Routine Fire Wx Fcst (With/Without 6-10 Day Outlook)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
621
FNUS51 KCAR 262101
FWFCAR
Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Northern and Eastern Maine
National Weather Service Caribou ME
500 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025
.DISCUSSION...
Occasional rain will persist tonight through Sunday, then taper
to
showers Sunday night. Rainfall totals with this entire event
through Sunday night will generally range from 1.50 to 1.75
inches, with local totals in excess of 2.00 inches.
MEZ101-270800-
Quebec-Maine Borderlands-
500 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025
Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon
Cloud cover Cloudy Cloudy Pcldy Mclear
Precip type Rain Rain Showers None
Chance precip (%) 90 90 70 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 35 (-5) 44 (-3) 34 61
RH % (24h trend) 96 (-3) 76 (-13) 88 34
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) N 9 G21 Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) NE 5 N 10 G22 N 6 G18 NW 5
Precip amount 0.34 0.57 0.09 0.00
Precip duration 12 12 3
Precip begin 6 PM Continuing Continuing
Precip end Continuing Continuing 1 AM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 1980 1510
Transport wnd (kts) N 22 N 12
Vent rate (kt-ft) 57800 27900
Dispersion Good Marginal
CWR 100 100 10 0
KBDI <200 <200 <200 N/A
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ102-270800-
North Woods and St. John Valley-
500 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025
Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon
Cloud cover Cloudy Cloudy Pcldy Mclear
Precip type Rain Rain Showers None
Chance precip (%) 90 90 80 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 36 (-5) 45 (-2) 35 63
RH % (24h trend) 95 (-2) 76 (-12) 88 37
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) N 8 G20 NW 6
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) NE 5 N 10 G21 N 7 G19 NW 6
Precip amount 0.32 0.57 0.12 0.00
Precip duration 12 12 4
Precip begin 6 PM Continuing Continuing
Precip end Continuing Continuing 4 AM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 1960 1600
Transport wnd (kts) N 21 N 15
Vent rate (kt-ft) 51980 33010
Dispersion Good Marginal
CWR 100 100 10 0
KBDI <200 <200 <200 N/A
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ103-270800-
Eastern Aroostook-
500 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025
Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon
Cloud cover Cloudy Cloudy Mcldy Mclear
Precip type Rain Rain Showers None
Chance precip (%) 100 90 80 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 39 (-3) 46 (-2) 38 63
RH % (24h trend) 95 (+3) 76 (-10) 91 39
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) N 8 G20 N 8 G20
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) NE 5 N 10 G22 N 9 G21 N 8 G20
Precip amount 0.32 0.55 0.21 0.00
Precip duration 11 12 7
Precip begin 6 PM Continuing Continuing
Precip end Continuing Continuing 5 AM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 1880 6560
Transport wnd (kts) N 18 N 17
Vent rate (kt-ft) 52820 132490
Dispersion Good Excellent
CWR 80 100 70 0
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ105-270800-
Central Highlands-
500 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025
Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon
Cloud cover Cloudy Mcldy Pcldy Mclear
Precip type Showers Showers Showers None
Chance precip (%) 80 90 80 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 39 (-5) 47 (-3) 37 64
RH % (24h trend) 96 (+2) 77 (-8) 90 36
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) N 8 G21 NW 9 G21
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var N 11 G24 N 11 G26 NW 8 G21
Precip amount 0.33 0.57 0.17 0.00
Precip duration 12 12 6
Precip begin 6 PM Continuing Continuing
Precip end Continuing Continuing 5 AM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 1980 1750
Transport wnd (kts) N 19 N 16
Vent rate (kt-ft) 67580 40530
Dispersion Good Fair
CWR 100 100 40 0
KBDI <200 <200 <200 N/A
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ106-270800-
Central Maine North of Bangor-
500 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025
Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon
Cloud cover Cloudy Mcldy Mcldy Mclear
Precip type Rain Rain Showers Showers
Chance precip (%) 90 80 80 20
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 42 (-2) 49 (-2) 40 65
RH % (24h trend) 96 (+3) 83 (-3) 96 36
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) NE 6 G18 N 8 G20
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var N 9 G21 N 9 G21 N 8 G19
Precip amount 0.37 0.28 0.16 0.01
Precip duration 11 12 8 0
Precip begin 6 PM Continuing Continuing Continuing
