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Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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Spot Forecast for Airport prescribed fire...Lincoln fire department
National Weather Service Caribou ME
801 AM EDT Sat May 4 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on May 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact NWS Caribou at 207-492-0166 with any further questions.
.DISCUSSION...
Today will be cloudy to partly sunny and mild with inland highs
near 60 and a light east wind. Tonight will have increasing clouds
with light SE winds. Sunday will bring increasing clouds and
an increasing southerly breeze with highs from the low 60s north to
the 50s Downeast. Increasing chance of rain showers Sunday 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 TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 62.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Wind chill..........44.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds around 4 mph late in the
morning becoming light.
Wind shift..........NA
Mixing height.......5800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (24500 knot-ft).
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........72 67 67 70 71 68 66 64 62
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............47 51 53 56 58 60 60 60 62
RH..............79 68 66 62 57 53 53 53 52
Wind chill (F)..44 51 53 56 58 60 60 60 62
Eye lvl wnd dir.NE NE NE E E E E E E
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3
Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 7 6 6 5 5 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...3.2 3.8 4.3 4.9 5.4 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.6
Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E SE
Transp wind spd.9 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..26 26 26 25 27 28 29 29 28
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 42.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind chill..........41.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind shift..........NA
Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 7 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (33100 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to fair (16000 knot-ft) late in the
night.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........66 72 71 68 70 64 62 66 66 65 59 61
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
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............60 59 56 53 52 50 49 47 46 45 44 44
RH..............55 57 66 71 74 83 83 89 89 93 93 89
Wind chill (F)..60 59 56 53 52 48 48 46 44 43 41 41
Eye lvl wnd dir.E SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE S
Eye lvl wnd spd.3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 5
Mix hgt (kft)...5.3 5.1 4.7 4.4 4.0 3.6 3.3 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.4
Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S
Transp wind spd.7 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 9
Vrate kt-ft/1K..32 30 33 31 24 22 20 18 16 18 17 19
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers late in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 20 percent late in the
afternoon.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Wind chill..........40.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south up to 8 mph with
gusts to around 14 mph in the late morning and
afternoon.
Wind shift..........NA
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 18 mph increasing to 20 to 22 mph
late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (19400 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (85500 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........62 63 65 67 69 71 72 73 73 77 81 86
Weather cov..... SCH SCH
Weather type.... RW RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 20
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............43 45 47 50 55 56 57 59 61 61 60 59
RH..............96 89 83 77 64 62 59 55 51 51 51 53
Wind chill (F)..40 43 45 48 55 56 57 59 61 61 60 59
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE SE S S S S S S S S S S
Eye lvl wnd spd.3 3 3 4 4 5 6 7 7 7 8 8
Eye lvl wnd gst.6 6 5 7 9 10 11 13 13 13 14 14
Mix hgt (kft)...2.4 2.5 2.8 3.2 3.6 4.2 4.6 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.2
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.9 9 9 10 12 14 15 17 18 20 21 22
Vrate kt-ft/1K..19 20 22 28 37 50 60 75 83 86 85 81
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD
$$
Forecaster...LAFLASH
Requested by...Fire fighter CORREIA
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/04/24
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