Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
284 FNUS71 KCAR 181240 FWSCAR Spot Forecast for Clifford Pond Fire...MAINE FOREST SERVICE National Weather Service Caribou ME 840 AM EDT Wed Sep 18 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 EDT on September 18. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact NWS Caribou at 207-492-0166 with any further questions. .DISCUSSION... High pressure will remain in control across the area today with mostly sunny skies and unseasonably warm temperatures in the mid 80s. Minimum afternoon relative humidity will be around 40 to 50 percent with a light west wind developing. Good recovery of relative humidity is expected tonight. Thursday will be partly cloudy with isolated showers developing as a cold front approaches and shifts winds out of the north-northeast. Minimum afternoon relative humidity will be slightly higher, around 50 percent. Weather Coverage Abbreviations... SCH=Slight Chance, ISO=Isolated, CHC=Chance, SCT=Scattered, LKY=Likely, NUM=Numerous, DEF=Definite, WID=Widespread, OCL=Occasional, PDS=Periods, ARS=Areas, PTY=Patchy Weather Type Abbreviations... DYT=Dry Thunderstorms, TSM=Thunderstorms, SN=Snow, RN=Rain, SW=Snow Showers, RW=Rain Showers, DZL=Drizzle, FZR=Freezing Rain, FZD=Freezing Drizzle, SLT=Sleet, FZF=Freezing Fog, IFG=Ice Fog, HAZ=Haze, BSN=Blowing Snow, SMK=Smoke, FST=Frost, FZS=Freezing Spray, RS=Rain/Snow, DZF=Drizzle/Fog, SNF=Snow/Fog, RNF=Rain/Fog, ZRS=Freezing Rain/Snow Other Abbreviations... NA=Not Available, M=Missing .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 81. Min humidity........42 percent. Wind chill..........59. Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming west around 4 mph early in the afternoon, then becoming light late in the afternoon. Wind shift.......... Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 6 to 8 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (18400 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (44800 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............3. ADI.................26 to 35 increasing to 50 to 57. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west around 5 mph early in the afternoon, then becoming light late in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........12 16 20 24 28 32 34 35 35 34 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............59 64 69 74 76 79 81 81 81 79 RH..............93 78 66 55 52 45 42 42 42 45 Wind chill (F)..59 64 69 74 76 79 81 81 81 79 20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 20 FT wind gust.4 5 6 7 8 10 10 10 8 7 Eye lvl wnd dir.W W W W W W W W W W Eye lvl wnd spd.1 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 Eye lvl wnd gst.3 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 6 5 Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 2.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 Transp wind dir.NW NW NW W W W W W W W Transp wind spd.7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 LVORI...........4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............26 26 30 35 38 50 51 51 57 53 Vrate kt-ft/1K..18 19 22 26 30 40 42 41 45 41 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 56. Max humidity........100 percent. Wind chill..........56. Eye level winds.....Light winds. Wind shift.......... Mixing height.......800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 3 to 8 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good (36400 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (8200 knot-ft) late in the night. LVORI...............6. ADI.................48 decreasing to 2 to 3. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........33 32 31 30 30 29 29 29 30 32 34 37 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............75 70 65 64 62 61 60 59 58 57 57 56 RH..............52 61 75 75 81 84 87 87 90 93 96 100 Wind chill (F)..75 70 65 64 62 61 60 59 58 57 57 56 20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W NW NW 20 FT wind spd..3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 20 FT wind gust.6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Eye lvl wnd dir.W W W W W W W W W W NW NW Eye lvl wnd spd.2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Eye lvl wnd gst.5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix hgt (kft)...3.4 3.4 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.8 Transp wind dir.W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW Transp wind spd.8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 3 LVORI...........1 1 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 10 ADI.............48 37 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 Vrate kt-ft/1K..36 27 24 22 17 16 15 14 14 11 11 8 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of rain showers late in the afternoon. CWR.................0 percent increasing to 20 percent late in the afternoon. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 79. Min humidity........48 percent. Wind chill..........56. Eye level winds.....Light winds. Wind shift.......... Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North around 3 mph shifting to the east 3 to 7 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8500 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (36700 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............8 early in the morning. ADI.................2 increasing to 13 early in the morning. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........41 44 47 50 52 55 56 56 57 58 60 61 Weather cov..... SCH Weather type.... RW Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............56 57 60 64 70 74 76 77 78 77 76 75 RH..............100 100 90 81 68 57 54 52 48 52 54 58 Wind chill (F)..56 57 60 64 70 74 76 77 78 77 76 75 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW N N N NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 20 FT wind gust.4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 7 Eye lvl wnd dir.NW NW NW NW N N N NE NE NE NE NE Eye lvl wnd spd.1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 Eye lvl wnd gst.3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.1 1.7 2.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 Transp wind dir.N N N N NE NE NE E E E E E Transp wind spd.3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 7 LVORI...........10 5 M M M M M M M M M M ADI.............2 13 M M M M M M M M M M Vrate kt-ft/1K..9 9 10 12 14 16 18 26 28 34 33 37 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR $$ Forecaster...MSTRAUSER Requested by...David Loome Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2422516.0/CAR .DELDT 09/18/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL david.loome@maine.gov