Michael Fecca
Meteorologist
Bangor, ME
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Michael grew up in Pennsylvania right outside the city of “Brotherly Love” and is excited to take on the Pine Tree State.
He graduated from Northern Vermont University-Lyndon in May 2022 with a bachelor's in Atmospheric Sciences. While in college, he forecasted road conditions for Vermont Agency of Transportation and was a virtual college associate for FOX Weather. He was also an on-air student meteorologist for the university’s news program, News 7.
Shortly after graduating college, Michael hit the road and made his way up the East Coast to join the WABI family. He is beyond excited to start serving this community and fully committed himself to a Maine lifestyle.
When he isn't watching the sky, he’s usually watching TV, walking around the city, or cooking his favorite meals.
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Expect more sunshine and above average temperatures for the work week.
Tonight, expect smoke to continue to linger in the sky with partly cloudy to mostly clear skies, and dense fog developing overnight.
High pressure will continue to dominate the forecast today while an area of low pressure builds over the mid-Atlantic states.
Moisture associated with Ophelia will push northward into New England by the time we get into tonight bringing in some rain to mostly southern New England. The good new is, a nice high pressure system will swing southward from Quebec and act as shield from most of the rainfall here in Maine.
High pressure dominates the rest of our week leaving us with a dry and sunny end to summer.
Low pressure will travel up the east coast and along the Maine coastline this afternoon through Tuesday morning.
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As Lee traverses through the cooler waters of the Gulf of Maine, it is expected to weaken to a strong tropical storm before it makes landfall on the western tip of Nova Scotia.
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Today will be the calm before the storm as high pressure is center off to our west over the Great Lakes.
As of late Tuesday evening, Lee is a Category 3 hurricane.
The weather will remain unsettled for the start of the work week.
The weather will remain unsettled for the start of the work week
A cold front slowly moves and stalls over the state today, keeping the weather unsettled this weekend.
Today will be a bit more on the dreary and wet side while Sunday looks drier and brighter
A cold front will impact the region for the start of the work week.
Isolated showers have developed, speckled across the state, as an upper-level low passes overhead. Some moisture wrapping around the upper-level low will bring in the chance for some more showers overnight tonight.
A weak ridge of high pressure will bring us somewhat of a decent Thursday.
An active on-and-off weather pattern continues this weekend and into next week.
Our Thursday will be a pretty decent day starting off mostly sunny skies.
Similar to the past couple of weekends, the weather will be a little bit unsettled for today while high pressure builds in for Sunday bringing much nicer weather
A cold front moving into the state will bring us a chance for some scattered showers and thunderstorms today.
As the front moves southeastward across the region a low pressure system will ride up and along it, providing the chance for scattered showers this evening and into tonight.
Tonight, skies will remain mostly clear to partly cloudy across the state. Fog looks to stay mostly off the coastline but some patchy fog developing along the coast is still possible.
There is the chance for some light drizzle along the coast overnight. Lows temperatures drop into the lower 60′s across the state so it will be a good night to actually keep the windows open!
Heavy rain and storms will push in from west to east across the state Sunday afternoon into Sunday night
Tonight expect mostly cloudy to overcast skies and fog to return to the region. Low temperatures will continue to be on the mild side with mid to upper 60′s inland and lower 60′s along the coast.
Showers and storms will continue to form across northern and western Maine this evening before fizzling out tonight with the loss of daytime heating. The Bangor region and Downeast will continue to have dry and sunny evening.
As the weak disturbance passes to our south it will bring some scattered shower activity to areas along the coast, while locations further inland will begin to see some breaks of sun this afternoon and evening. The sun will help fuel the chances for slow moving pop-up showers and thunderstorms.
After that batch of showers pushes to the east by late morning and early afternoon, the weather will quiet down for the rest of the afternoon and evening. We could still see an isolated shower or thunderstorm and mostly cloudy skies for the early afternoon hours, but it does looks like we could see some breaks of sunshine as the afternoon progresses into the evening.
Rain will become heavy at times later tonight with some embedded rumbles of thunder, especially along the coast. With abundant moisture in the atmosphere there is the risk for some localized flash flooding
With southerly winds, the marine layer will seep back inland overnight creating more low stratus clouds that will remain in place through the day Sunday. There is still the chance for an isolated light shower along the coast late tonight along with fog developing. Overnight lows drop into the low 60′s inland and into the upper 60′s along the coast.
Similar to the previous days we can expect mostly cloudy skies with the chance for more on and off scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms through the day today
Another day of dodging and weaving around the rain drops.
With both the stationary front and the short wave trough providing lift, more on and off showers/downpours and storms will develop through the day.
The early part of our morning will remain mostly dry with with some dense fog along the coast and through the Bangor region. However, as the low pressure system tracks closer to our area by late morning and into the afternoon, scattered heavy showers and thunderstorms are likely to develop.
We hang onto the sunshine and dry weather for just one more day today as high pressure continues to slide to the east.
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Plumes of wildfire smoke being blown in from uncontrolled fires in Quebec have prompted air quality alerts across the northeast.
Scattered showers and light rain will continue to impact areas through the Bangor region and Downeast coastline tonight. Showers will push in from southeast to northwest overnight. Overnight lows drop into the low to mid 40′s and winds will be gusting out of the NNE up to 20 mph.
Showers over New Brunswick will push westward into eastern areas of the state overnight. Overnight lows drop into the upper 30′s north to lower 40′s Downeast. Dreary, cold and wet weather will continue into Sunday.
We will start off with partly cloudy skies and then clouds will increase as the front approaches. As it passes, it will conjure up some showers and thunderstorms
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued an Air Quality Advisory for parts of New England. The states affected are Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.
It's a great night if your heading out to the water front for the concert, expect partly cloudy to mostly clear skies. Winds will turn out of the north behind the cold front and lows drop into the 40′s north to low 50′s Downeast.
A few clouds have streamed in from the north, making for partly cloudy skies through central highlands and the Bangor region. Other than some shade from the clouds quiet weather will continue tonight with mostly clear skies to partly cloudy skies.
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A frost advisory is in effect for northeastern and southeastern Aroostook County and northern Penobscot county from 3 a.m. until 8 a.m. Monday morning. Overnight lows drop into the low to mid 30′s north to the low to mid 40′s through the Bangor region and Downeast.
Overnight lows stay on the mild side only dropping into the 50′s. Rain will be heavy at times and a few rumbles of thunder are possible in the embedded heavier downpours. Rain will end from west to east by Sunday morning.
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