Weather Forecasts
- Maps
- Text Forecasts
- Forecast Data Tables
- Long Range Forecast Maps
- Next Month Outlooks for Temperature and Precipitation
- Three-Month Outlooks
- Additional Weather Forecast Images
- Precipitation Forecast Maps
Maps
- 20- to 30- Minute Forecast Still image showing where precipitation is expected in the next 20 to 30 minutes.
- 24-Hour Forecast Radar Shows precipitation forecast for next 24 honors at two-hour intervals. ‘Past’ view showthe s most recent two hours observations at ten-minute intervals. Zoom view.
- Animated Weather Map for the past hour and coming five hours. You can zoom in for a close-up view.
- Animated:
Drag the time marker to show individual animation frames, or set it to play automatically. Set the “Fast image load” button on right side to “Off”. to see one-hour instead of two-hour interval.
- 10-day Forecast Icons and Charts: Weather Underground. Link is to Monmouth ME, enter the zipcode for your location.
Text Forecasts (National Weather Service)
- Augusta – Waterville – Auburn – Lewiston
- Bangor – Bucksport – Old Town
- Bar Harbor – Ellsworth – Machias
- Belfast
- Dover Foxcroft – Greenville
- Farmington – Rumford
- Fort Kent – Allagash
- Houlton – Millinocket
- Howland – Lincoln
- Portland – Brunswick
- Presque Isle – Caribou
- Rangeley – Jackman
- Rockland
- Sanford
- Skowhegan
Some of the links below use “Universal Coordinate Time” (abbreviated as “UCT”, “Z”, or “GMT”).
Subtract four hours to convert UCT time to Eastern Daylight Savings (EDT). From early November to early March, subtract five hours to convert to UCT to Eastern Standard Time.
See Converting UTC time to Local Time for details.
Forecast Data Tables
Once you learn how to read these tables they provide a detailed and quick way to see what is expected to happen and when. Remember to subtract five hours from UTC time to get Eastern Daylight Time ( minus four (-4) hours during winter to get EST ).
- Three-Day Forecast Data Table for 17 Maine Stations Detailed forecast of expected rain, temperature, wind speed, wind direction, cloud cover at three-hour intervals for the next three days. Updated every six hours.
- Eight-Day Forecast Data Table for 17 Maine Stations Similar to the three-day table, but goes eight days ahead with less detail. Updated every 12 hours.
Long Range Forecast Maps
( Revised OFFICIAL 30-Day Forecasts (NOAA) | How to Interpret Six to Ten Day Outlook Maps (NOAA) )
Six- to Ten-Day and Eight- to Fourteen-Day Outlooks (Updated Daily by 4:00 p.m.)
- Six- to Ten-Day Temperature Outlook Chance for the temperature to be Below, Near, or Above Normal six to ten days from now. Below/Near/Above = average temperature expected to be in the lower/middle/upper third of observations for that month compared to 1981-2010.
- Eight- to Fourteen-Day Temperature Outlook
- Fifteen- to Twenty-Eight-Day Temperature Outlook Updated weekly on Friday at 4:00 p.m. Similar to above, but the chance is for only two categories: Below or Above Normal. Blank indicates temperatures near the 1981-2010 average for those dates is expected.
- Eight- to Fourteen-Day Temperature Outlook
- Six- to Ten-Day Precipitation Outlook Chance for total precipitation to be Below, Near, or Above Normal six to ten days from now.
- Eight- to Fourteen-Day Precipitation Outlook
- Fifteen- to Twenty-Eight-Day Precipitation Outlook Updated weekly on Friday at 4:00 p.m.
- Eight- to Fourteen-Day Precipitation Outlook
Next Month Outlooks for Temperature and Precipitation (NOAA)
New outlook available on the third Thursday of the month at 3:00 p.m.
Revised outlooks posted on last day of the month for Temperature and Precipitation
Three-Month Outlooks (NOAA)
Updated on third Thursday of the month.
- Next Three-Month Temperature
- Next Three-Month Precipitation
- Later Three-Month Temperature and Precipitation Outlooks
Additional Weather Forecast Images (Weather Underground, intellicast website)
- Two-Day Forecasts for precipitation type (rain, snow, sleet) or amount.
Series of maps showing status at three-hour intervals for the next 48 hours. Click on the arrow to advance the forecast time. - Sky Cover Forecast Maps that show the percent of cloud cover expected for six-hour intervals over today and tomorrow. Select the forecast hour from the drop-down list above the image. Check to confirm that the day and UTC time on the map displayed is what you want.
Precipitation Forecast Maps (Plymouth State Weather Center website)
- Two-Day Precipitation Probability Forecast Maps for Today, Tonight, Tomorrow, Tomorrow Night Maps for each 12-hour interval ending at 8:00 p.m. or 8:00 a.m. S=showers, R=rain.