in little to nothing for the majority of the
area.

Any shower activity comes to an end pretty quickly on Friday 
setting the stage for a dry and seasonable stretch for the 
Halloween Weekend as high pressure builds right back in. 
Ensembles are still showing a signal for a more active pattern 
to start November, but also seem to want to push it back in time
with every new run so if/when this comes to fruition is still 
up in the air.

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.AVIATION /12Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Through 12Z Thursday: VFR prevails through the day and into the
first part of tonight. Light and variable winds this morning
become SW into the afternoon with gusts remaining 10 kts or
less.

Outlook...
Thursday-Thursday: There may again be a brief period of IFR or 
lower in valley fog at LEB, CON, and MHT prior to sunrise 
Thursday. Otherwise, VFR continues.

Friday: Another front approaches the region and some MVFR CIGs 
may be possible north of the mtns, including HIE. 

Saturday-Sunday: VFR conditions expected.

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.MARINE...
Winds and seas expected to remain below SCA thresholds thru 
today under high pressure. As the high shifts offshore, 
southwest winds will increase Thu into Fri. Some gusts may 
approach 25 kt along with seas approaching 5 ft in the vicinity 
of Skate Bank. Overall I expect conditions to remain below SCA 
thresholds.

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.GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...None.
NH...None.
MARINE...None.

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DISCUSSION...Baron
AVIATION...Baron/Cornwell/Legro
MARINE...Legro