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FNUS71 KGYX 180923
FWSGYX
SPOT FORECAST FOR ANNIS FIELD...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
523 AM EDT MON MAY 18 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MAY 18.
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.
DISCUSSION
GOOD MORNING. A DISTURBANCE WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS THIS
MORNING AND POSSIBLY A BRIEF RAIN SHOWER AT THE BURN LOCATION,
BUT THEN CLOUDS WILL DECREASE GOING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS
WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE EARLY BEFORE BECOMING PRIMARILY OUT OF
THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS
AROUND 15 MPH AT TIMES. RH IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 60S THIS
MORNING BEFORE FALLING INTO THE 50S THIS AFTERNOON AS
TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70 DEGREES.
DISPERSION WILL INITIALLY BE POOR TO FAIR BUT WILL BECOME GOOD
THIS AFTERNOON AS MIXING HEIGHTS AND TRANSPORT WINDS INCREASE.
EXCELLENT RH RECOVERY IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE
OF RAIN IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............47 INCREASING TO 50 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...69.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH LATE IN
THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (38000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................12 INCREASING TO 20 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 34 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO 54 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 38.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........50 66 81 79 60 48 48 35 25 19
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW
TSTM COV........NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............56 58 62 62 62 63 66 68 69 69
DEWPOINT........45 46 47 48 48 48 49 50 50 50
RH..............66 64 58 60 60 58 54 52 51 51
APARNT TMP (F)..56 58 62 62 62 63 66 68 69 69
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 5 7 8 9 9 8 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.5 7 9 12 14 15 16 14 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.6 1.8 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.0 1.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 9 9 12 13 15 16 16 13 12
LVORI...........3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............9 15 20 32 36 50 52 57 40 35
VRATE KT-FT/1K..8 13 15 22 25 31 38 36 22 18
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...3 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............51 INCREASING TO 54 AFTER 3 AM.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...67.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 8 TO
12 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1700 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................22 DECREASING TO 7.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........21 14 11 10 7 11 22 22 12 28 23 26
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
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............67 66 62 59 57 55 56 56 55 57 58 58
DEWPOINT........51 51 51 50 49 49 51 52 53 54 55 55
RH..............56 58 67 72 75 80 83 86 93 90 90 90
APARNT TMP (F)..67 66 62 59 57 55 56 56 55 57 58 58
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.9 7 5 5 2 2 5 5 7 7 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 7 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 12 12
LVORI...........2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6
ADI.............22 11 4 3 3 3 4 5 5 4 5 5
VRATE KT-FT/1K..10 4 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 5
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
IN THE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...19 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............58 INCREASING TO 60 IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...83.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO 21 TO 29 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (67000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (68400
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE MORNING.
LVORI...............4 EARLY IN THE MORNING.
ADI.................9 EARLY IN THE MORNING.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........48 46 51 41 40 44 50 46 54 55 55 56
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 20 20
TEMP............61 64 70 75 79 81 81 82 82 83 83 82
DEWPOINT........56 57 60 61 61 61 60 60 60 61 61 61
RH..............84 78 71 62 54 51 49 47 47 47 47 49
APARNT TMP (F)..61 64 70 75 79 82 82 82 82 83 83 83
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 6 9 12 12 12 12 10 10 9
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 14 20 24 25 25 24 23 22 21
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.7 1.4 2.7 3.5 4.7 5.2 5.5 5.5 5.6 4.3 3.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 15 21 22 26 28 29 28 25 23 21
LVORI...........4 4 M M M M M M M M M M
ADI.............9 8 M M M M M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..5 7 18 49 67 109 125 138 133 122 86 68
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR FR GD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD GD GD
FORECASTER...COMBS
REQUESTED BY...JESUS GONZALEZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2613876.0/GYX
.DELDT 05/18/26
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