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FNUS51 KCAR 111837
FWFCAR
FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
236 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2026
DISCUSSION
A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT MOVING IN FROM CANADA WILL BRING CLOUDS,
COOLER TEMPS, AND INCREASING HUMIDITY LEVELS IN FOR FRIDAY,
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EAST. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID 70S EAST
AND LOW 80S WEST. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO
10 MPH,
GUSTING TO 20 MPH. MINIMUM RHS WILL BE IN THE 55-70 PERCENT
RANGE.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
INTO
NORTHERN MAINE. GREATEST CHANCE OF A WETTING RAIN WILL BE WITH
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING OVER
NORTHERN 1/2 OF THE FORECAST AREA.
MEZ101-120800-
QUEBEC-MAINE BORDERLANDS-
236 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2026
TONIGHT FRI FRI NIGHT SAT
CLOUD COVER PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY
PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS SHOWERS
CHANCE PRECIP (%) 30 40 100 40
CHANCE OF THUNDER (%) 17(LTD) 20(LTD) 20(LTD) 12
TEMP (24H TREND) 59 (+2) 83 (-3) 55 79
RH % (24H TREND) 100 (+3) 55 (+6) 100 41
20FTWND-VAL/AM(MPH) LGT/VAR W 5
20FTWND-RDG/PM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR LGT/VAR W 6
PRECIP AMOUNT 0.04 0.28 0.42 0.06
PRECIP DURATION 2 5 8 2
PRECIP BEGIN 6 PM CONTINUING CONTINUING CONTINUING
PRECIP END CONTINUING CONTINUING CONTINUING CONTINUING
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL/MSL) 3250 6600
TRANSPORT WND (KTS) SE 6 W 14
VENT RATE (KT-FT) 25190 105840
DISPERSION MARGINAL VERY GOOD
CWR 20 100 100 90
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
REMARKS...NONE.
MEZ102-120800-
NORTH WOODS AND ST. JOHN VALLEY-
236 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2026
TONIGHT FRI FRI NIGHT SAT
CLOUD COVER PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY
PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS SHOWERS
CHANCE PRECIP (%) 30 50 90 40
CHANCE OF THUNDER (%) 19(LTD) 22(LTD) 23(LTD) 14
TEMP (24H TREND) 61 (+3) 83 (-5) 53 80
RH % (24H TREND) 100 (+3) 54 (+9) 100 39
20FTWND-VAL/AM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR
20FTWND-RDG/PM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR LGT/VAR W 6
PRECIP AMOUNT 0.04 0.23 0.30 0.07
PRECIP DURATION 3 5 10 2
PRECIP BEGIN 6 PM CONTINUING CONTINUING CONTINUING
PRECIP END CONTINUING CONTINUING CONTINUING CONTINUING
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL/MSL) 2730 6730
TRANSPORT WND (KTS) SE 9 W 12
VENT RATE (KT-FT) 28780 110180
DISPERSION MARGINAL VERY GOOD
CWR 20 90 100 100
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
REMARKS...NONE.
MEZ103-120800-
EASTERN AROOSTOOK-
236 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2026
TONIGHT FRI FRI NIGHT SAT
CLOUD COVER PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY
PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS
CHANCE PRECIP (%) 30 40 80 60
CHANCE OF THUNDER (%) 15(LTD) 15(LTD) 17(LTD) 15(LTD)
TEMP (24H TREND) 61 (+1) 77 (-12) 51 78
RH % (24H TREND) 100 (+6) 56 (+14) 100 47
20FTWND-VAL/AM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR
20FTWND-RDG/PM(MPH) LGT/VAR SE 7 SE 7 NW 5
PRECIP AMOUNT 0.04 0.14 0.22 0.08
PRECIP DURATION 2 5 7 3
PRECIP BEGIN 6 PM CONTINUING CONTINUING CONTINUING
PRECIP END CONTINUING CONTINUING CONTINUING CONTINUING
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL/MSL) 2120 4090
TRANSPORT WND (KTS) SE 14 NW 9
VENT RATE (KT-FT) 34740 79340
DISPERSION MARGINAL GOOD
CWR 30 40 90 90
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
REMARKS...NONE.
MEZ105-120800-
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
236 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2026
TONIGHT FRI FRI NIGHT SAT
CLOUD COVER PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY
PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS SHOWERS
CHANCE PRECIP (%) 30 60 80 30
CHANCE OF THUNDER (%) 23(LTD) 24(LTD) 25(ELEV) 7
TEMP (24H TREND) 63 (-1) 84 (-1) 58 82
RH % (24H TREND) 100 (+3) 57 (+1) 100 39
20FTWND-VAL/AM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR
20FTWND-RDG/PM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR LGT/VAR W 7
PRECIP AMOUNT 0.06 0.18 0.25 0.04
PRECIP DURATION 2 4 10 0
PRECIP BEGIN 6 PM CONTINUING CONTINUING CONTINUING
PRECIP END CONTINUING CONTINUING CONTINUING 8 AM
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL/MSL) 2950 7100
TRANSPORT WND (KTS) S 8 NW 13
VENT RATE (KT-FT) 29380 116810
DISPERSION MARGINAL VERY GOOD
CWR 10 80 90 90
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
REMARKS...NONE.
