Routine Fire Wx Fcst (With/Without 6-10 Day Outlook)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME

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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Northern and Eastern Maine
National Weather Service Caribou ME
337 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024

.DISCUSSION...
Today will be partly sunny, hot and humid with spotty late day
thunderstorms possible across the far north. Wednesday will be
extremely hot and humid with a partly to mostly sunny sky. A cold
front will cross the area Thursday with scattered thunderstorms
followed by slightly cooler and drier weather Friday into
Saturday.

MEZ101-182015-
Quebec-Maine Borderlands-
337 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024

                      Today        Tonight      Wed

Cloud cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy
Precip type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms
Chance precip (%)     20           20           30
Temp (24h trend)      90 (+18)     69 (+10)     94
RH % (24h trend)      49 (-1)      100 (+1)     41
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph)   Lgt/Var                   W  6 G17
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph)   SW  5        Lgt/Var      SW  9 G20
Precip amount         0.05         0.02         0.02
Precip duration       1            1            1
Precip begin          7 AM         Continuing   12 PM
Precip end            Continuing   11 PM        Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)7300                      7300
Transport wnd (kts)   SW 13                     W 19
Vent rate (kt-ft)     102840                    158570
Dispersion            Very Good                 Excellent
CWR                   20           10           10
LAL                   3            3            2
Haines Index          3            3            4
KBDI                  <200         <200         <200

Remarks...None.

$$

MEZ102-182015-
North Woods and St. John Valley-
337 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024

                      Today        Tonight      Wed

Cloud cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy
Precip type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms
Chance precip (%)     20           20           30
Temp (24h trend)      91 (+19)     68 (+10)     95
RH % (24h trend)      51 (+1)      100 (+1)     40
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph)   Lgt/Var                   W  5 G17
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph)   SW  5        Lgt/Var      W  8 G20
Precip amount         0.04         0.02         0.01
Precip duration       1            1            1
Precip begin          8 AM         Continuing   2 PM
Precip end            Continuing   11 PM        Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)7610                      7680
Transport wnd (kts)   SW 12                     W 18
Vent rate (kt-ft)     102370                    160690
Dispersion            Very Good                 Excellent
CWR                   20                        10
LAL                   3            3            2
Haines Index          3            3            4
KBDI                  <200         <200         <200

Remarks...None.

$$

MEZ103-182015-
Eastern Aroostook-
337 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024

                      Today        Tonight      Wed

Cloud cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy
Precip type           Tstms        Tstms        Showers
Chance precip (%)     20           20           20
Temp (24h trend)      90 (+18)     68 (+11)     95
RH % (24h trend)      54 (+6)      95 (0)       42
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph)   Lgt/Var                   Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      W  7 G17
Precip amount         0.03         0.02         0.01
Precip duration       1            1            0
Precip begin          10 AM        Continuing   2 PM
Precip end            Continuing   11 PM        Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)7450                      7770
Transport wnd (kts)   SW 10                     W 16
Vent rate (kt-ft)     83900                     146470
Dispersion            Very Good                 Excellent
CWR                   30                        10
LAL                   2            3            1
Haines Index          3            3            4
KBDI                  <200         <200         <200

Remarks...None.

$$

MEZ105-182015-
Central Highlands-
337 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024

                      Today        Tonight      Wed

Cloud cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy
Precip type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms
Chance precip (%)     10           20           20
Temp (24h trend)      91 (+21)     68 (+10)     95
RH % (24h trend)      54 (-7)      98 (0)       43
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph)   Lgt/Var                   Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph)   SW  5        Lgt/Var      W  7 G17
Precip amount         0.04         0.03         0.01
Precip duration       0            0            0
Precip begin          2 PM         6 PM         2 PM
Precip end            4 PM         10 PM        Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)7850                      7930
Transport wnd (kts)   SW  9                     W 14
Vent rate (kt-ft)     76730                     129730
Dispersion            Good                      Excellent
CWR                   10                        10
LAL                   2            2            2
Haines Index          4            4            4
KBDI                  <200         <200         <200

Remarks...None.

$$

MEZ106-182015-
Central Maine North of Bangor-
337 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024

