PRESQUE ISLE, Maine – Have a nice night, and have a great Monday. All over the area, we had a good weekend with sunshine and warmer weather in the afternoon and evening. That all changed late last night when clouds and rain moved into the state. Starting in the early morning, it rained heavily and then stopped. This afternoon and evening, it only rained lightly. Late tonight, heavier showers are likely to return. The temperature will drop, and the showers will turn into snow before or right after sunrise tomorrow. The snow showers won’t last long because the activity will slow down and the skies will try to clear up tomorrow afternoon and evening. In the middle of the work week, high pressure is likely to build up over us. This will bring more sunshine and cooler temps to both Wednesday and Thursday.
If you look at the rest of the night hour by hour, the chances of showers will stay mostly low from now until midnight. With a cold front that comes in early Tuesday morning, there will be another round of steady rain. Because of the colder air and the chance of rain, it will probably try to turn into snow, especially since winds are picking up from the northwest. In the end, overnight lows will drop back into the lower to mid-30s in most places. Tomorrow, northwesterly winds will keep temperatures from rising during the day. This means that tomorrow’s highs will probably be just after midnight.
As cooler air moves into the area, the showers will end, but they will probably come in the form of snow showers early Tuesday morning. By lunchtime, there may still be a few flurries, but most of the action will be over. After that, the clouds will start to clear, and the weather will get nicer but cooler for the middle of the work week. As I said before, winds from the northwest will pick up during the day tomorrow, and gusts of up to 35 mph are possible. Central Aroostook is more likely to have the strongest winds. The northern and southern parts of the county are less likely to have those winds.
Once tomorrow is over, the weather will get better again. More sunshine is expected on Wednesday and Thursday. As the week comes to a close, things look more interesting. This is because an area of low pressure is moving back into the state from the east. Because of this unusual movement of the low pressure, the storm is expected to stay over the sky or just off the coast in the Gulf of Maine. This is how the end of the work week looks right now: steady showers are likely, but there are still chances of smaller showers over the weekend and into next week.
This evening’s Weather on the Web Video Forecast is attached to this story. It has more information about the forecast, including the strong winds we’ll be dealing with for most of tomorrow. Have a great night!
Source: Showers Return Late Tonight, with Flurries Possible Tomorrow Morning
