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Spot Forecast for Breezy Point...USFS
National Weather Service Gray ME
253 PM EDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 EDT on April 22.
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.

Northwest winds gusting to around 25 mph quickly die off shortly
after sunset this evening, becoming light and variable overnight.
Min RH values in the low 20 percent range gradually rise this
evening. There will be moderate humidity recovery tonight as air
temperatures drop into the mid 20s. Winds increase out of the
south Tuesday morning with peak gusts topping out in the 25-30 mph
range Tuesday afternoon. These southerly winds will advect some
moisture into the region, but min RH will still drop to around 30
percent Tuesday afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 44.
Min humidity........23 percent.
Dewpoint............14 decreasing to 11 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Min apparent temp...16.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 to 13 mph with gusts to
                    around 29 mph.
Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 21 to 26 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (58300 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (100200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................57 increasing to 79.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth to or low potential for
                    large plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........4      4      4      2      2      2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........NO     NO     NO     NO     NO     NO
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............28     31     34     44     43     44
Dewpoint........16     13     10     13     12     9
RH..............60     42     36     28     28     23
Aparnt tmp (F)..16     27     24     37     36     38
20 ft wind......NW 15  NW 15  NW 16  NW 15  NW 14  NW 13
20 ft wind gust.26     26     29     26     25     23
Mix hgt (ft)....3300   3300   3400   4300   4600   4100
Transport wind..NW 23  NW 26  NW 24  NW 24  NW 24  NW 21
LVORI...........1      1      1      1      1      1
ADI.............60     66     65     73     67     79
Haines index....3      3      3      3      4      4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..66     75     71     90     96     74
Ventrate Cat....GOOD   GOOD   GOOD   GOOD   GOOD   GOOD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 25.
Max humidity........65 percent.
Dewpoint............12 increasing to 15 early in the morning.
Min apparent temp...19.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 8 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 18 mph decreasing to 6 to 7 mph
                    early in the evening, then shifting to the
                    south 5 to 8 mph in the late evening and
                    overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (59300 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (1800 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................62 decreasing to 4.
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)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........1      1      1      2      2      2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........NO     NO     NO     NO     NO     NO
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............42     31     27     25     25     25
Dewpoint........10     12     13     14     14     14
RH..............26     45     55     62     62     62
Aparnt tmp (F)..36     26     23     19     19     19
20 ft wind......NW 10  NW 5   W 3    SW 5   S 5    S 5
20 ft wind gust.20     9      7      9      9      9
Mix hgt (ft)....3700   500    400    400    500    500
Transport wind..NW 18  NW 7   SW 5   S 7    S 8    S 8
LVORI...........1      2      3      3      3      3
ADI.............62     4      3      3      4      4
Haines index....4      4      4      4      5      5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..59     3      2      3      3      3
Ventrate Cat....FAIR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 57.
Min humidity........31 percent.
Dewpoint............18 increasing to 27.
Min apparent temp...20.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 13 mph with
                    gusts to around 29 mph.
Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 17 mph increasing to 18 to 24 mph
                    late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (98900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (104400
                    knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................11 increasing to 30 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 49 late in the morning increasing
                    to 70 late in the morning increasing to 88
                    decreasing to 74 late in the afternoon.
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)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........10     10     10     22     22     22
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........NO     NO     NO     NO     NO     NO
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............26     34     45     52     57     57
Dewpoint........16     20     23     27     27     28
RH..............65     56     41     38     31     33
Aparnt tmp (F)..20     29     40     52     57     57
20 ft wind......S 5    S 6    S 9    S 12   S 15   S 15
20 ft wind gust.9      12     17     22     26     26
Mix hgt (ft)....400    1000   2900   4800   5500   5600
Transport wind..S 8    S 9    S 17   S 21   S 22   S 23
LVORI...........3      2      1      1      1      1
ADI.............8      13     49     84     70     75
Haines index....5      5      5      5      4      4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3      8      43     86     104    112
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD   VYGD   VYGD

$$
Forecaster...CLAIR
Requested by...Dan Nielsen
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/22/24
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.EMAIL daniel.nielsen2@usda.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
