Weather Update Fort Kent Maine & the Upper St. John Valley 7:20 AM EDT | Thursday, 17 October 2013 Weather Discussion An area of low pressure will move NW of the Valley today drawing a cold front across the region. Rain showers are expected this morning in advance of the front with up to 0.25 inches of precipitation possible. Once the front moves eastward later this morning, clearing skies are expected with partly to mostly cloudy conditions later this evening. Highs today look to reach the upper 50s to the low 60s with overnight lows dipping to the lower 40s. A low pressure will slide NE along the Appalachians tonight bringing increasing clouds and another round of showers for Friday morning. Amounts of up to 0.25 inches may occur with this systems passage. Friday afternoon should see some clearing skies and cooling conditions, though plenty of clouds will likely linger across the Valley into Friday evening. Highs Friday top out in the lower 50s with cloud cover helping to maintain lows in the lower 40s Friday night. High pressure ridges in for Saturday bringing mostly sunny, though cool conditions with highs only in the middle 50s. Another cold front is expected to approach later Saturday bringing a chance for shower activity Saturday night with lows in lower 40s once more. A shift to a cooler weather pattern is expected next week with the first snowflakes of the season appearing. At this time, it looks like snow showers are possible Tuesday night as another shortwave disturbance crosses the region and lows dip into the lower 30s. More on that possibility in upcoming weather reports. For near real-time conditions in Fort Kent and Vicinity, visit Apex Wxs on the Weather Underground at wunderground/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=04743&sp=KMEFORTK7 _____________________________________ Yesterdays High Temperature in Fort Kent 56.7F / 13.7°C recorded at 12:23 PM EDT Yesterdays Low Temperature in Fort Kent 34.2°F / 1.2°C recorded at 2:24 AM EDT Precipitation in Fort Kent 0.04 in/24 hr | 0.51 in/mo | 24.24 in/yr _____________________________________ NWS Forecast Synopsis for Fort Kent & Vicinity Today Showers, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. High near 60. Southeast wind 6 to 9 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Tonight Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Southwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Friday Showers likely before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53. West wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Friday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. West wind around 9 mph. Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. West wind around 10 mph. Saturday Night A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Todays National Forecast Chart (NOAA Weather Prediction Center) hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/noaa/noaad1.gif _____________________________________ Todays Sun and Moon Data for Fort Kent, ME SUN Begin civil twilight 6:25 a.m. Sunrise 6:56 a.m. Sun transit 12:20 p.m. Sunset 5:43 p.m. End civil twilight 6:14 p.m. MOON Moonrise 4:29 p.m. on preceding day Moonset 5:21 a.m. Moonrise 4:57 p.m. Moon transit 11:38 p.m. Moonset 6:30 a.m. on following day Phase of the Moon on 17 October: waxing gibbous with 98% of the Moons visible disk illuminated. Full Moon on 18 October 2013 at 7:39 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. _____________________________________ Solar Activity (NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center) Solar activity is expected to be low with a chance for an M-class (R1-R2 Minor to Moderate) flare for the forecast period (17-19 Oct). The most likely regions for M-class flare activity continue to be Regions 1861 and 1865. The geomagnetic field is expected to be unsettled to active with a slight chance for minor storm (G1-minor) levels late on day one 17 Oct) with the anticipated arrival of the weak CME from 13 October. Day two (18 Oct) should expect a decrease, with quiet to unsettled periods expected as CH HSS and CME effects wane. A return to mostly quiet conditions is forecast for day three (19 Oct) _____________________________________
Posted on: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 11:22:01 +0000
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