Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
838 FNUS71 KGYX 241801 FWSGYX Spot Forecast for Waldoboro Blueberries...Maine Forest Service National Weather Service Gray ME 201 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on May 25. 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. High pressure will bring mostly sunny and dry conditions to the region for the day Saturday. Surface winds at the burn location will be light in the morning and generally out of the west to northwest, but these will become more south to southwesterly during the afternoon as the seabreeze moves onshore. Mixing heights will steadily improve through the morning, and with favorable transport winds, good to excellent smoke dispersal is forecast. RH is expected to fall into the upper 30s to lower 40s for the late morning and afternoon hours. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 75. Min humidity........37 percent. Dewpoint............46. Max apparent temp...74. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the southwest 5 to 6 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......5800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 14 to 16 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good (38400 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (74700 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............1 in the late morning and early afternoon. ADI.................71 increasing to 86. Haines Index........4 to 5 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth to or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............61 64 68 70 71 73 74 73 72 Dewpoint........45 45 45 45 45 45 46 46 47 RH..............56 50 43 41 39 37 37 38 41 Aparnt tmp (F)..61 64 68 70 71 73 74 73 72 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW W W W SW SW 20 FT wind spd..8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 20 FT wind gust.17 16 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 Mix hgt (kft)...3.2 4.0 4.6 4.9 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.5 4.0 Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW W W W W W Transp wind spd.14 16 16 15 15 14 15 14 14 LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 M M M M ADI.............66 75 76 82 86 M M M M Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 Vrate kt-ft/1K..38 56 64 64 73 70 75 66 48 Ventrate Cat....PR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD FR .SATURDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 49. Max humidity........93 percent. Dewpoint............47. Max apparent temp...68. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph early in the evening becoming light. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southeast early in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (15400 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (900 knot-ft) late in the night. LVORI...............MISSING. ADI.................MISSING. Haines Index........4 to 5 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth to or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........29 29 29 29 29 29 69 69 69 69 69 69 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............68 65 62 60 57 55 54 52 51 50 50 51 Dewpoint........47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 RH..............47 52 58 62 69 74 77 83 86 89 89 93 Aparnt tmp (F)..68 65 62 60 57 55 54 52 51 50 50 49 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S SE E E 20 FT wind spd..6 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 20 FT wind gust.10 10 9 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 2 Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 Transp wind dir.W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S SE SE Transp wind spd.10 9 8 8 8 7 6 5 3 3 3 5 LVORI...........M M M M M M M M M M M M ADI.............M M M M M M M M M M M M Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..15 8 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR $$ Forecaster...COMBS Requested by...Aliesha Black Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2415058.0/GYX .DELDT 05/24/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL aliesha.j.black@maine.gov