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The NWS Forecast for Bar Harbor, Maine (BHB)

Temp(F)    Humidity(%)    Wind(mph)    Pressure(in)    Weather
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  70          53%         SSE at 4       30.06      Clear

Forecast for Bar Harbor, ME
310 am EDT Fri Jul 4 2008

.Today...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds around
5 mph...becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph this afternoon.
.Tonight...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest winds
around 5 mph.
.Saturday...Mostly sunny. Highs 75 to 80. South winds around 5
mph...increasing to around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.Saturday night...Mostly clear in the evening...then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.Sunday...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph. 
.Sunday night...Mostly cloudy in the evening...then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 60. 
.Monday...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Highs in the upper
70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. 
.Monday night...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. 
.Tuesday...Sunny in the morning...then partly sunny with scattered
showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain
30 percent. 
.Tuesday night and Wednesday...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers.
Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain
40 percent. 
.Wednesday night...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers in the
evening...then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 40 percent. 
.Thursday...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. 

Marine Weather Information

Unofficial 36-hour and 30-day Tides for Bar Harbor, ME (44d23.5'N 68d12.3'W)

Bar Harbor, Maine
Units are feet
   Low Tide:  2008-07-04  6:21 PM EDT  -0.21
  High Tide:  2008-07-05 12:35 AM EDT  12.71
   Low Tide:  2008-07-05  7:06 AM EDT  -1.38
  High Tide:  2008-07-05  1:15 PM EDT  11.32
   Low Tide:  2008-07-05  7:17 PM EDT  -0.07
  High Tide:  2008-07-06  1:29 AM EDT  12.30

This information is generated using XTide, see the author's warning regarding its accuracy. Periodic comparison to NWS radio broadcasts indicates it is accurate to within a few minutes.

NWS Forecast for coastal waters from Eastport to Stonington, ME and Stonington, ME to the Merrimack River, MA, and for New England off-shore waters.

Tide charts for other Downeast locales is available from Maine Harbors. Official tide data is available from the NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services.

See also current conditions for Mount Desert Rock, Matinicus Rock, Portland LNB (bouy 44007), and Gulf of Maine buoy 44005.

Additional Information for Maine and New England

• Current Bar Harbor Conditions from RainWise
• State Weather Summary for Maine
• Short Term Forecast for Northern and Downeast Maine
• Zone forecasts for other areas of Maine
• Surface Conditions Summary for Maine
• Winter Weather Statements for Maine
• Flood Information for Maine
• Severe Storm Information for Maine

Additional Imagery

• Caribou NEXRAD Radar from AccuWeather
• Portland NEXRAD Radar from Accuweather
• Northeastern US radar loop from AccuWeather
• Experimental Snow Forecast Map from NWS office in Caribou.
• 1-hour, 3-hour, 24-hour, and 7-day estimated precipitation totals from AccuWeather
• Northeast GOES-8 satellite closeups
• Northeast Temperatures
• World Composite Image

Legend for WXP maps.

Weather Forecasting Information

The Weather Channel's 7-day forecast.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

National Weather Service forecast outlooks/discussions for:

• Northern and Downeast Maine
• Southern Maine and New Hampshire
• Vermont
• Southern New England
• U.S. 12 to 48 hours
• U.S. 3 to 5 days
• U.S. 6 to 10 day forecast
• U.S. 8 to 14 day forecast
• U.S. Monthly outlook
• U.S. Seasonal outlooks

These are an inside and occasionally cryptic look at the NWS meteorologists' thoughts on the forecast. Some are updated a good deal more frequently than the official forecast, and so tend to be more timely during changing conditions. See a glossary of lingo and abbreviations to help translate these messages.

Gary Gray's Millenium Weather Northeastern US Winter Storm and Tropical Weather pages.

Gary is a very knowledgeable meteorologist and frequent contributor to the New England weather newsgroup (see below). Gary's model analyses are probably the single best source of mind-numbingly detailed information on the science behind forecasting east coast weather.

The ne.weather News group

This is a discussion of New England weather which includes some amateur and professional meteorologists.

WeatherNet's Computer Model Forecasts

A nice compendium of graphical depictions of computer weather models from various sources around the net.

Other Weather Information Resources

• National Weather Service
• AccuWeather
• Intellicast USA Weather
• WeatherNet from the University of Michigan
• The Weather Channel Online
• Yahoo! Weather
• The Weather Underground from the University of Michigan
• Space Science and Engineering Center from the University of Wisconsin
• Tropical Hurricane Information from Florida State University
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration