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Spot Forecast for ME-RCR Houston Field Rx...Fish and Wildlife
National Weather Service Gray ME
1041 AM EDT Thu May 2 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 EDT on May 02.
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...Scattered rain showers and some patchy fog can be
expected overnight. Friday currently looks dry, but fuel drying
from wetting rains may be stunted a bit due to relatively high
RH readings on the coast with onshore winds expected. During
the day on Friday northeast winds will turn easterly at less
than 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Scattered rain
                    showers in the evening, then isolated rain
                    showers overnight.
CWR.................79 percent decreasing to 0 percent early in the
                    evening.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 43.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Dewpoint............44.
Max apparent temp...46.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    north around 5 mph after 3 am.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (14400 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (4000 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................9.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........90     90     90     83     83     83
Weather cov.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE
Tstm cov........NO     NO     NO     NO     NO     NO
CWR.............80     0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............49     47     46     45     44     44
Dewpoint........46     45     44     43     43     43
RH..............89     93     93     93     96     96
Aparnt tmp (F)..46     43     42     41     41     41
20 ft wind......E 8    NE 9   NE 8   NE 7   NE 6   N 6
20 ft wind gust.14     16     15     14     13     12
Mix hgt (ft)....600    800    1000   1200   1100   600
Transport wind..NE 8   NE 14  NE 14  NE 14  NE 10  NE 8
LVORI...........6      5      5      6      6      7
ADI.............6      12     12     9      7      5
Haines index....2      2      2      2      2      2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4      10     12     14     10     4
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 57.
Min humidity........64 percent.
Dewpoint............43.
Max apparent temp...55.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 5 mph early in the
                    morning shifting to the east 5 to 6 mph, then
                    shifting to the southeast around 5 mph late in
                    the afternoon becoming light.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 9 mph shifting to the southeast
                    around 6 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4300 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (15900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............5 in the morning and early afternoon.
ADI.................11 increasing to 19 in the late morning and
                    early afternoon.
Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........66  66  66  66  66  66  56  56  56  56  56  56
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............45  46  47  48  50  52  53  53  54  54  54  55
Dewpoint........43  44  44  44  44  44  44  44  44  43  43  43
RH..............93  93  89  86  80  74  71  71  69  66  66  64
Aparnt tmp (F)..42  43  44  45  48  52  53  53  54  54  54  55
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NE  NE  E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  S
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   7   7   7   6   6   6   5   5
20 FT wind gust.13  13  13  13  13  13  12  10  10  10  10  9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.1 1.3 1.6 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.3
Transp wind dir.N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   SE  S
Transp wind spd.8   9   9   9   9   8   8   7   6   6   6   6
LVORI...........6   5   5   4   3   3   3   3   M   M   M   M
ADI.............6   12  15  19  23  19  18  15  M   M   M   M
Haines index....2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4   9   10  13  16  13  13  10  8   9   8   7
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...CANNON
Requested by...Mike Pagoaga
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412978.1/GYX
.DELDT 05/02/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL michael_pagoaga@fws.gov