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NWS Forecast for Binette Park ME
National Weather Service Forecast for:
Binette Park ME
Issued by: National Weather Service Caribou, ME |
Updated: 5:28 pm EST Mar 3, 2025 |
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Tonight
 Partly Cloudy
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Tuesday
 Partly Sunny
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Tuesday Night
 Chance Wintry Mix
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Wednesday
 Rain/Freezing Rain Likely then Rain
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Wednesday Night
 Rain
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Thursday
 Rain
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Thursday Night
 Rain Likely then Chance Rain/Snow
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Friday
 Chance Snow
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Friday Night
 Mostly Cloudy
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Lo 4 °F |
Hi 37 °F |
Lo 33 °F |
Hi 45 °F |
Lo 45 °F |
Hi 48 °F |
Lo 24 °F |
Hi 33 °F |
Lo 22 °F |
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
Tonight
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Partly cloudy, with a low around 4. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. |
Tuesday
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Partly sunny, with a high near 37. Southwest wind 5 to 9 mph. |
Tuesday Night
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A chance of rain and snow before 2am, then a slight chance of rain, snow, and freezing rain between 2am and 3am, then a chance of rain or freezing rain after 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 33. South wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. |
Wednesday
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A chance of rain or freezing rain before 7am, then rain. High near 45. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. |
Wednesday Night
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Rain. Low around 45. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. |
Thursday
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Rain. High near 48. South wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. |
Thursday Night
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Rain likely before 3am, then a chance of rain and snow between 3am and 4am, then a chance of snow after 4am. Cloudy, with a low around 24. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. |
Friday
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A chance of snow, mainly before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 33. Chance of precipitation is 40%. |
Friday Night
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Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. |
Saturday
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A slight chance of snow after 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 38. Chance of precipitation is 20%. |
Saturday Night
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Partly cloudy, with a low around 15. |
Sunday
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Partly sunny, with a high near 32. |
Sunday Night
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Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15. |
Monday
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Partly sunny, with a high near 32. |
Forecast from NOAA-NWS
for Binette Park ME.
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Weather Forecast Discussion
921
FXUS61 KCAR 031949
AFDCAR
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Caribou ME
249 PM EST Mon Mar 3 2025
.SYNOPSIS...
High pressure will slide south of the area tonight and remain
to our south on Tuesday. Low pressure will approach Tuesday
night into Wednesday...track northwest of the area Wednesday
night into Thursday...and continue into eastern Canada on
Friday.
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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
Surface and upper level ridging builds tonight. Under clear
skies, expect temperatures to drop off sharply this evening.
Overnight lows will likely be realized not too long after
midnight as clouds increase ahead of a weak northern stream
disturbance arriving from Quebec. Nonetheless, lows will still
be below zero in most of Aroostook County and single digits
elsewhere. While we do not anticipate temperatures as cold as
this morning, cannot rule out a few colder spots seeing around
minus 10 in Aroostook County. The inversion will be quite steep
and shallow...which usually is troublesome for guidance.
For Tuesday, heights rise all day as warmer air works into the
area. After the morning inversion breaks, temperatures will
climb into the 30s with most sites exceeding the freezing mark.
A few 40F readings will be possible in the Bangor area and near
the coast. Further north, a weak cold front will ease southward
from Quebec while a weak shortwave moves through the area in the
afternoon. The net result will be cloudy skies north of the
Downeast region and scattered snow showers developing across the
North Woods/northern Aroostook County during the afternoon.
Amounts will be generally less than one half inch, but could
yield some hazardous driving conditions by the evening.
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.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
Tuesday Night: A large low pressure system over the Midwest
will stretch a warm front across the waters, bringing an
initial round of precip to the area. The concern will be the
warm nose ahead of the front causing some freezing rain in the
Central Highlands and Bangor Region. Model guidance shows the
surface temps to be hovering right around freezing. If these
temps go on the warmer side, the freezing rain is less likely.
Decided to keep freezing rain in the forecast for this update,
however, with low confidence.
Wednesday: The warm front should start to lift north across the
area. If freezing rain occurs, expect some to linger in the
morning before the warm air mixes down with the frontal passage.
Otherwise, rain in the south and wet snow to the north. Once
the front moves to the north of the state, the entire region
should be in rain. Patchy fog is expected to develop.
Wednesday Night: Rain amounts will increase as well and wind
with the low moving across New England. Around midnight, the LLJ
will set up over the water with the stronger S winds along the
coast. As of this update, wind gust concerns will be over the
waters with the coast seeing gusts up to 40 mph. In addition,
the boundary ahead of the cold front is expected to move in
after midnight. This could produce heavier rain bands across
Downeast and the upslope areas of the Central Highlands.
Thursday: As the cold front approaches the region, heavy rain is
expected to continue across Downeast in the morning. By the
afternoon, the front should be through the center of the state
moving from W to E. This should decrease winds and lighten the
rain for the rest of the day.
