BOF 000 AWUS81 KGYX 102003 RWSGYX WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY MAINE 302 PM EST FRI FEB 10 2012 IT WAS ANOTHER SPRING LIKE DAY ACROSS THE REGION AGAIN TODAY...BUT ENJOY THE HINT OF SPRING NOW BECAUSE WINTER WILL MAKE A COME BACK THIS WEEKEND. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES HELPED PUSH TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOW TO MID 40S ACROSS ALMOST THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA EXCEPT FOR EXTREME NORTHERN LOCATIONS. THE SUNSHINE SHOULD LAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND THEN CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. DUE TO THE CLOUDS...TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN RELATIVELY WARM OVERNIGHT WITH LOWS ONLY DIPPING INTO THE MID 20S ACROSS THE SOUTH AND UPPER TEENS TO LOW 20S IN THE NORTH. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ALONG THE COLD FRONT...WELL SOUTH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TOMORROW. THIS WILL SPREAD LIGHT SNOW INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. BY TOMORROW NIGHT...THE LOW PRESSURE WILL BE STRENGTHENING AS IT MOVES INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES...BUT HEAVY SNOW WILL BYPASS THE REGION WITH THIS STORM. ONLY ABOUT ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE AREA...WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES ALONG THE MID COAST. IN THE WAKE OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE A VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR AIRMASS. ON SUNDAY...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY REACH THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS IN THE NORTH...WITH LOW 20S IN THE SOUTH. THE COLD WILL NOT LAST LONG THOUGH...AS WARMER AIR BEGINS TO PUSH THE COLD AIR OUT ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO TUESDAY. $$ KISTNER EOF