474
FNUS71 KCAR 160146
FWSCAR
SPOT FORECAST FOR TEST...TEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
946 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 2200 EDT ON APRIL 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT NWS CARIBOU AT 207-492-0166 WITH ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
DISCUSSION
TEST
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 TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). RAIN IN THE LATE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT, THEN RAIN LIKELY
OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
CWR.................90 PERCENT DECREASING TO 50 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...7 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37.
MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.
WIND CHILL..........33.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 4 MPH LATE IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST
AROUND 4 MPH OVERNIGHT.
WIND SHIFT..........
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 8 TO
14 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4100 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................5 TO 10.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.47 INCHES.
TIME (EDT) 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........100 100 100 99 95 95 90 88
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY SCT
WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............90 90 80 80 70 70 60 50
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
TEMP............43 42 42 41 41 40 39 39
RH..............89 86 82 85 85 89 92 89
WIND CHILL (F)..39 38 39 37 36 35 33 34
EYE LVL WND DIR.SE SE S SW W W W SW
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.8 7 5 7 8 10 10 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SW W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 9 8 8 10 10 12 14
LVORI...........5 5 4 5 4 5 6 5
ADI.............10 8 7 5 7 9 10 9
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 4 4 4 5 6 6 6
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN RAIN
LIKELY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................50 PERCENT DECREASING TO 40 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE MORNING, THEN DECREASING TO 30 PERCENT
EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 40 PERCENT
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 50 PERCENT
INCREASING TO 70 PERCENT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...6 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43.
MIN HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND CHILL..........32.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS UP TO 7 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 23 MPH
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
WIND SHIFT..........
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 14 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (52300 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................9 TO 16 INCREASING TO 44 TO 50.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.08 INCHES.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........91 87 90 90 90 92 91 91 91 92 93 94
WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............50 40 30 30 30 30 40 50 70 70 70 70
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 0
TEMP............38 38 39 40 40 41 41 42 42 42 41 40
RH..............89 92 85 85 82 79 79 76 76 73 73 73
WIND CHILL (F)..33 32 33 33 33 35 35 36 36 36 35 33
EYE LVL WND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6
EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.7 1.5 1.9 1.9 2.4 2.9 3.1 3.1 2.5 2.8 2.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 15 18 16 15 21 18 18 20 21 22 22
LVORI...........5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............9 16 31 30 28 44 44 45 47 45 50 50
VRATE KT-FT/1K..9 9 25 26 25 44 47 50 52 45 52 51
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS AND
SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE EVENING, THEN CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW
SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................70 PERCENT DECREASING TO 20 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND CHILL..........26.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS UP TO 6 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING THEN 20 MPH EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
WIND SHIFT..........
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13 TO 21 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (35200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (5700 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............4 EARLY IN THE EVENING.
ADI.................37 DECREASING TO 15 EARLY IN THE EVENING.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.04 INCHES.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........92 89 87 87 87 87 84 82 79 77 75 73
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RN RS RS RS RW SW RW RW RW RW RW SW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............70 70 70 60 60 50 40 30 20 20 20 20
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............40 38 37 37 36 36 36 36 36 35 34 34
RH..............73 79 79 79 85 82 82 82 79 78 78 78
WIND CHILL (F)..33 32 31 32 30 30 30 30 30 28 27 26
EYE LVL WND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
EYE LVL WND SPD.6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6
EYE LVL WND GST.12 11 10 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.2 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.4 1.5 1.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW W W W W W W NW W NW NW W
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 14 15 13 13 14 14 16 16 21 20 17
LVORI...........3 4 M M M M M M M M M M
ADI.............37 15 M M M M M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..35 8 11 9 6 6 7 9 10 26 26 21
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SNOW SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...2 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND CHILL..........26.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 16
MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20 TO 28 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (31200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (127900 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............MISSING.
ADI.................MISSING.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.01 INCHES.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........70 68 65 67 70 72 73 73 74 72 71 70
WEATHER COV.....SCH
WEATHER TYPE....SW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............34 35 35 36 38 39 41 42 43 43 43 42
RH..............75 69 66 64 59 54 50 48 47 45 45 46
WIND CHILL (F)..26 27 26 27 29 31 33 34 36 36 36 35
EYE LVL WND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
EYE LVL WND SPD.7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8
EYE LVL WND GST.13 13 14 14 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 2.5 3.2 3.7 4.2 4.7 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.W NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 23 26 28 28 26 26 25 25 26 26 26
LVORI...........M M M M M M M M M M M M
ADI.............M M M M M M M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..31 49 73 89 102 108 115 115 117 127 128 118
VENTRATE CAT....PR FR GD GD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD
FORECASTER...MELANSON
REQUESTED BY...TEST
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2510562.0/CAR
.DELDT 04/15/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL SEAN.MELANSON@NOAA.GOV
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