MEZ106-120800-
CENTRAL MAINE NORTH OF BANGOR-
236 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2026
TONIGHT FRI FRI NIGHT SAT
CLOUD COVER PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY
PRECIP TYPE SHOWERS TSTMS TSTMS SHOWERS
CHANCE PRECIP (%) 20 30 70 50
CHANCE OF THUNDER (%) 11 15(LTD) 14 14
TEMP (24H TREND) 59 (-3) 81 (-5) 54 82
RH % (24H TREND) 100 (+7) 59 (+7) 100 42
20FTWND-VAL/AM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR
20FTWND-RDG/PM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR LGT/VAR LGT/VAR
PRECIP AMOUNT 0.02 0.08 0.19 0.05
PRECIP DURATION 1 2 4 1
PRECIP BEGIN 6 PM CONTINUING CONTINUING CONTINUING
PRECIP END CONTINUING CONTINUING CONTINUING 6 PM
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL/MSL) 2350 6000
TRANSPORT WND (KTS) SE 9 NW 9
VENT RATE (KT-FT) 29760 92360
DISPERSION MARGINAL VERY GOOD
CWR 30 80 80
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
REMARKS...NONE.
MEZ108-120800-
INTERIOR DOWNEAST-
236 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2026
TONIGHT FRI FRI NIGHT SAT
CLOUD COVER PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY
PRECIP TYPE NONE SHOWERS SHOWERS TSTMS
CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 10 70 50
CHANCE OF THUNDER (%) 4 9 9 16(LTD)
TEMP (24H TREND) 56 (-2) 77 (0) 52 77
RH % (24H TREND) 100 (+3) 68 (-1) 100 55
20FTWND-VAL/AM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR
20FTWND-RDG/PM(MPH) LGT/VAR SE 5 LGT/VAR LGT/VAR
PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.02 0.09 0.04
PRECIP DURATION 1 3 1
PRECIP BEGIN 7 AM CONTINUING CONTINUING
PRECIP END CONTINUING CONTINUING 1 PM
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL/MSL) 1920 4490
TRANSPORT WND (KTS) SE 8 N 8
VENT RATE (KT-FT) 20840 50950
DISPERSION MARGINAL GOOD
CWR 0 50 50
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
REMARKS...NONE.
MEZ112-120800-
COASTAL DOWNEAST-
236 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2026
TONIGHT FRI FRI NIGHT SAT
CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY
PRECIP TYPE NONE NONE SHOWERS TSTMS
CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 0 70 50
CHANCE OF THUNDER (%) 2 7 8 17(LTD)
TEMP (24H TREND) 52 (-3) 73 (+3) 51 72
RH % (24H TREND) 100 (+1) 70 (-9) 100 67
20FTWND-VAL/AM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR
20FTWND-RDG/PM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR LGT/VAR LGT/VAR
PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.04
PRECIP DURATION 2 1
PRECIP BEGIN 9 PM CONTINUING
PRECIP END CONTINUING 2 PM
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL/MSL) 1300 2550
TRANSPORT WND (KTS) E 7 N 6
VENT RATE (KT-FT) 12520 33290
DISPERSION POOR MARGINAL
CWR 0 0 40 40
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
REMARKS...NONE.
MEZ113-120800-
BANGOR REGION-
236 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2026
TONIGHT FRI FRI NIGHT SAT
CLOUD COVER PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY
PRECIP TYPE SHOWERS TSTMS SHOWERS SHOWERS
CHANCE PRECIP (%) 30 30 70 40
CHANCE OF THUNDER (%) 11 15(LTD) 14 10
TEMP (24H TREND) 60 (-3) 83 (-1) 56 83
RH % (24H TREND) 100 (+1) 61 (+2) 100 41
20FTWND-VAL/AM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR
20FTWND-RDG/PM(MPH) LGT/VAR SE 5 SE 5 W 5
PRECIP AMOUNT 0.01 0.04 0.17 0.05
PRECIP DURATION 1 3 4 0
PRECIP BEGIN 6 PM 7 AM CONTINUING CONTINUING
PRECIP END 1 AM CONTINUING CONTINUING 8 AM
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL/MSL) 2730 6860
TRANSPORT WND (KTS) S 9 NW 10
VENT RATE (KT-FT) 27890 86680
DISPERSION MARGINAL VERY GOOD
CWR 20 90 90
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
REMARKS...NONE.
MEZ114-120800-
EASTERN PENOBSCOT BAY COAST-
236 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2026
TONIGHT FRI FRI NIGHT SAT
CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY
PRECIP TYPE SHOWERS SHOWERS SHOWERS SHOWERS
CHANCE PRECIP (%) 20 20 70 40
CHANCE OF THUNDER (%) 6 9 13 12
TEMP (24H TREND) 56 (-3) 79 (+4) 54 79
RH % (24H TREND) 100 (+2) 67 (-9) 100 55
20FTWND-VAL/AM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR
20FTWND-RDG/PM(MPH) LGT/VAR SE 5 LGT/VAR S 5
PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.01 0.08 0.03
PRECIP DURATION 0 1 2 0
PRECIP BEGIN 7 PM 11 AM CONTINUING CONTINUING
PRECIP END 11 PM CONTINUING CONTINUING 8 AM
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL/MSL) 1750 3930
TRANSPORT WND (KTS) SE 7 W 8
VENT RATE (KT-FT) 17030 45390
DISPERSION POOR FAIR
CWR 60 60
KBDI <200 <200 <200 201-300
REMARKS...NONE.
FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7
SATURDAY NIGHT
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHWEST
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
SUNDAY
PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
SUNDAY NIGHT
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND
10 MPH.
MONDAY
SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH.
MONDAY NIGHT
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. WEST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
TUESDAY
MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. WEST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
TUESDAY NIGHT
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTHWEST
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
WEDNESDAY
MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
THURSDAY
PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE
MID 70S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS
TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL. PRECIPITATION ABOVE NORMAL.
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