Expires:200808052200;Remove:200808052200;162064 FPUS71 KCAR 051813 NOWCAR SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 213 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2008 MEZ006-011-015>017-029-030-032-052200- SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT- INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK- COASTAL WASHINGTON-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN... SMYRNA MILLS...LINCOLN...HOWLAND...SPRINGFIELD...BANGOR... BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM... EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM... MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH... BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD... DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD 213 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2008 .NOW... ...A FEW SPRINKLES POSSIBLE ACROSS LOCALIZED PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST MAINE THIS AFTERNOON... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF LIGHT SHOWERS MOVING SOUTHWEST FROM CENTRAL NEW BRUNSWICK INTO PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST MAINE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. DRIER AIR OVER THE REGION IS EVAPORATING MOST OF THE RAIN BEFORE REACHING THE GROUND...BUT SOME LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE A FEW SPRINKLES INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON. ANY SPRINKLES SHOULD DISSIPATE BY EARLY EVENING. $$ VJN