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WHAT HAS CHANGED

- Decreased chance of precipitation Thursday night into Friday.

- Decreased chances of beach erosion.

KEY MESSAGES

1) Generally dry weather today through this weekend.

DISCUSSION

KEY MESSAGE 1...Generally dry weather today through this weekend.

KEY MESSAGE 1 DESCRIPTION... 1030mb ridge axis located acrs srn Quebec will keep a period of dry weather over the region thru the end of the week under extremely dry airmass. The next dry cold front moving thru the area late tonight currently draped over nwrn Ontario while a Noreaster spins off of the mid-Atlantic coast. The system will exit to the east Thu and Thu night. Guidance continues to trend drier for the cold front for the end of the week, so no precipitation is expected.

AVIATION /09Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/

Today...VFR. Variable winds.

Tonight...VFR, though cannot rule out patchy valley fog at PQI and HUL. Light and vrb winds.

Thursday-Friday: VFR. N/NW winds 15 to 20 kts with gusts up to 30 kts.

Friday night-Sunday: VFR. Light and variable winds.

MARINE

Winds and seas have diminished below SCA levels over the coastal waters, however NE winds remain above 25kts over the outer waters with seas between 5-7ft through tonight. Winds increase toward gale force late Thu afternoon.

Increased confidence of N gale-force winds over the coastal and ocean waters Thursday afternoon into Friday afternoon, where a Gale Watch is in effect. SCA conditions likely on the intracoastal waters for the same time period. Seas peak at 4 to 6 ft on the coastal waters and 6 to 9 ft on the outer waters early Friday. Below SCA conditions on the coastal and intracoastal waters late Friday night into Sunday.

CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

ME...None. MARINE...Gale Watch from Thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon for ANZ050-051-080-081.