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FNUS71 KGYX 121902  
FWSGYX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR SNOW MOUNTAIN...NECC DISPATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME  
302 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1500 EDT ON JULY 12.  
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.  
 
BROKEN TO OVERCAST SKIES TODAY AS SE FLOW CONTINUES TO SPILL OVER  
THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WHERE CLEARING HAS OCCURRED THIS MORNING AND  
AFTERNOON, THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BE UNSTABLE. THIS WILL LEAD TO  
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY  
EVENING. STORMS WILL HAVE THE TENDENCY TO DEVELOP NEAR TOPOGRAPHIC  
FEATURES, REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY FOR AN HOUR OR SO BEFORE  
MEANDERING AWAY IN WEAK STEERING FLOW. RAINFALL RATES UNDER THESE  
SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY BE HEAVY, WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR  
POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY ANY STRONGER STORMS THAT  
DEVELOP, BUT STRONGER WIND GUST PROBABILITY IS LOW.  
 
LOSS OF INSTABILITY OVERNIGHT WILL REDUCE WINDS AND COVERAGE OF  
SHOWERS AND STORMS, WITH MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT  
AND SUNDAY MORNING. STRATUS AND FOG IS EXPECTED TO SETTLE ACROSS  
THE AREA, WITH GOOD MOISTURE RECOVERY AT ELEVATION. OUTSIDE OF  
RAINFALL FROM STORMS TODAY, THE NEXT CHANCE AT WETTING RAIN WILL  
BE MONDAY AFTERNOON.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS.  
CWR.................38 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...26 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.  
MIN HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............70.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...78.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3200 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 10 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (21500 KNOT-FT).  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................31.  
CEILING (KFT).......1.6.  
 
TIME (EDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........60 60 60  
WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........SCT SCT SCT  
CWR.............40 40 40  
CHC OF THDR (%).20 30 30  
TEMP............78 78 77  
DEWPOINT........71 70 70  
RH..............79 76 79  
APARNT TMP (F)..78 78 77  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 9  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.2 3.0 2.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 10  
LVORI...........3 3 3  
ADI.............31 33 29  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..26 27 22  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR  
CEILING (KFT)...1.6 1.6 1.7  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SCATTERED  
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED SHOWERS  
LATE IN THE EVENING. AREAS OF FOG IN THE LATE  
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  
CWR.................38 PERCENT DECREASING TO 19 PERCENT EARLY IN  
THE EVENING.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...24 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............67 DECREASING TO 63 OVERNIGHT.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...76.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 8 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (14100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (3000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
LVORI...............6.  
ADI.................17 DECREASING TO 5 EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
CEILING (KFT).......1.7 DECREASING TO 0.2.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........74 74 74 74 74 74 89 89 89 89 89 89  
WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG  
TSTM COV........ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO NO NO NO NO NO NO  
CWR.............40 40 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  
CHC OF THDR (%).20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............76 75 73 68 67 66 65 64 62 63 63 62  
DEWPOINT........69 69 68 67 66 65 64 64 62 62 62 62  
RH..............79 82 84 97 97 97 97 100 100 97 97 100  
APARNT TMP (F)..76 75 73 68 67 66 65 64 62 63 63 62  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SE S SE S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.0 1.2 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SE S S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 7 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7  
LVORI...........3 4 5 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8  
ADI.............21 12 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 7  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..14 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
CEILING (KFT)...1.7 1.7 1.7 1.2 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2  
   
SUNDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). AREAS OF FOG  
EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN PATCHY FOG LATE IN  
THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND  
AFTERNOON.  
CWR.................19 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT EARLY IN THE  
MORNING.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...21 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.  
MIN HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............62 INCREASING TO 67 IN THE LATE MORNING AND  
AFTERNOON.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...78.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN  
THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND  
AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......2800 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 13 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO FAIR (29100 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............6.  
ADI.................9 INCREASING TO 41.  
CEILING (KFT).......0.2 INCREASING TO 1.0 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN  
INCREASING TO 1.7 LATE IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO 2.1 LATE IN THE MORNING  
DECREASING TO 1.9 INCREASING TO 2.6 LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 3.3.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........72 72 72 72 72 72 46 46 46 46 46 46  
WEATHER COV.....ARS ARS ARS SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG FOG RNF RNF RNF RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........NO NO NO SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
CWR.............20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 10 10 10 20 20 10 20 20 20 20  
TEMP............61 63 65 69 71 72 74 75 77 77 78 77  
DEWPOINT........61 63 63 66 66 66 66 67 67 68 67 67  
RH..............100 100 93 90 84 81 76 76 71 74 69 71  
APARNT TMP (F)..61 63 65 69 71 72 74 75 77 77 78 77  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 7 9 12 12 13 13 14 14 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 8 10 9 9 9 10 13 13 12 12  
LVORI...........8 8 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3  
ADI.............7 10 11 18 19 21 24 30 39 42 39 40  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 6 8 12 13 15 16 20 27 29 27 28  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
CEILING (KFT)...0.2 0.2 0.2 1.0 1.7 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.9 2.6 3.3 4.0  
 
 
FORECASTER...CORNWELL  
REQUESTED BY...GARETH WEAVER  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2517871.0/GYX  
.DELDT 07/12/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL GARETH.WEAVER@USDA.GOV  
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