Today is forecast to be nearly the same temperature as yesterday.
Forecast for Central Piscataquis
Updated: 3:51 am EDT on July 24, 2008
Flood Watch in effect from this evening through Friday evening...
Today
Patchy fog this morning. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Locally heavy rainfall possible. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Patchy fog after midnight. Locally heavy rainfall possible. Humid with lows in the lower 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
Friday
Patchy fog in the morning. Cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. Numerous showers in the morning...then scattered showers in the afternoon. Humid with highs in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Saturday
Partly sunny in the morning...then becoming mostly cloudy. Scattered showers. Scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
... Flood Watch in effect from this evening through Friday evening...
The National Weather Service in Caribou has issued a
* Flood Watch for portions of north central Maine... northern Maine and west central Maine... including the following areas... in north central Maine... central Piscataquis... northern Piscataquis and southern Piscataquis. In northern Maine... Northwest Aroostook. In west central Maine... northern Somerset.
* From this evening through Friday evening
* expect up to 2 inches of rain to fall across the watch area from tonight into Friday with locally higher amounts possible.
* Heavy rain will cause area streams and many of the smaller and faster responding rivers to rise and possibly exceed their banks.
A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on current forecasts.
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible flood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