Precip end Continuing Continuing Continuing 9 AM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 1980 1800
Transport wnd (kts) N 17 N 17
Vent rate (kt-ft) 43040 35240
Dispersion Fair Fair
CWR 100 80 70
KBDI <200 <200 <200 N/A
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ108-270800-
Interior Downeast-
500 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025
Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon
Cloud cover Cloudy Mcldy Mcldy Mclear
Precip type Rain Rain Showers Showers
Chance precip (%) 100 70 70 30
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 45 (+2) 51 (-1) 40 64
RH % (24h trend) 97 (+4) 82 (-5) 97 40
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var N 8 G20
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) S 6 G18 NE 8 G19 N 7 G20 N 8 G20
Precip amount 0.51 0.12 0.12 0.01
Precip duration 11 9 8 1
Precip begin 6 PM Continuing Continuing Continuing
Precip end Continuing Continuing Continuing 10 AM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 2450 7510
Transport wnd (kts) NE 11 N 21
Vent rate (kt-ft) 33440 158660
Dispersion Marginal Excellent
CWR 90 30 50 10
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ112-270800-
Coastal Downeast-
500 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025
Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon
Cloud cover Cloudy Mcldy Mcldy Pcldy
Precip type Rain Rain Showers Showers
Chance precip (%) 100 70 70 30
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 45 (+3) 52 (-1) 39 65
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+5) 81 (-7) 97 40
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) S 5 N 7 G20
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) S 8 G26 SE 7 G20 N 5 G18 N 7 G20
Precip amount 0.61 0.07 0.09 0.01
Precip duration 11 8 8 1
Precip begin 6 PM Continuing Continuing Continuing
Precip end Continuing Continuing Continuing 10 AM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 2160 7390
Transport wnd (kts) S 11 N 19
Vent rate (kt-ft) 26960 160050
Dispersion Marginal Excellent
CWR 90 20 40 10
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ113-270800-
Bangor Region-
500 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025
Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon
Cloud cover Cloudy Mcldy Mcldy Mclear
Precip type Rain Rain Showers None
Chance precip (%) 90 80 70 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 45 (0) 51 (-3) 40 66
RH % (24h trend) 99 (+8) 82 (+1) 93 36
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) N 6 N 9 G20
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var N 9 G21 N 11 G23 N 9 G20
Precip amount 0.32 0.19 0.12 0.00
Precip duration 10 12 5
Precip begin 6 PM Continuing Continuing
Precip end Continuing Continuing 5 AM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 1970 7860
Transport wnd (kts) N 19 N 18
Vent rate (kt-ft) 44060 155800
Dispersion Fair Excellent
CWR 100 70 50 0
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ114-270800-
Eastern Penobscot Bay Coast-
500 PM EDT Sat Apr 26 2025
Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon
Cloud cover Cloudy Mcldy Mcldy Mclear
Precip type Rain Rain Showers None
Chance precip (%) 100 70 70 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 44 (0) 51 (-4) 40 67
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+8) 81 (-4) 96 38
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) SW 5 N 8 G20
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) S 7 G24 NW 9 G21 N 9 G21 N 8 G20
Precip amount 0.41 0.12 0.09 0.00
Precip duration 10 9 5
Precip begin 6 PM Continuing Continuing
Precip end Continuing Continuing 5 AM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 1820 1800
Transport wnd (kts) N 13 N 18
Vent rate (kt-ft) 31640 34810
Dispersion Marginal Marginal
CWR 80 30 30 0
KBDI <200 <200 <200 N/A
Remarks...None.
$$
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. West winds
around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. South winds around
10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 40s. Southwest winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of rain showers. Cooler.
Highs in the lower 50s. West winds around 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder. Lows in the lower 30s.
Northwest winds around 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northwest winds around
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. South winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with rain likely. Highs in the lower 50s.
Southeast winds around 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with rain likely. Lows in the lower
40s. South winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Highs in
the mid 50s. Southwest winds around 10 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures near normal. Precipitation near normal.
$$