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Spot Forecast for Breezy Point...USFS
National Weather Service Gray ME
637 AM 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 will steadily increase over the next couple of
hours with peak gusts to 25 mph late morning to around noon.
Northwest winds will then decline through the afternoon becoming
light and variable tonight. A drier airmass will continue to move
into the region with min RH dropping to 22 percent this afternoon.
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 while min RH will drop to 35 percent
Tuesday afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 44.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Dewpoint............15 decreasing to 9 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Min apparent temp...20.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 to 13 mph with gusts to
                    around 29 mph.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 21 to 26 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (58300 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (102700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................64 increasing to 77.
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............32     31     36     40     43     44
Dewpoint........16     11     8      8      8      8
RH..............51     43     30     26     23     22
Aparnt tmp (F)..22     20     26     32     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   3800   4400   4600   4400
Transport wind..NW 23  NW 26  NW 24  NW 25  NW 23  NW 21
LVORI...........1      1      1      1      1      1
ADI.............60     66     64     72     67     77
Haines index....3      3      3      3      4      4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..66     75     80     97     93     79
Ventrate Cat....GOOD   GOOD   GOOD   GOOD   GOOD   GOOD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 24.
Max humidity........68 percent.
Dewpoint............11 increasing to 15 in the late evening and
                    overnight.
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 7 to 16 mph decreasing to around 6
                    mph late in the evening, then shifting to the
                    south 5 to 9 mph in the late evening and
                    overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (52300 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (1800 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................63 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     36     31     29     27     26
Dewpoint........9      13     15     16     15     15
RH..............25     38     51     58     60     62
Aparnt tmp (F)..36     32     28     25     22     20
20 ft wind......NW 10  NW 5   W 3    SW 3   SW 5   SW 5
20 ft wind gust.20     9      7      7      9      9
Mix hgt (ft)....3700   500    500    400    500    400
Transport wind..W 16   NW 7   SW 5   S 7    S 8    S 8
LVORI...........1      2      2      3      3      3
ADI.............63     3      3      4      4      4
Haines index....4      4      4      4      5      5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..52     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 56.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Dewpoint............19 increasing to 28.
Min apparent temp...23.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 12 mph with
                    gusts to around 26 mph.
Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 17 mph shifting to the south 20
                    to 24 mph late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (98700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (105200
                    knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............3 early in the morning.
ADI.................8 early in the morning.
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 (%).........7      7      7      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............28     36     45     51     54     54
Dewpoint........17     21     22     25     27     29
RH..............63     54     40     36     35     38
Aparnt tmp (F)..23     31     40     51     54     54
20 ft wind......S 5    S 6    S 9    S 12   S 14   S 15
20 ft wind gust.9      12     17     22     25     26
Mix hgt (ft)....500    900    2900   4700   5500   5600
Transport wind..S 8    SW 9   S 17   SW 21  S 22   S 24
LVORI...........3      M      M      M      M      M
ADI.............7      M      M      M      M      M
Haines index....5      5      5      5      4      4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3      7      44     85     105    119
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD   VYGD   VYGD

$$
Forecaster...SCHROETER
Requested by...Dan Nielsen
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411516.1/GYX
.DELDT 04/22/24
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.EMAIL daniel.nielsen2@usda.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
