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FNUS71 KCAR 271418
FWSCAR
SPOT FORECAST FOR T18 R10 SMOKE REPORT...MAINE FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1018 AM EDT TUE MAY 27 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1100 EDT ON MAY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT NWS CARIBOU AT 207-492-0166 WITH ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
DISCUSSION
MAINLY CLEAR SKIES RIGHT NOW BUT SATELLITE IMAGERY IS SHOWING
CUMULUS CLOUDS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECTING SKIES TO TURN
PARTLY SUNNY WITH LIGHT NW WINDS. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10MPH
BUT HILLSIDES AND EXPOSED AREAS MAY GUST AT TIMES UP TO 15MPH.
VERY ISOLATED CHANCE OF SPRINKLES OVERALL THE LOWER PARTS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE ARE VERY DRY TODAY. EXPECTING RHS TO CONTINUE TO FALL
INTO THE 22-25 PERCENT RANGE AT THIS INCIDENT LOCATION BY 1-2PM
TODAY.
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 (20-30 PERCENT). ISOLATED
SPRINKLES EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...2 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 4 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND SHIFT..........
MIXING HEIGHT.......9600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (52700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (115700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................74 INCREASING TO 105 IN THE AFTERNOON.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........32 33 34 35 29 23 16
WEATHER COV..... ISO
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............69 71 72 74 75 73 73
RH..............39 34 30 26 23 26 26
20 FT WIND DIR..W W NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 4 4 5 4 4
20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 7 8 10 8 7
EYE LVL WND DIR.W W NW NW NW NW NW
EYE LVL WND SPD.2 2 3 3 4 3 3
EYE LVL WND GST.4 5 5 6 7 6 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.9 7.9 9.3 9.6 9.5 9.1 8.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 12 14 14 14 13 13
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............74 105 105 105 105 105 105
VRATE KT-FT/1K..53 79 112 116 114 101 94
VENTRATE CAT....FR GD VGD VGD VGD VGD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF THUNDER...1 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
WIND SHIFT..........
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (55400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (1600 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................79 DECREASING TO 2 TO 7.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........17 17 17 14 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............70 68 63 59 56 53 51 48 45 44 44 43
RH..............31 37 48 55 59 66 71 77 86 89 89 93
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 4 4 2 2 4 4 5 6 6
EYE LVL WND DIR.NW NW NW W W W W W W W W W
EYE LVL WND SPD.2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
EYE LVL WND GST.5 4 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.5 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 7 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 7
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 6 6 6 6
ADI.............79 7 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3
VRATE KT-FT/1K..55 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 4 MPH LATE IN
THE MORNING.
WIND SHIFT..........
MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (84700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4 EARLY IN THE MORNING.
ADI.................3 TO 7 EARLY IN THE MORNING.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
THE MORNING.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............48 52 57 64 69 72 73 75 76 76 75 75
RH..............83 74 67 50 40 33 30 28 26 26 28 28
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W NW NW W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.6 5 4 6 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
EYE LVL WND DIR.W W W W W NW NW W W W W W
EYE LVL WND SPD.2 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.4 4 3 4 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.8 2.4 5.4 7.8 8.1 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W NW NW W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 9 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
LVORI...........5 3 M M M M M M M M M M
ADI.............3 7 M M M M M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 2 5 19 54 78 81 83 84 84 85 80
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD
FORECASTER...SINKO
REQUESTED BY...KEITH DRAPER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2514759.0/CAR
.DELDT 05/27/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL KEITH.DRAPER@MAINE.GOV
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