Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
022
FNUS71 KGYX 181428
FWSGYX
Spot Forecast for Crawford RX...USFS
National Weather Service Gray ME
532 AM EDT Fri Apr 18 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1800 EDT on April 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact our office at (207) 688-3224, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.
Mostly clear skies this morning will become mostly cloudy this
afternoon. Light and variable winds this morning will increase
from the south-southwest with gusts approaching 15-20 mph around
ignition time. Mixing will cause humidity to drop this morning
with min RH 25-30 percent around ignition time. Moisture increases
through the afternoon with chances for showers increasing late
afternoon through sunset. There will be better chances for showers
tonight with good RH recovery overnight.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent) then becoming partly
sunny (45-55 percent). Chance of rain showers
late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Dewpoint............16 increasing to 28.
Min apparent temp...9.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the west
around 5 mph late in the morning, then becoming
light late in the morning becoming southwest 5
to 7 mph in the afternoon shifting to the south
around 7 mph.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 12 mph shifting to the southwest 13
to 18 mph late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5300 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (49300 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................7 increasing to 22 early in the morning, then
increasing to 36 late in the morning increasing
to 47 early in the afternoon increasing to 61
decreasing to 45 late in the afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........18 18 18 18 18 18 51 51 51 51 51 51
Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW
Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............20 22 30 38 43 48 52 54 55 56 56 54
Dewpoint........14 14 17 17 17 18 22 23 23 25 27 29
RH..............77 71 58 42 35 30 31 30 29 30 32 38
Aparnt tmp (F)..9 13 23 34 39 46 52 54 55 56 56 54
20 FT wind dir..N NW NW NW W W W SW SW S S S
20 FT wind spd..9 8 7 6 6 5 6 8 9 9 9 9
20 FT wind gust.17 15 14 13 10 9 12 15 17 17 17 17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 0.8 1.2 1.8 2.5 2.8 3.1 3.0 3.1 2.5 1.6
Transp wind dir.NW NW W W W SW SW SW S S S S
Transp wind spd.10 9 9 10 12 13 14 16 17 18 18 15
LVORI...........4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............5 9 17 26 33 39 47 57 65 61 42 48
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 5 7 11 18 27 34 43 46 49 40 20
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR PR PR
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of rain
showers in the evening, then rain showers
likely and slight chance of thunderstorms
overnight.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 26 percent early in the
evening.
Chance of thunder...16 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 45.
Max humidity........83 percent.
Dewpoint............34 increasing to 43.
Max apparent temp...53.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 12 mph with gusts to
around 28 mph decreasing to 7 to 9 mph
overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms overnight.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 15 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (23300 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (11000 knot-ft) late in the
night.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................30 decreasing to 11.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........84 84 84 84 84 84
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........NO NO NO S CHC S CHC S CHC
CWR.............0 30 30 30 30 30
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 10 20 20
Temp............53 50 47 47 47 48
Dewpoint........32 33 36 39 40 43
RH..............44 52 65 74 76 83
Aparnt tmp (F)..53 45 41 41 43 43
20 ft wind......S 10 S 14 SW 15 SW 13 W 8 SW 10
20 ft wind gust.20 24 26 23 15 20
Mix hgt (ft)....1600 1100 1100 900 1000 1000
Transport wind..S 17 S 17 SW 17 SW 17 SW 20 SW 20
LVORI...........2 2 3 3 4 5
ADI.............30 12 11 10 9 9
Vrate kt-ft/1K..23 16 17 14 18 17
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
thunderstorms early in the morning. Chance of
rain showers through the day.
CWR.................26 percent.
Chance of thunder...16 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........73 percent.
Dewpoint............45 increasing to 55.
Max apparent temp...64.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 9 to 18 mph. Gusts up to 31 mph
increasing to 38 mph in the afternoon. Gusty
and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
early in the morning.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 17 to 23 mph increasing to west 36 to
40 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (13500 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (81100 knot-ft) in the
afternoon increasing to excellent (115000
knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............4 early in the morning.
ADI.................12 early in the morning.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........78 78 78 70 70 70
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC S CHC NO NO NO NO
CWR.............30 30 30 30 30 30
Chc of thdr (%).20 10 10 0 10 10
Temp............51 54 57 60 64 64
Dewpoint........44 47 51 54 56 55
RH..............77 77 80 81 75 73
Aparnt tmp (F)..51 54 57 60 64 64
20 ft wind......SW 12 SW 13 W 15 W 17 W 21 W 22
20 ft wind gust.22 24 28 31 35 37
Mix hgt (ft)....900 1200 2000 2500 3700 3700
Transport wind..SW 17 SW 20 W 23 W 26 W 36 W 40
LVORI...........4 M M M M M
ADI.............11 M M M M M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..14 21 39 57 115 130
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR FAIR VYGD VYGD
$$
Forecaster...SCHROETER
Requested by...Nick Jeros
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2510934.1/GYX
.DELDT 04/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nicholas.jeros@usda.gov