Routine Fire Wx Fcst (With/Without 6-10 Day Outlook)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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FNUS51 KCAR 111827
FWFCAR
Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Northern and Eastern Maine
National Weather Service Caribou ME
227 PM EDT Fri Jul 11 2025
.DISCUSSION...
A few showers and spotty thunderstorms will be across the north
this afternoon. Saturday will be mostly sunny in the north and a
mix of sun and clouds towards the coast. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms across mostly northern areas Sunday. More numerous
showers and thunderstorms are expected across the region Monday.
MEZ101-120900-
Quebec-Maine Borderlands-
227 PM EDT Fri Jul 11 2025
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy
Precip type Tstms None None Tstms
Chance precip (%) 30 0 0 40
Chance of Thunder (%) 43(ELEV) 6 6 31(ELEV)
Temp (24h trend) 56 (-2) 83 (+7) 60 81
RH % (24h trend) 100 (0) 46 (-18) 100 61
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var S 6
Precip amount 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.08
Precip duration 1 2
Precip begin 6 PM 6 AM
Precip end 8 PM Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 5210 3370
Transport wnd (kts) SW 4 S 13
Vent rate (kt-ft) 26640 53610
Dispersion Marginal Good
CWR 20 0 0 60
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...Low.
$$
MEZ102-120900-
North Woods and St. John Valley-
227 PM EDT Fri Jul 11 2025
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy
Precip type Tstms None None Tstms
Chance precip (%) 50 0 0 20
Chance of Thunder (%) 39(ELEV) 8 6 24(LTD)
Temp (24h trend) 56 (-2) 82 (+7) 60 81
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+5) 49 (-18) 100 59
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var S 7
Precip amount 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.02
Precip duration 1 1
Precip begin 6 PM 10 AM
Precip end 11 PM Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 4810 3670
Transport wnd (kts) SW 4 S 15
Vent rate (kt-ft) 34360 67180
Dispersion Marginal Good
CWR 70 0 0 10
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...Low.
$$
MEZ103-120900-
Eastern Aroostook-
227 PM EDT Fri Jul 11 2025
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy Mcldy
Precip type Tstms None None Tstms
Chance precip (%) 50 0 0 10
Chance of Thunder (%) 33(ELEV) 7 6 14
Temp (24h trend) 58 (0) 81 (+6) 59 80
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+8) 55 (-11) 98 60
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var S 5
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var S 8 G18
Precip amount 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration 1 0
Precip begin 6 PM 5 PM
Precip end 12 AM Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 4130 4000
Transport wnd (kts) S 5 S 15
Vent rate (kt-ft) 35230 75890
Dispersion Fair Good
CWR 80 0 0
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...Low.
$$
MEZ105-120900-
Central Highlands-
227 PM EDT Fri Jul 11 2025
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Mcldy Mcldy
Precip type Tstms Tstms Showers Tstms
Chance precip (%) 40 10 10 10
Chance of Thunder (%) 31(ELEV) 14 13 15(LTD)
Temp (24h trend) 59 (-1) 81 (+5) 60 79
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+2) 56 (-15) 100 63
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var S 5
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var S 7 G17
Precip amount 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration 1 0 0 0
Precip begin 6 PM 4 PM Continuing 4 PM
Precip end 9 PM Continuing 7 PM Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 4100 3780
Transport wnd (kts) S 7 S 15
Vent rate (kt-ft) 36170 67890
Dispersion Fair Good
CWR 60
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...Low.
$$
MEZ106-120900-
Central Maine North of Bangor-
227 PM EDT Fri Jul 11 2025
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Mcldy Pcldy
Precip type Tstms None None None
Chance precip (%) 20 0 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 29(ELEV) 9 8 6
Temp (24h trend) 59 (0) 81 (+4) 59 78
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+7) 57 (-9) 100 60
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var S 7 G17
Precip amount 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration 1
Precip begin 6 PM
Precip end 9 PM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 3750 3940
Transport wnd (kts) S 6 SW 15
Vent rate (kt-ft) 27300 69590
Dispersion Marginal Good
CWR 20 0 0 0
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...Low.
$$
MEZ108-120900-
Interior Downeast-
227 PM EDT Fri Jul 11 2025
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy
Precip type None None None None
Chance precip (%) 0 0 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 8 4 3 2
Temp (24h trend) 57 (-1) 78 (+2) 58 76
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+3) 63 (-6) 100 65
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var S 7 G17
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration
Precip begin
Precip end
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 2660 2830
Transport wnd (kts) S 6 SW 12
Vent rate (kt-ft) 19110 40880
Dispersion Poor Fair
CWR 0 0 0 0
KBDI 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300
Remarks...Low.
$$
MEZ112-120900-
Coastal Downeast-
227 PM EDT Fri Jul 11 2025
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Mcldy Pcldy
Precip type None None None None
Chance precip (%) 0 0 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 5 3 2 2
Temp (24h trend) 55 (-2) 76 (+3) 56 74
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+1) 65 (-7) 100 69
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var S 6
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration
Precip begin
Precip end
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 1880 2170
Transport wnd (kts) S 7 S 11
Vent rate (kt-ft) 15440 29980
Dispersion Poor Marginal
CWR 0 0 0 0
KBDI 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300
Remarks...Low.
$$
MEZ113-120900-
Bangor Region-
227 PM EDT Fri Jul 11 2025
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud cover Pcldy Mcldy Mcldy Pcldy
Precip type Tstms None None None
Chance precip (%) 10 0 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 16(LTD) 7 10 5
Temp (24h trend) 59 (-1) 79 (+1) 59 77
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+3) 66 (-5) 100 66
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var S 5
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var S 9 G20
Precip amount 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration 0
Precip begin 7 PM
Precip end 8 PM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 2900 3470
Transport wnd (kts) S 6 S 14
Vent rate (kt-ft) 19990 57930
Dispersion Poor Good
CWR 10 0 0 0
KBDI 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300
Remarks...Low.
$$
MEZ114-120900-
Eastern Penobscot Bay Coast-
227 PM EDT Fri Jul 11 2025
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud cover Pcldy Mcldy Mcldy Pcldy
Precip type None None None None
Chance precip (%) 0 0 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 6 2 4 4
Temp (24h trend) 57 (-2) 77 (+2) 58 75
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+1) 67 (-10) 100 74
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var S 5 Lgt/Var S 7 G17
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration
Precip begin
Precip end
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 2260 2280
Transport wnd (kts) S 7 S 12
Vent rate (kt-ft) 19460 33120
Dispersion Poor Marginal
CWR 0 0 0 0
KBDI 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300
Remarks...Low.
$$
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Patchy
fog. Lows around 60. South winds around 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds around
5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. West winds around
5 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. West winds
around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs around
80. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the
upper 70s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures above normal. Precipitation near normal.
$$