Weather Forecast: Downeast Maine




Forecast for Mt. Desert Island and the Downeast Maine Coast Region
Prepared at: 4:00 PM Friday July 3, 2009
Meteorologist: Ken McKinley

Overnight: Cloudy with fog returning, scattered showers likely. Lows around 60. Winds south-southeast 11-16 knots. Seas 2-4 feet. Visibility 1 mile or less in fog and showers.

Saturday: A few morning showers with areas of fog, then becoming partly sunny, chance of a shower or thundershower in the afternoon. Highs in the low 70s. Winds becoming west-southwest 8-13 knots in the morning, increasing to 12-17 knots with higher gusts in the afternoon. Seas subsiding to 1-3 feet. Visibility limited in morning fog and showers, then improving to more than 5 miles, but briefly lower in any afternoon showers.

Saturday night: Partly cloudy to clear. Lows 50-55. Winds west-northwest 13-18 knots. Seas 1-3 feet. Visibility 5 miles or more.

Sunday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the low and mid 70s. Winds west-northwest 14-19 knots, becoming southwest in the afternoon. Seas 1-3 feet, a bit higher more open areas. Visibility more than 5 miles.

Monday: Partly to mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. Highs in the upper 60s. Winds southwest 11-16 knots with higher gusts. Seas around normal.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, chance of an afternoon shower or thundershower. Highs around 70. Winds west-northwest 13-18 knots with higher gusts. Seas around normal.

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Issue:005 | Published: March-April 2008 |