BY AMY CALDER

Staff Writer

The rain in Maine stays mainly -- everywhere and anywhere, always and forever.

At least that's how it feels lately, with day after day of rain, drizzle and downpours.

"It's depressing -- it needs to end," said Jessica Swett, as she cradled her baby, Madison, on Front Street Thursday.

Swett's declaration resounded Thursday as people bemoaned the constant wet weather and lack of sunlight.

Where are the big, bright, beautiful, summer days with billowing clouds, blue skies and 70-degree temps?

Somewhere behind a stubborn weather pattern that has been stationary, all around the northern hemisphere for the last month or so, say experts.

"We're just stalled out; we're just not moving anywhere," meteorologist Butch Roberts said Thursday from the National Weather Service in Gray said.

But the atmosphere as of Thursday was starting to show some signs of movement and by Saturday, we should see some sun and it may be more pronounced on Sunday, Roberts said. He said he expects sun in the mornings and showers in the afternoons.

And next week may actually bring some more typical June weather.

"If this starts to really break down and we start to see a change, we may see a little more sun," Roberts said. "We're not out of the woods until probably late next week."

But, as they say, one man's woe is another's wish.

People in the south are experiencing weather that is just the opposite of ours, according to Roberts. In Texas, for instance, it is very hot and dry and Texans are in an intensive drought.

"They would love to have this rain," he said.

Amy Calder -- 861-9247

acalder@centralmaine.com