641  
FNUS71 KCAR 210814  
FWSCAR  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR EAST MILLINOCKET RX...MAINE FOREST SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME  
414 AM EDT SUN APR 21 2024  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON APRIL 21.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
PLEASE CONTACT NWS CARIBOU AT 207-492-0166 WITH ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
TODAY WILL BEGIN MOSTLY SUNNY, THEN BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY WITH  
SPOTTY SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT WEST,  
SOUTHWESTERLY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA VERY LATE  
TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY A COLD DRY GUSTY WIND ON MONDAY.  
 
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.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN  
SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LAL.................1.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.  
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.  
WIND CHILL..........39.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST UP TO 5 MPH IN THE  
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
WIND SHIFT..........  
MIXING HEIGHT.......7300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13 TO 17 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (54200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (108800 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............1.  
ADI.................74 INCREASING TO 88 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN  
INCREASING TO 102 TO 105 LATE IN THE MORNING  
DECREASING TO 56 TO 61 IN THE AFTERNOON.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
 
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........4 14 22 50 69 70 67 64 57  
WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 20  
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
TEMP............42 47 49 51 52 52 53 51 51  
RH..............67 53 46 41 36 36 35 37 37  
WIND CHILL (F)..39 44 47 51 52 52 53 51 51  
EYE LVL WND DIR.W W W W W W W W W  
EYE LVL WND SPD.3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4  
EYE LVL WND GST.5 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10  
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.9 5.4 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.3 7.2 7.1 6.8  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 14 15 16 17 17 16 16  
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............74 88 102 105 56 57 57 61 60  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..54 60 72 85 98 109 109 99 95  
VENTRATE CAT....FR FR GD GD GD VGD VGD GD GD  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN  
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT.  
LAL.................1.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 31.  
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.  
WIND CHILL..........25.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS AROUND 4 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING  
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING WEST AROUND 4 MPH  
AFTER 3 AM.  
WIND SHIFT..........  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 16 TO 24 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (77300 KNOT-FT).  
LVORI...............2 IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  
ADI.................105 DECREASING TO 9 TO 12 EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........45 34 19 12 12 9 17 18 15 13 17 11  
WEATHER COV.....ISO  
WEATHER TYPE....RW  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0  
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
TEMP............51 47 44 42 39 37 36 35 35 34 33 32  
RH..............39 45 51 55 62 64 67 69 69 72 75 75  
WIND CHILL (F)..51 44 42 40 37 34 33 31 31 29 27 25  
EYE LVL WND DIR.W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW W W  
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4  
EYE LVL WND GST.7 7 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 8 10  
MIX HGT (KFT)...6.4 6.0 5.6 5.4 5.1 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 16 16 17 18 20 21 21 22 23 24 24  
LVORI...........1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 M M M M  
ADI.............105 105 9 9 9 10 11 12 M M M M  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..90 84 79 80 81 81 81 77 78 80 82 82  
VENTRATE CAT....GD GD GD GD GD GD GD GD GD GD GD GD  
 

 
FORECASTER...BLOOMER  
REQUESTED BY...ZACH MONROE  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2411489.0/CAR  
.DELDT 04/21/24  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL ZACHARY.D.MONROE@MAINE.GOV  
 
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