796
FNUS71 KCAR 170444
FWSCAR
SPOT FORECAST FOR PARK PLANT FIRE...PENOBSCOT COUNTY EM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1244 AM EDT WED JUN 17 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0100 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
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.
HEAT INDEX..........MISSING.
WIND CHILL..........51.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT WINDS.
WIND SHIFT..........
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................2 TO 3.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
SNOWFALL AMOUNT.....0.0 INCHES.
INVERSION SETUP.....
TIME (EDT) 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........8 6 5 6 6
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............56 54 52 52 51
RH..............84 86 88 90 92
HEAT INDEX (F)..M M M M M
WIND CHILL (F)..56 54 52 52 51
SURFACE WND DIR.SE N N N N
SURFACE WND SPD.1 0 0 0 0
SURFACE WND GST.3 1
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
LVORI...........5 5 6 6 7
ADI.............3 3 3 2 2
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY
IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...2 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
HEAT INDEX..........MISSING.
WIND CHILL..........53.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 11 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 22 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
WIND SHIFT..........
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
LVORI...............3.
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.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.
SNOWFALL AMOUNT.....0.0 INCHES.
INVERSION BURNOFF...
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........24 34 37 35 31 31 43 40 33 22 19 14
WEATHER COV.....PTY
WEATHER TYPE....FOG
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).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............53 57 61 68 73 76 77 77 77 78 76 75
RH..............88 85 78 63 50 43 41 41 41 41 43 44
HEAT INDEX (F)..M M M M M M M M M M M M
WIND CHILL (F)..53 57 61 68 73 76 77 77 77 78 76 75
SURFACE WND DIR.N N N N S S S S S S S S
SURFACE WND SPD.0 0 0 0 3 5 8 8 10 10 11 10
SURFACE WND GST. 5 9 14 16 20 20 22 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.6 2.1 4.7 6.3 7.0 6.9 6.2 5.2 3.7 2.6
LVORI...........5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............2 2 4 21 48 74 90 76 85 82 50 50
FORECASTER...AES
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS FOX
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 2615687.0/CAR
.DELDT 06/17/26
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