192  
FNUS71 KCAR 051510  
FWSCAR  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR EBEEMEE RIDGE FIRE...MAINE FOREST SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME  
1110 AM EDT FRI JUN 5 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1100 EDT ON JUNE 05.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
PLEASE CONTACT NWS CARIBOU AT 207-492-0166 WITH ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE  
MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE RELATIVELY  
LIGHT AS WELL, GENERALLY LESS THAN 5 MPH. RAIN SHOWERS WILL BEGIN  
TO DEVELOP THROUGH MID AFTERNOON, WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN  
SHOWERS BEGINNING AROUND 4 PM. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR  
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT, PRIMARILY BETWEEN 3 AND 7 PM.  
RAINFALL FROM SHOWERS WILL BE LIGHT, BUT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS  
COULD BRING A LOCALLY WETTING RAIN. WINDS COULD INCREASE AND  
BECOME GUSTY AROUND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, AND A SOUTHERLY  
WIND SHIFT MAY OCCUR AROUND 7 TO 8 PM WITH THE SEA BREEZE, WHICH  
WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE MOISTURE AND DECREASE THUNDER CHANCES.  
MINIMUM RH AROUND 40 PERCENT WILL OCCUR JUST AFTER NOON, PRIOR TO  
RAIN DEVELOPMENT. RH WILL REBOUND WELL BACK TO NEAR 100 PERCENT  
OVERNIGHT, WITH A MORE SUBSTANTIAL WETTING RAIN MOVING INTO THE  
AREA LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SLIGHT  
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
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 (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...20 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.  
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.  
WIND CHILL..........72.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.  
WIND SHIFT..........  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH  
AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (15300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (30900 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................24 INCREASING TO 37 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON,  
THEN INCREASING TO 51 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON  
DECREASING TO 35 TO 39 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON  
DECREASING TO 12 TO 20.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.04 INCHES.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........38 44 49 49 59 59 62  
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH CHC  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 20 20 30  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 20 20 20  
TEMP............72 74 77 79 81 80 78  
RH..............57 53 50 47 46 47 50  
WIND CHILL (F)..72 74 77 79 81 81 78  
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE E SE SE SE S  
20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 2 1 1 1 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 4 2 2 2 4  
EYE LVL WND DIR.NE NE E SE SE SE S  
EYE LVL WND SPD.3 2 1 1 1 1 1  
EYE LVL WND GST.4 4 3 3  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.1 3.8 4.4 4.4 4.4 3.9 3.8  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 7 8 7 7 6 6  
LVORI...........2 1 1 1 1 2 2  
ADI.............24 37 51 39 35 20 12  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..15 23 31 27 27 20 19  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN  
SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS  
EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
CWR.................30 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...20 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
WIND CHILL..........55.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.  
WIND SHIFT..........  
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2100 KNOT-FT).  
LVORI...............6.  
ADI.................2 TO 8.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.02 INCHES.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........69 72 79 80 80 81 78 73 69 71 73 72  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........SCH SCH  
CWR.............30 30 40 40 30 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
CHC OF THDR (%).20 20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............77 73 70 67 65 63 60 59 57 55 55 55  
RH..............54 62 68 78 81 84 90 90 93 100 96 93  
WIND CHILL (F)..77 73 70 67 65 63 60 59 57 55 55 55  
20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.4 7 6 4 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4  
EYE LVL WND DIR.S SW SW S S S S S S S S S  
EYE LVL WND SPD.1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
EYE LVL WND GST.3 5 4 3 3 3 3 3  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 5 6 8 9 9 8 8 8 8 7  
LVORI...........2 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 9 8 6  
ADI.............8 4 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..10 2 2 3 7 8 7 6 5 5 5 3  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
SATURDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN  
SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING. SCATTERED RAIN  
SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING. ISOLATED  
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CWR.................20 PERCENT INCREASING TO 60 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...15 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.  
MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.  
WIND CHILL..........54.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 4 MPH IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
WIND SHIFT..........  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 15 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO FAIR (18700 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............6 EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
ADI.................8 EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.09 INCHES.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH IN THE  
AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........74 63 67 76 84 88 89 88 90 91 87 87  
WEATHER COV..... ISO SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ ISO  
CWR.............10 10 10 20 20 30 40 40 50 60 60 60  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 20  
TEMP............54 56 59 61 64 65 67 68 67 69 67 67  
RH..............96 90 80 81 73 70 68 68 70 66 70 70  
WIND CHILL (F)..54 56 59 61 64 65 67 68 67 69 67 67  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S SE S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.4 4 6 6 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10  
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S SE S S  
EYE LVL WND SPD.1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4  
EYE LVL WND GST.3 3 4 4 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 10 10 13 13 13 13 13 14 15 13  
LVORI...........6 5 M M M M M M M M M M  
ADI.............8 8 M M M M M M M M M M  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..7 8 10 11 17 18 18 18 17 19 18 14  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
 

 
FORECASTER...AES  
REQUESTED BY...ZACHARY MONROE  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2615030.0/CAR  
.DELDT 06/05/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL ZACHARY.D.MONROE@MAINE.GOV  
 
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