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I have a couple of quick things before I get into it… First, I may be dealing with the onset of a cold, as I woke up at 3 AM with some symptoms. I am going to lay low and try to rest. I don’t usually get colds or deal with much illness, as I have an overactive immune system, but I do feel a bit run down, as my sleep pattern has not been good this past week. I will do my best to update in some form as I work to get over whatever I have going on. Second, I greatly appreciate those who are spreading my work to other social media sites. I don’t have time to do anything beyond the Facebook & Twitter/X-Box spheres. This site lives on financial donations but also through the passing along of my work to others. I get messages periodically from people who want to donate but can’t, given their current situation, and I totally get it as a lifelong Mainer who knows how it is to live broke. That said, everyone has a share button and can copy & paste a link. I appreciate each of you who believes in my mission as PTW continues to grow. My goal is to be able to do this full-time, and I will get there with your support. Thank you for being a part of this. Another week, another upper-low A game of capture the flag underway as a strong upper-low over Hudson Bay tracks southeast as the low in the Great Lakes region weakens. The energy of the two combine by Tuesday, and then slowly spins through the area through midweek, keeping the region a bit cool and brings the risk of showers. The Hudson Bay low acts as the kicker to help the Great Lakes low drive Ernesto to Newfoundland on Monday.  Special concern for the shorelines with the dangerous rip currents and high surf. High tides are running astronomical levels, which brings the risk of splash over and some minor flood potential in the overnight top marks. Smoke from the Canadian wildfires continues to hang around. The region may get a break from that Tuesday, but with another upper low moving in on the heels of this one, air quality issues may become a factor again later in the week. The muggy conditions as of late depart on Tuesday as a strong cold front passes through Monday night. Dew point temperatures drop into the 40s/50s and hang around through the rest of the week.  That strong cold front is what will bring the region some rainfall, in the form of showers and thunderstorms starting Monday afternoon / evening over the west and south and overspreading the rest of the state Monday night . With the juicy airmass in place, the risk of downpours sets up a localized flash flooding risk.  The concern is there for a potential stall of the frontal boundary, which brings into question when the rain ends on Tuesday. With the North Atlantic an atmospheric traffic jam, the area will be dealing with it all week in some form, whether in cloud cover and/or an afternoon shower / storm risk with the cold pool aloft Wednesday and Thursday. Forecast confidence becomes low later in the week as there are differing ideas on when the upper-low will depart. There are ideas of the potential for clipper systems that may bring showers next weekend. Stay tuned!  Please click here for options |
Mike Haggett
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