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WHAT HAS CHANGED

No significant changes to the forecast with this update.

KEY MESSAGES

1. Cold tonight with lows in the teens and 20s. High pressure continues dry weather fore the foreseeable future.

DISCUSSION

KEY MESSAGE 1 DESCRIPTION...

High pressure cresting overhead will provide optimal radiational cooling conditions tonight with lows dropping into the 20s and teens. Temperatures rebounds into the 50s to low 60s Saturday under sunny skies. Saturday night will not be as cold as tonight while most spots drop into the 20s. Temperatures warm Sunday into Monday as the high shifts offshore. A dry cold front crosses late Monday with another cool Canadian high pressure settling over the area for much of next week. Ensembles show little in the way of precipitation chances through the end of the month with the next signal for precipitation arriving around November 1st.

AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/

Through Saturday: Gusty winds diminish this evening with VFR expected through Saturday.

Outlook...

Saturday night-Wednesday...VFR prevails under high pressure. This should lead to light diurnal wind patterns.

MARINE

Gusty winds diminish this evening with seas diminishing tonight. High pressure provides quiet conditions over the waters this weekend. A cold front crosses late Monday with northerly winds in its wake bringing the next chance for SCA conditions Monday night into Tuesday. High pressure rebuilds over the Northeast by the middle of next week.

GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

ME...None. NH...None. MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until 8 AM EDT Saturday for ANZ150-152- 154.