                      Today        Tonight      Wed

Cloud cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear
Precip type           None         None         Showers
Chance precip (%)     0            0            20
Temp (24h trend)      91 (+20)     64 (+8)      96
RH % (24h trend)      52 (-11)     99 (0)       42
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph)   Lgt/Var                   Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  5
Precip amount         0.00         0.00         0.00
Precip duration                                 0
Precip begin                                    3 PM
Precip end                                      Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)7740                      8130
Transport wnd (kts)   SW  8                     W 14
Vent rate (kt-ft)     70120                     121050
Dispersion            Good                      Very Good
CWR                   0            0
LAL                   1            2            1
Haines Index          4            3            4
KBDI                  <200         <200         <200

Remarks...None.

$$

MEZ108-182015-
Interior Downeast-
337 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024

                      Today        Tonight      Wed

Cloud cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear
Precip type           None         None         None
Chance precip (%)     0            0            0
Temp (24h trend)      87 (+18)     59 (+4)      94
RH % (24h trend)      58 (-7)      100 (0)      45
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph)   Lgt/Var                   Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph)   S  5         Lgt/Var      SW  5
Precip amount         0.00         0.00         0.00
Precip duration
Precip begin
Precip end
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)7010                      8110
Transport wnd (kts)   SW  6                     W 13
Vent rate (kt-ft)     43570                     105980
Dispersion            Fair                      Very Good
CWR                   0            0            0
LAL                   1            1            1
Haines Index          3            3            4
KBDI                  <200         <200         201-300

Remarks...None.

$$

MEZ112-182015-
Coastal Downeast-
337 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024

                      Today        Tonight      Wed

Cloud cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear
Precip type           None         None         None
Chance precip (%)     0            0            0
Temp (24h trend)      81 (+14)     56 (+2)      89
RH % (24h trend)      60 (-12)     100 (+1)     48
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph)   Lgt/Var                   Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph)   S  5         Lgt/Var      SW  7 G18
Precip amount         0.00         0.00         0.00
Precip duration
Precip begin
Precip end
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)6160                      7440
Transport wnd (kts)   SW  7                     W 14
Vent rate (kt-ft)     46180                     103470
Dispersion            Fair                      Very Good
CWR                   0            0            0
LAL                   1            1            1
Haines Index          3            3            3
KBDI                  201-300      201-300      201-300

Remarks...None.

$$

MEZ113-182015-
Bangor Region-
337 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024

                      Today        Tonight      Wed

Cloud cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear
Precip type           None         None         Showers
Chance precip (%)     0            0            20
Temp (24h trend)      90 (+19)     63 (+5)      97
RH % (24h trend)      55 (-17)     99 (-1)      42
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph)   Lgt/Var                   Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph)   S  5         Lgt/Var      SW  6
Precip amount         0.00         0.00         0.00
Precip duration                                 0
Precip begin                                    4 PM
Precip end                                      Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)7820                      8140
Transport wnd (kts)   SW  7                     W 12
Vent rate (kt-ft)     64220                     98960
Dispersion            Good                      Very Good
CWR                   0            0
LAL                   1            1            1
Haines Index          4            4            4
KBDI                  <200         <200         <200

Remarks...None.

$$

MEZ114-182015-
Eastern Penobscot Bay Coast-
337 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024

                      Today        Tonight      Wed

Cloud cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear
Precip type           None         None         None
Chance precip (%)     0            0            0
Temp (24h trend)      85 (+17)     58 (+2)      93
RH % (24h trend)      60 (-15)     100 (+1)     47
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph)   Lgt/Var                   Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph)   S  6         S  5         SW  8 G18
Precip amount         0.00         0.00         0.00
Precip duration
Precip begin
Precip end
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)7170                      8150
Transport wnd (kts)   SW  7                     W 12
Vent rate (kt-ft)     43520                     103270
Dispersion            Fair                      Very Good
CWR                   0            0            0
LAL                   1            1            1
Haines Index          3            4            4
KBDI                  <200         <200         <200

Remarks...None.

$$

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southwest winds around 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 90s. West winds around 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as warm. Highs around 80. North winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 70s. South winds around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 50s. South winds around 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely. South winds around
10 mph.

.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures above normal.  Precipitation near normal.

$$