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.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
The low pressure system is expected to intensify Thursday night
and the cold front exits to the E. Rain should switch back to
snow with the cold advection behind the front. Decided to
increase snow chances on Friday and Friday night with moisture
on the backside of the occlusion. By the weekend, models lose
consistency. The GFS should a large low moving across New
England on Sunday while the Euro and CmC show the system moving
out to sea well to the south. Temps should moderate by the
beginning for next week.
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.AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
NEAR TERM: VFR conditions persist tonight for all sites. MVFR
cigs become increasingly likely north of HUL Tuesday morning
into the afternoon. Tempo IFR vis will be possible in the
afternoon in snow showers for sites such as FVE and CAR. Light
winds tonight will become southwesterly on Tuesday at 10 to 20
kt by afternoon.
SHORT TERM: Tuesday night...MVFR with possible IFR north.
VFR/MVFR south. Light freezing rain possible from BGR north to
GNR/MLT/HUL. Light SW wind.
Wednesday...IFR/LIFR. Freezing rain possible in the morning,
becoming all rain at all sites by Wed afternoon. SE wind 5 to
15 kt. LLWS possible late.
Wednesday night...LIFR due to cigs and fog. South winds 15 to
25 kt. LLWS likely.
Thursday...IFR, possibly improving to MVFR south in the
afternoon. SE wind 10 kts
Thursday night...Generally IFR due to cigs and rain, possibly
changing to snow late. Variable winds becoming NW 10 to 15 kts
late.
Friday...Cigs and vis trending up from IFR early morning towards
VFR by afternoon. Winds trending up with west winds gusting to
30 kt by midday.
Saturday...VFR/MVFR in snow showers. W winds 5-15 kts.
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.MARINE...
NEAR TERM: Have added a Small Craft Advisory for Tuesday by late
morning. Southwest winds will gust to around 30 kt offshore and
should reach over 25 kt for coastal Hancock County. The mixed
layer looks deep enough to produce high confidence in these gust
magnitudes. Seas will also respond, reaching near 5 feet
offshore in the afternoon.
SHORT TERM: The SCA will continue into Tuesday night. Then winds
and seas will decrease below SCA early Wednesday morning. Winds
return to SCA Wed evening, then continue to increase Wed night
to gale force. A Gale Watch has been issued for all waters Wed
night to Thu afternoon. Gale force should return Friday
afternoon and start through Friday night.
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.HYDROLOGY...
Models are in strong agreement for midweek for a significant
rain and snowmelt event. General model consensus showing higher
probability of 1 to 2 inches of rain falling onto a snowpack
that is ripening in portions of Downeast Maine into the southern
Central Highlands. Latest analysis from NOHRSC combined with
surface observations shows a snowpack of 4-10 inches with
generally 0.75 to 2 inches of SWE within that pack for Downeast
Maine. Across the Central Highlands the pack ranges from 7-14
inches with 2 to 4 inches of SWE within the pack. Across
northern Maine including the Moosehead Region, the pack ranges
from 10-25 inches with isolated higher amounts up to 30-35
inches. The SWE values across Northern Maine are generally 3 to
5 inches with isolated higher amounts up to 8 inches.
NOHRSC analysis shows the snowpack temperature across Northern
Maine and the Central Highlands is quite cold and very unlikely
to melt much. It will absorb any rainfall and compact.
Across interior and coastal Downeast Maine including the Bangor
region the snowpack is 28-32F which means the pack is near or
is "ripe". A ripe snowpack will discharge when rainfall falls
into the pack especially combined with prolonged T+Td >32F and
gusty warm winds, which are all expected. The ground is
completely frozen in these areas, and in some places 2 ft deep,
so no ground absorption will occur with this event. The
potential exists to completely discharge 0.75 to 2 inches of SWE
with total snowpack loss combining with the falling rainfall
creating significant runoff. Many of the rivers have solid ice
conditions with ice thickness varying between a few inches to a
foot or more.
Thermal/mechanical breakup of the ice is very possible in
Downeast areas resulting in the potential for ice jams. This is
supported by combined T/Td thawing degree hours reaching 700 to
900 during the warm up. These values are well associated with
ice jams historically.
Across much of the Central Highlands and northern Maine there
is little or no threat of ice movement with this event. This is
also supported by combined T/Td thawing degree hours below
threshold commonly associated with ice break up.
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.CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...None.
MARINE...Small Craft Advisory from 10 AM Tuesday to 4 AM EST Wednesday
for ANZ050>052.
Gale Watch from Wednesday evening through Thursday afternoon
for ANZ050>052.
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Near Term...MCW
Short Term...LaFlash
Long Term...LaFlash
Aviation...MCW/LaFlash
Marine...MCW/LaFlash
Hydrology...LaFlash/Sinko
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