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FNUS71 KCAR 170426
FWSCAR
SPOT FORECAST FOR PARK PLANT FIRE...PENOBSCOT COUNTY EM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1226 AM EDT WED JUN 17 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0016 EDT ON JUNE 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT NWS CARIBOU AT 207-492-0166 WITH ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
DISCUSSION
CLEAR SKIES AND CALM WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP OUT OF THE SOUTH
THIS MORNING PAST SUNRISE, AND WILL BECOME GUSTY BY THIS AFTERNOON
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON. WINDS BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE ONCE MORE TONIGHT,
WHILE CLOUD COVER BEGINS TO INCREASE. A WETTING RAINFALL WILL
MOVE IN THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THURSDAY MORNING, WITH STEADY RAIN
IN THE MORNING AND THE ADDITION OF GUSTY WINDS BY THURSDAY
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
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING SUNNY
(15-25 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...2 PERCENT.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 11 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 22 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 13
TO 15 MPH.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 TO 4 INCREASING TO 21 LATE IN THE MORNING,
THEN INCREASING TO 48 LATE IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO 74 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO 90 DECREASING TO 76 TO 85 EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 50.
INVERSION BURNOFF...
TIME (EDT) MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........10 6 6 24 37 31 43 33 19
WEATHER COV..... PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE....NONE FOG FOG FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............57 54 52 53 61 73 77 77 76
RH..............79 86 90 88 78 50 41 41 43
SURFACE WIND....SE 4 N 0 N 0 N 0 N 0 S 3 S 8 S 10 S 11
SURFACE WND GST.5 1 5 14 20 22
MIX HGT (FT)....400 400 400 400 600 4700 7000 6200 3700
TRANSPORT WIND..W 7 W 7 SW 5 SW 3 S 3 S 8 S 10 S 12 S 15
LVORI...........4 5 6 5 3 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 3 2 2 4 48 90 85 50
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG
OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...1 PERCENT.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20
MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 14 MPH.
LVORI...............2 EARLY IN THE EVENING.
ADI.................29 DECREASING TO 14 EARLY IN THE EVENING.
INVERSION SETUP.....
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........26 21 10 21 55 72
WEATHER COV..... PATCHY PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE FOG FOG
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............74 64 59 55 52 51
RH..............47 67 79 91 96 98
SURFACE WIND....S 10 S 8 S 5 S 4 S 4 S 4
SURFACE WND GST.20 14 9 7 7 7
MIX HGT (FT)....1500 500 400 400 400 400
TRANSPORT WIND..S 14 S 9 S 9 S 8 S 8 S 8
LVORI...........2 M M M M M
ADI.............29 M M M M M
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY
IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
MORNING, THEN RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...23 PERCENT.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.36 INCHES.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MIN HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 28
MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 16 TO 19 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 33 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 20
TO 22 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............MISSING.
ADI.................MISSING.
INVERSION BURNOFF...
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........77 89 89 90 94 89
WEATHER COV.....PATCHY CHANCE LIKELY DEFNTE LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....FOG NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 10 10
TEMP............52 57 63 64 65 62
RH..............99 88 78 79 75 86
SURFACE WIND....S 5 S 8 S 11 SE 14 SE 16 SE 18
SURFACE WND GST.9 15 23 26 30 31
MIX HGT (FT)....800 1100 1400 1600 1600 1400
TRANSPORT WIND..S 9 S 13 S 13 S 16 SE 20 SE 22
LVORI...........M M M M M M
ADI.............M M M M M M
FORECASTER...AES
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS FOX
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
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.DELDT 06/17/26
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