These details are provided by the NWS offices in Gray Maine, and the surrounding NWS offices in New York, and Massachusetts.  I have modified some of the technical stuff to help make it more understandable for the average reader.

Last update: 12/04 - 4:49 PM

NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT:
Overall a nice end to an early Dec day across much of the area. Winds will continue to diminish early, becoming light and variable for much of the night. Winds will increase from the south for the latter half of the night as a warm front begins lifting across the area. Center of the associated low will be well to the west, so this should pull good warm air to quickly begin warming in the early morning hours.

Back to tonight, much of the cloud cover forecast for overnight should be high cloud. This is associated with a brief jet rounding base of elongated trough aloft. Current satellite pins this across central NY and southern New England. Towards Upstate New York, lower clouds w/ a plume of greater low level moisture should clip areas west of the White mtns later this evening. This will bring a period of lower clouds once again...as well as the chance for more flurries.

SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT:
Another rather warm day is set for Monday as the warm front lifts north of the area. Winds from the S will help bring some of that warm air in. Believe this should also warm the CT Valley pretty quick given its poleward orientation, as well as much of southern NH up the interior of ME and coast.

Some medium range guidance is showing an area of clouds forming in vicinity of the coast in the afternoon. Coverage is of low confidence, but it could play a role in afternoon highs. Temps should trend down per diurnal norms in the evening, but begin to slowly warm through the night amid onshore flow. This will also be a good source of moisture, saturating much of the low level profiles below a inversion. This could result in areas of drizzle in the foothills or mountains Mon night. Will also need to watch incoming upper level moisture advection from the west. This could lead to a seeder/feeder enhancement of precip early Tuesday morning. Profiles are mostly warm due to the antidiurnal trend late Mon night, but can`t rule out some flurries mixing in early as lower levels continue to warm above freezing. Snow chances could linger longer on the western side of the mtns, but not certain that region cools much below freezing after the warm day Monday.

LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY:
The long term portion of the forecast begins with a couple of broad frontal zones starting on Tuesday. Warm air advection and moisture entering the region from the west will be slow to saturate the atmosphere as high pressure remains just to our east. However, a low level southeasterly flow will also allow moisture to enter the region from the Gulf of Maine. Therefore, have increased pops with time during the day with any snow in the north changing to rain. This precipitation continues Tuesday night.

Models suggest a weak wave of low pressure may form along an approaching cold front on Wednesday. This would keep the precipitation over the region through Wednesday evening. Temperatures will continue to be mild for this time of the year. Some lower 50s can be expected over southern areas.

Most of the available operational models and ensemble solutions suggest that Canadian high pressure should bring some drier air down to end out the work week. Thereafter, there is very little in the way of ensemble consensus in regards to a system tracking across the Mid Atlantic region and potentially intensifying somewhere off the coast. Therefore, confidence levels for next weekend remains low.