452
FNUS71 KCAR 281017
FWSCAR
SPOT FORECAST FOR SHIP ISLAND RX...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
617 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EDT ON APRIL 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT NWS CARIBOU AT 207-492-0166 WITH ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
DISCUSSION
ABUNDANT SUNSHINE IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY
ON THE ISLAND FALLING TO AROUND 50 PERCENT. WINDS WILL BE STEADY
OUT OF THE EAST AND MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO THE MARITIME
ENVIRONMENT AROUND THE ISLAND. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RECOVER TO GREATER
THAN 90 PERCENT TONIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS AND DRIZZLE WILL MOVE TOWARDS
THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND CHILL..........36.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS UP TO 6 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 8 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3300 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................4 TO 13.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........13 10 6 5 6 6 7 7 7 11 11 14
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
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............40 40 43 44 46 47 48 49 49 50 50 49
RH..............85 89 79 76 68 63 58 56 56 52 52 54
WIND CHILL (F)..36 36 39 40 42 43 44 45 45 46 47 46
EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E E E E E E E E E E
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.6 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 10 9 8 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 10 10 12 12 12 13 13 12 10 9 10
LVORI...........5 5 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............4 10 11 12 12 12 13 13 12 11 10 11
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 7 8 7 6 5 5 6 5 4 3 4
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 40 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...1 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND CHILL..........36.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS AROUND 4 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING EAST AROUND 4 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
WIND SHIFT..........
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 9 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (13300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (3400 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3 IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
ADI.................4 TO 10 IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.06 INCHES.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........20 33 45 60 72 81 84 88 91 93 94 96
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 10 10 10 10 20 20 30 40 40 40 40
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............49 47 45 43 43 43 42 42 41 41 41 41
RH..............54 56 58 65 67 76 82 82 89 93 93 93
WIND CHILL (F)..47 45 44 41 40 40 38 38 36 36 36 36
EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E E E E E E E E E E
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.6 5 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 10 9 14 15 14 14 14 16 15 14
LVORI...........2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 M M M M
ADI.............9 9 5 4 9 10 9 9 M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 4 5 4 7 8 8 9 11 13 13 11
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...2 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MIN HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
WIND CHILL..........35.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS UP TO 7 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 15 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (11900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (22500 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............MISSING.
ADI.................MISSING.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.18 INCHES.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........96 95 92 90 90 89 87 86 84 85 87 88
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............41 41 42 43 43 44 44 44 44 44 45 44
RH..............93 96 93 93 96 93 93 93 93 93 86 89
WIND CHILL (F)..36 35 36 38 37 38 38 38 38 38 39 38
EYE LVL WND DIR.NE E E E E E E E E E E E
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 6
EYE LVL WND GST.8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 16 17 20 21 22 22 22 22 21 20 18
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..12 13 14 18 21 23 22 20 17 15 14 13
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...MWS
REQUESTED BY...T PARKER SCHUERMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2611899.0/CAR
.DELDT 04/28/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL MATTHEW_C_CARROLL@NPS.GOV,CHRISTOPHER_MCCANDLESS@FWS.GOV,TSCHUERMAN@NPS.GOV
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