871
FNUS71 KCAR 281104
FWSCAR
SPOT FORECAST FOR WALLAMATOGUS RX...MAINE FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
704 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 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
A WEAK RIDGE SOUTHEAST OF THE GULF OF MAINE TODAY WILL EXTEND
NORTHWEST INTO THE DOWNEAST PORTIONS OF MAINE. EXPECTING WEAKER
WIND CONDITIONS AT THE FIRE SCENE WHICH WILL MAKE FOR POOR SMOKE
DISPERSAL INTIALLY THIS MORNING. LIGHT WINDS FROM THE E-SE WILL
SLOWLY INCREASE THIS MORNING ALLOWING FOR SOME IMPROVEMENT OF THE
SMOKE. INTIALLY RHS THIS MORNING IN THE 50-70 PERCENT RANGE
RAPIDLY FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S PERCENT WITH A VERY DRY
DAY EXPECTED. RHS WILL RAPIDLY IMPROVE TONIGHT AS WINDS FROM THE
SE GRADUALLY INCREASE AND MOISTURE FLOWS IN OFF THE GULF OF MAINE.
A MUCH COOLER DAY TOMORROW WITH HIGH RHS AND CHANCE OF SHOWERS
WITH A LARGE PUSH OF MOISTURE OFF THE GULF OF MAINE WATERS.
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.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND CHILL..........37.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING.
WIND SHIFT..........
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (38500 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 TO 7 INCREASING TO 14 TO 20 LATE IN THE
MORNING, THEN INCREASING TO 27 LATE IN THE
MORNING INCREASING TO 43 TO 47 EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 48 TO 54 DECREASING TO
37 TO 41 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........7 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 9 9 13
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............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
TEMP............39 43 47 51 55 57 58 58 58 57 55
RH..............79 70 60 52 47 38 33 29 28 28 29
WIND CHILL (F)..37 41 45 51 55 57 58 58 58 57 55
EYE LVL WND DIR.N NE E E SE E SE SE SE SE SE
EYE LVL WND SPD.2 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.4 5 5 6 6 8 8 10 10 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.9 1.6 1.9 2.6 3.0 3.3 3.5 3.1 2.9 2.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 6 7 8 8 12 12 13 13 12 12
LVORI...........5 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............4 7 14 20 27 43 47 54 48 41 37
VRATE KT-FT/1K..1 5 10 13 18 30 33 39 34 29 26
VENTRATE CAT....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 OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
OVERNIGHT, THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AFTER 3 AM.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT OVERNIGHT,
THEN INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT OVERNIGHT
DECREASING TO 20 PERCENT AFTER 3 AM.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND CHILL..........38.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 4 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
WIND SHIFT..........
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 TO 9 MPH BECOMING 7 TO 8 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (14500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (1900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3 IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
ADI.................22 DECREASING TO 2 TO 9 IN THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........20 28 33 46 64 74 82 88 90 91 94 95
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC CHC SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 10 10 10 10 10 20 30 30 20 20
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............52 49 45 42 41 40 39 39 39 39 39 38
RH..............33 39 47 55 57 59 62 70 79 89 89 100
WIND CHILL (F)..52 47 45 42 41 40 39 39 39 39 39 38
EYE LVL WND DIR.SE S SE SE SE E E E E E E E
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
EYE LVL WND GST.8 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE E SE SE E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 7 8 8 7 7 5 8 7 7 8
LVORI...........2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 M M M M
ADI.............22 9 3 4 4 3 3 2 M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..15 6 2 3 3 3 3 2 4 4 4 5
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT INCREASING TO 40 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...1 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MIN HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
WIND CHILL..........38.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
WIND SHIFT..........
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 8 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (19000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............MISSING.
ADI.................MISSING.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.09 INCHES.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........97 95 88 86 88 90 88 87 85 86 88 89
WEATHER COV.....SCH 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.............20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............39 40 41 43 44 45 46 46 46 46 47 46
RH..............96 92 96 93 93 89 86 89 89 89 83 86
WIND CHILL (F)..39 38 38 40 41 41 42 41 41 41 43 42
EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE
EYE LVL WND SPD.1 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.3 4 5 5 7 8 10 10 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 12 10 13 13 13 14 16 17 16 15 14
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..5 10 9 12 13 13 15 18 19 18 17 15
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...JS
REQUESTED BY...SGT. BRIAN GETCHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2611901.0/CAR
.DELDT 04/28/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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