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Good day, sunshine;but don't expect it to last
by Outspoken on Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:17 pm
Good day, sunshine; but don't expect it to last -- storm coming
By TREVOR MAXWELL
Staff Writer Portland Press Herald
First, the good news: Towns across southern Maine should see plenty of sunshine today and Sunday, with just a chance of late-day showers on both days.
Next, the bad news: Another slow-moving storm system is headed this way, bringing the threat of more flooding.
"Rain could definitely be causing a lot more problems" on Sunday night and into Monday, said Bob Marine, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray.
"It is going to be cool, wet, very unstable. The ground is totally saturated, so the water really has nowhere to go at this point."
Maine has been stuck in a weather pattern that is not typical for this region at this time of year, Marine said.
The characteristics of the pattern are a cool, onshore wind and repeated low-pressure systems that bring thunderstorms and rain. The pattern has become entrenched over the past few weeks, and it will not be easily broken.
"Generally in summer, we are in a different type of pattern" of drier, warmer air, Marine said.
The precipitation expected overnight Friday into early this morning should push this month into the top 10 rainiest Augusts for Portland. The average rainfall for the city in August is 3 inches, and the area had received 5 inches by the end of the day Friday.
The record for rain in August was 15.2 inches in 1991, much of which was delivered by the arrival of Hurricane Bob.
On Friday, 4 inches of rain was recorded in Durham; 2.9 inches in Gray; 3.2 inches in Saco; and 1.1 in Portland.
A large area of thunderstorms rotated along the coastline in Cumberland County, which is why Freeport, Brunswick, Cumberland and North Yarmouth were among the towns hit hardest.
"It just happened to be that area that caught the brunt of it," Marine said.
Along with the rainy weather have come cooler temperatures, and Friday was no exception, with a high of just 63. The record low temperature for a daytime high on Aug. 8 occurred in 1976, when it was just 61, according to the National Weather Service.
The weekend forecast calls for high temperatures in the mid-70s and lows in the upper 50s. Monday's highs, however, aren't expected to hit 70.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=203842&ac=PHnws
Photos by Derek Davis/Staff Photographer
By TREVOR MAXWELL
Staff Writer Portland Press Herald
First, the good news: Towns across southern Maine should see plenty of sunshine today and Sunday, with just a chance of late-day showers on both days.
Next, the bad news: Another slow-moving storm system is headed this way, bringing the threat of more flooding.
"Rain could definitely be causing a lot more problems" on Sunday night and into Monday, said Bob Marine, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray.
"It is going to be cool, wet, very unstable. The ground is totally saturated, so the water really has nowhere to go at this point."
Maine has been stuck in a weather pattern that is not typical for this region at this time of year, Marine said.
The characteristics of the pattern are a cool, onshore wind and repeated low-pressure systems that bring thunderstorms and rain. The pattern has become entrenched over the past few weeks, and it will not be easily broken.
"Generally in summer, we are in a different type of pattern" of drier, warmer air, Marine said.
The precipitation expected overnight Friday into early this morning should push this month into the top 10 rainiest Augusts for Portland. The average rainfall for the city in August is 3 inches, and the area had received 5 inches by the end of the day Friday.
The record for rain in August was 15.2 inches in 1991, much of which was delivered by the arrival of Hurricane Bob.
On Friday, 4 inches of rain was recorded in Durham; 2.9 inches in Gray; 3.2 inches in Saco; and 1.1 in Portland.
A large area of thunderstorms rotated along the coastline in Cumberland County, which is why Freeport, Brunswick, Cumberland and North Yarmouth were among the towns hit hardest.
"It just happened to be that area that caught the brunt of it," Marine said.
Along with the rainy weather have come cooler temperatures, and Friday was no exception, with a high of just 63. The record low temperature for a daytime high on Aug. 8 occurred in 1976, when it was just 61, according to the National Weather Service.
The weekend forecast calls for high temperatures in the mid-70s and lows in the upper 50s. Monday's highs, however, aren't expected to hit 70.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=203842&ac=PHnws
Photos by Derek Davis/Staff Photographer
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