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FNUS71 KGYX 201417
FWSGYX
SPOT FORECAST FOR MOAT PILES RX...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
917 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EST ON FEBRUARY 20.
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.
OVERCAST SKIES WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER THROUGH THE MORNING WITH
LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. WINDS WILL TEND TO INCREASE FROM THE
SOUTHEAST, BEFORE TURNING NW LATER THIS EVENING. SNOW MOVES IN
FROM THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON, AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. FLURRIES WILL LIKELY BEGIN AROUND 3PM, WITH MORE
STEADY, ACCUMULATING SNOW TOWARDS 4-5PM AND THROUGH THE EVENING. A
TOTAL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING, WITH UP TO
8 AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. LIGHT SNOW MAY BE FALLING SATURDAY
MORNING, BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS NOT EXPECTED. BREAKS OF
SUN SHOULD WORK IN AROUND NOONTIME OR SHORTLY AFTER.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SNOW LIKELY LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................27 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............16 INCREASING TO 25.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...23.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (17400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................7 INCREASING TO 19 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 24 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
DECREASING TO 3 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........78 78 78 88 88 88 88 88 88
WEATHER COV..... LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... SN SN SN
TSTM COV........NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............23 27 33 35 35 36 35 34 33
DEWPOINT........14 16 18 20 22 24 24 24 25
RH..............68 63 53 54 59 61 64 66 72
APARNT TMP (F)..23 27 33 35 35 36 35 34 33
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST. 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.5 1.9 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.3 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE S S S S SE SE SE E
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 5 6 8 8 8 8 8 7
LVORI...........3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
ADI.............4 9 14 23 25 25 25 22 3
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 6 9 16 17 17 17 16 6
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SNOW IN THE EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT, THEN SNOW LIKELY AFTER 3 AM.
CWR.................27 PERCENT INCREASING TO 100 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 19.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............25 DECREASING TO 20 OVERNIGHT.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...20.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 7 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 10
TO 12 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (18400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (5300 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................6.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........97 97 97 97 97 97 96 96 96 96 96 96
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN
TSTM COV........NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............30 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............31 30 29 29 28 28 27 26 24 23 22 21
DEWPOINT........25 25 25 26 27 26 25 24 22 21 20 19
RH..............78 81 85 88 96 92 92 92 92 92 92 92
APARNT TMP (F)..31 30 29 25 24 24 23 22 20 23 22 21
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE N N NE
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E NE NE NE NE N NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 10 9 9 9 10 12 13 13 12 10 10
LVORI...........4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
ADI.............3 5 4 8 8 5 5 6 6 5 5 5
VRATE KT-FT/1K..5 9 8 8 7 8 17 18 18 17 15 15
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SNOW
THROUGH THE DAY.
CWR.................100 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.
MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............19.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...20.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (25100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4 IN THE MORNING.
ADI.................7 INCREASING TO 19 LATE IN THE MORNING.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........82 82 82 82 82 82 43 43 43 43 43 43
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN
TSTM COV........NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............100 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............21 20 20 22 26 28 31 32 32 33 32 30
DEWPOINT........18 17 17 18 19 20 20 20 20 21 20 19
RH..............88 88 88 84 74 71 63 61 61 61 61 63
APARNT TMP (F)..21 20 20 22 26 28 31 32 32 33 32 30
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE E E E E E E NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 0.9 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.4 3.0 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.7 2.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 5 5 6 7 8 7 6 5 5
LVORI...........6 5 5 4 3 3 2 M M M M M
ADI.............3 6 11 10 11 16 22 M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 4 7 7 7 12 19 25 23 19 15 11
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...CORNWELL
REQUESTED BY...GARETH WEAVER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2603316.0/GYX
.DELDT 02/20/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL NHNECC@FIRENET.GOV
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