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Marine Weather and Tides South Eliot, ME Version 3.4

NOTICE 12/16/2019 NOAA is having trouble with requests that include wind gusts. I am posting graphs without wind gusts until it gets fixed. 10/9/2019 Updated the Marine Zones. 9/4/2019 Fixed the weather maps due to NOAA moving them. 7/25/2019 New feature in the Airports section gives a link to 5 minute updates for data reports.

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Sunrise 5:47AM

Sunset 7:48PM

Friday August 14, 2020 4:41 AM EDT (08:41 UTC)

Moonrise 12:58AM

Moonset 4:37PM

Illumination 21%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near South Eliot, ME

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Area Discussion for - Gray/Portland, ME

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FXUS61 KGYX 140648 AFDGYX

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Gray ME 248 AM EDT Fri Aug 14 2020

SYNOPSIS. An area of high pressure will build by to our north through the weekend. A developing onshore flow will bring noticeably cooler weather to the region for the weekend. A slow moving frontal system could bring rain early next week.

NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/. At 06z . a 1028 millibar high was centered over eastern Canada. A weak secondary cold front stretched from the Bay of Fundy through central New England accompanied by scattered mid and high clouds For today. the weak boundary will continue to settle slowly south and provide a focus for isolated showers across interior southern and central New Hampshire this afternoon Otherwise. a dry day with partly to mostly sunny skies and comfortable humidity levels. Highs today will be in the lower and mid 80s . with upper 70s near the international border.

SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY/. Tonight . we're sandwiched between the high centered to our north and low pressure passing well to our south. The surface gradient will tighten overnight and the northeast flow may spread some clouds south and west into mainly coastal sections overnight along with the chance of some spotty drizzle. Lows tonight will range from the mid 50s to lower 60s. Little change on Saturday as the gusty northeast flow remains in place between the offshore disturbance and the surface high parked over the maritimes The onshore flow. daytime heating and a passing upper trough/closed low should produce a blend of clouds and sunshine along with the chance of a passing shower over southern and western sections of the forecast area. Highs tomorrow will be in the 70s.

LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/. General synoptic pattern will consist of a weak 500mb ridge and sprawling Canadian surface high pressure to the north during the beginning of next week. Pattern will shift towards broad 500mb cyclonic flow as an upper level trough moves over New England and Quebec province. Forecast confidence is near average with general agreement on overall pattern evolution between model families. Overall temperatures look to be much cooler than what has been experienced thus far in August with seasonable to slightly below normal temperatures. Precipitation chances still look sporadic with chances of showers during the beginning of next week. Overall no impactful weather is expected and no improvement in drought conditions on the horizon.

Saturday night into Sunday easterly onshore flow is expected to continue with a significant marine push keeping high temperatures mostly in the mid to upper 70s. Guidance is struggling on shower potential during Sunday afternoon with latest guidance trending towards a drier solution as an of low pressure stays well south of the area. Next chance for showers looks to be late Monday into Tuesday as a surface cold front approaches the region. Drying is likely along with comfortable conditions by mid-week as Canadian high pressure is expected behind the cold front.

AVIATION /06Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/. Short Term /Through Saturday/ . VFR . xcp valley stratus and fog with lcl IFR psb through 12z today. Isold -SHRA psb over SW NH this afternoon. Areas of MVFR cigs possible after 08z Sat.

Long Term . MVFR cigs are possible Saturday night along coastal TAF sites as a strong marine push could push a low maritime stratus inland. In addition, patchy valley fog could be possible across interior valley locations for a few hours in the early morning hours. Sunday MVFR cigs could continue as moisture is on the increase and the marine layer could hang tough.

MARINE. Short Term /Through Saturday/ . Northeast flow will gradually strengthen by tonight with gusty NE winds and building seas bringing SCA conditions across the open waters late Friday night through the day Saturday.

Long Term . Northeast flow will continue Saturday night into Sunday although winds could drop below SCA conditions. Seas will remain around 5 feet straight into Monday, before flow weakens. A weak surface cold front is expected to cross the coastal waters Monday night into Tuesday.

GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. ME . None. NH . None. MARINE . Small Craft Advisory from 4 AM to 7 PM EDT Saturday for ANZ150- 152-154.

NEAR TERM . Schwibs SHORT TERM . Schwibs LONG TERM . Dumont Aviation . Schwibs Marine . Schwibs/Dumont

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
BGXN3 - Great Bay Reserve, NH	4 mi	117 min	Calm	60°F			1018 hPa	60°F
IOSN3 - Isle of Shoals, NH	15 mi	42 min	N 12 G 14	73°F			1017.1 hPa (-0.6)	65°F
44073	17 mi	98 min	WSW 1.9 G 3.9	70°F	67°F
WELM1 - 8419317 - Wells, ME	20 mi	54 min	N 6 G 7	69°F	71°F		1017.9 hPa
WEXM1 - Wells Reserve, ME	21 mi	102 min	NW 5.1	69°F				62°F
44030 - Buoy B0102 - Western Maine Shelf	22 mi	98 min	W 3.9 G 5.8			1 ft
44098 - Jeffrey's Ledge, NH (160)	42 mi	37 min			67°F	1 ft
44029 - Buoy A0102 - Mass. Bay/Stellwagen	44 mi	98 min	NNW 3.9 G 3.9	67°F		1 ft	1015.3 hPa
44007 - PORTLAND 12 NM Southeast of Portland,ME	46 mi	52 min	NNW 7.8 G 9.7	69°F	67°F	1 ft	1017.4 hPa (-0.6)
CASM1 - 8418150 - Portland, ME	48 mi	54 min		71°F	67°F

Wind History for Wells, ME

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Pease Air Force Base / Portsmouth, NH	2 mi	46 min	NW 3	10.00 mi	Partly Cloudy	65°F	59°F	83%	1017.5 hPa
Rochester - Skyhaven Airport, NH	12 mi	51 min	NW 6	10.00 mi	Fair	64°F	59°F	84%	1017.7 hPa
Sanford, Sanford Regional Airport, ME	21 mi	46 min	SW 3	10.00 mi	Fair	59°F	57°F	93%	1018.7 hPa

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Tide / Current Tables for Dover Point, Piscataqua River, New Hampshire

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Tide / Current Tables for Portsmouth Harbor Entrance, New Hampshire Current

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Wind Forecast for Gray/Portland, ME (4,6,7,8)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Portland, ME

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