230 AWUS81 KGYX 231531 RWSGYX WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY MAINE 1030 AM EST SUN NOV 23 2008 SUNNY SKIES AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WERE BACK IN BUSINESS TODAY... WITH GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS PROVIDING BITING WIND CHILLS. AFTER NIGHTTIME LOWS GENERALLY IN THE TEENS WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS THAT FELL OFF INTO THE SINGLE NUMBERS... READINGS HAD STARTED TO RECOVER A LITTLE BY 10 AM. SOUTHERN AREAS WERE PUSHING UP THROUGH THE LOWER AND MID 20S... BUT THE WIND CHILL WAS STILL IN THE TEENS FOR THE MOST PART. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL STATES WAS HELPING US WITH THE SUN QUOTIENT TODAY... AS A RATHER LARGE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUED TO PRESS SLOWLY NORTHWARD THROUGH LABRADOR THIS MORNING. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM IS STILL CLOSE ENOUGH TO CREATE THE WINDS THAT WERE BEING MEASURE ACROSS BOTH STATES. GUST 20 TO 25 WERE COMMON IN NEW HAMPSHIRE... WHILE A SLIGHTLY BROADER RANGE WAS FOUND ACROSS MAINE... WHERE GUSTS MEASURED FROM AROUND 20 MPH TO OVER 30 MPH. STRONGEST GUST AT 9 AM WAS 35 MPH IN MILLINOCKET. VARIABLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WILL STAY IN PLACE OVER THE NORTH AND MOUNTAINS TODAY. EXPECT HIGHS TO LEVEL OFF FROM THE LOWER AND MID 20S NORTH TO THE LOWER AND MID 30S ALONG THE SHORE AND WELL SOUTH IN BOTH STATES. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH SLOWLY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE STORM IN EASTERN CANADA CONTINUES TO PULL AWAY FROM NEW ENGLAND. EXPECT ANOTHER VERY COLD NIGHT... WITH LOWS IN THE SINGLE NUMBERS NORTH AND MOUNTAINS... TO THE TEENS SOUTH AT DAYBREAK MONDAY. $$