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FNUS71 KGYX 172221
FWSGYX
SPOT FORECAST FOR CRAWFORD RX...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
621 PM EDT THU APR 17 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1800 EDT ON APRIL 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (207) 688-3224, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
A FAR WEATHER DAY IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS
WILL SWITCH TO SOUTHERLY AN HOUR OR TWO EITHER SIDE OF NOON. CLOUDS WILL
INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH ANY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY HOLDING OFF
UNTIL AFTER 5 PM.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........38 AT IGNITION...MIN 19.
RH..................38 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MAX 80 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............14.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...11.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 18 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 15
MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 33 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHEAST 7 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 22
MPH AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 22 TO 28 MPH BECOMING WEST AROUND 6
MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /79200 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
MIN...POOR /1200 KNOT-FT/.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................68 DECREASING TO 12.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........13 13 13 10 10 10
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............38 35 32 28 26 23
DEWPOINT........15 16 16 16 16 16
RH..............38 45 51 60 65 74
APARNT TMP (F)..28 25 22 17 16 13
20 FT WIND......NW 18 NW 17 NW 14 NW 13 N 13 N 10
20 FT WIND GUST.33 30 25 23 25 22
MIX HGT (FT)....3300 400 300 300 200 200
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 28 NW 16 NW 13 NW 10 NW 8 W 6
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 3 3
ADI.............68 18 18 16 11 10
VRATE KT-FT/1K..79 6 3 2 2 1
VENTRATE CAT....GOOD POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 55.
RH..................MIN 30 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............15 INCREASING TO 31.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...10.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 7 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 17
TO 18 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (55800 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................16 INCREASING TO 25 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO 45 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
INCREASING TO 59 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
DECREASING TO 36.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........8 8 8 8 8 8 40 40 40 40 40 40
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW
TSTM COV........NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............19 26 33 39 43 47 51 53 54 55 55 53
DEWPOINT........14 15 17 17 17 19 21 23 24 25 28 31
RH..............80 62 51 40 35 32 30 31 31 31 35 43
APARNT TMP (F)..10 19 29 36 41 51 52 54 56 58 58 54
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE N N N N NW SW S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 5 5 5 5 1 3 8 9 7 3
20 FT WIND GUST.15 13 10 10 10 10 8 8 17 20 15 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.9 1.3 1.8 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.2 2.7 2.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 10 12 12 13 14 16 17 18 18 18
LVORI...........3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............12 11 15 18 20 25 41 49 63 61 54 36
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 7 12 17 24 31 38 47 56 51 44 35
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR PR
FRIDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY
AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................8 PERCENT INCREASING TO 41 PERCENT EARLY IN THE
EVENING.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...17 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47.
RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............35 INCREASING TO 43.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...54.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 26 MPH
IN THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST
7 TO 8 MPH OVERNIGHT SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
AROUND 8 MPH AFTER 3 AM. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (24200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (800 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............2 EARLY IN THE EVENING.
ADI.................33 DECREASING TO 22 EARLY IN THE EVENING.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........90 90 90 90 90 90
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV........NO NO S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC
CWR.............10 40 40 40 40 40
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 20 20 10
TEMP............51 49 48 48 47 47
DEWPOINT........33 35 37 38 40 43
RH..............50 58 65 68 76 86
APARNT TMP (F)..54 44 43 43 43 42
20 FT WIND......SW 6 S 13 S 13 SE 13 N 8 SE 10
20 FT WIND GUST.13 23 23 23 16 18
MIX HGT (FT)....1600 500 400 300 200 100
TRANSPORT WIND..S 17 S 14 SW 13 SW 12 SW 10 SW 10
LVORI...........1 M M M M M
ADI.............33 M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..24 6 4 3 1 1
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, THEN RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................41 PERCENT DECREASING TO 13 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...8 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 63.
RH..................MIN 72 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............47 INCREASING TO 54.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...63.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 37 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 18
MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 38 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO WEST
AROUND 26 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN
INCREASING TO 36 TO 43 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON DECREASING TO AROUND 33 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (89800 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (62200
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............MISSING.
ADI.................MISSING.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........81 81 81 76 76 76
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV........NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............40 10 10 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............52 54 56 59 63 63
DEWPOINT........45 47 50 53 55 54
RH..............77 77 80 80 75 72
APARNT TMP (F)..52 54 56 59 63 63
20 FT WIND......S 12 SW 14 SW 16 SW 18 W 22 W 23
20 FT WIND GUST.22 25 29 32 37 38
MIX HGT (FT)....200 400 800 1900 3900 2700
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 10 SW 13 W 14 W 26 W 43 W 38
LVORI...........M M M M M M
ADI.............M M M M M M
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 4 9 43 143 89
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR FAIR VYGD GOOD
FORECASTER...EKSTER
REQUESTED BY...NICK JEROS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/17/25
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