Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
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Spot Forecast for ME-RCR Houston Field Rx...US Fish and Wildlife Service
National Weather Service Gray ME
830 AM EDT Fri May 3 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on May 03.
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.
Partly sunny skies can be expected at the burn site today with the
greatest amount of sunshine late this morning and through the
afternoon. Ceilings will also gradually lift through this morning.
Winds will be generally variable this morning before becoming more
southeasterly this afternoon at 5-10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
Humidity will also gradually lower some through the day but will
remain moderate due to onshore flow. Humidity recovery can be
expected tonight along with patchy fog at times. Patchy morning
fog on Saturday will be followed by partly sunny skies later in
the day but humidity will remain moderate to high through the day
with highs into the middle 50s with light easterly winds.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Areas of fog
early in the morning, then patchy fog late in
the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........66 percent.
Dewpoint............41 increasing to 47 in the morning, then
decreasing to 43 late in the morning.
Max apparent temp...56.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the
southeast around 5 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 13 mph shifting to the east
around 6 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3500 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (21600 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................7 increasing to 24 early in the morning, then
increasing to 30 late in the morning decreasing
to 16 early in the afternoon decreasing to 8.
Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume
dominated fire growth.
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........77 77 55 55 55 55 55 55
Weather cov.....PTY PTY
Weather type....FOG FOG
Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............51 52 53 53 54 54 55 56
Dewpoint........46 44 44 44 43 43 43 43
RH..............83 74 71 71 66 66 64 62
Aparnt tmp (F)..51 52 53 53 54 54 55 56
20 FT wind dir..NE E E E E SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..8 9 8 7 7 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.16 15 14 12 10 8 9 9
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 2.0 2.3 2.0 1.5 1.4 1.1 0.7
Transp wind dir.NE E E E E E E SE
Transp wind spd.13 13 10 8 6 6 6 6
LVORI...........4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............30 31 28 20 11 10 8 6
Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..21 22 20 14 8 7 5 4
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Patchy fog.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 42.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Dewpoint............42.
Max apparent temp...54.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph early in the evening
becoming light.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 7 mph shifting to the northeast
around 6 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1600 knot-ft).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................5.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
dominated fire growth.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........44 44 44 59 59 59
Weather cov.....PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY
Weather type....FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............54 51 47 46 45 44
Dewpoint........43 43 43 42 42 42
RH..............66 74 86 86 89 93
Aparnt tmp (F)..54 51 46 45 44 42
20 ft wind......S 5 S 3 SW 3 W 3 W 3 N 3
20 ft wind gust.8 7 7 7 7 7
Mix hgt (ft)....600 400 400 400 300 300
Transport wind..S 5 SW 6 SW 6 W 7 W 7 NW 6
LVORI...........3 4 6 6 6 6
ADI.............4 3 3 3 3 3
Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 2 2 2 2 2
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Patchy fog early
in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 55.
Min humidity........71 percent.
Dewpoint............42.
Max apparent temp...52.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2200 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (19800 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............4 in the morning and early afternoon.
ADI.................8 increasing to 28.
Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume
dominated fire growth.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........67 67 67 69 69 69
Weather cov.....PATCHY PATCHY
Weather type....FOG FOG 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............46 49 51 52 52 51
Dewpoint........42 43 43 43 43 42
RH..............86 80 74 71 71 71
Aparnt tmp (F)..43 46 51 52 52 51
20 ft wind......NE 6 E 8 E 8 E 8 E 8 E 8
20 ft wind gust.12 14 14 14 14 14
Mix hgt (ft)....400 1300 1900 2000 1900 1600
Transport wind..NE 7 E 9 E 10 E 12 E 12 E 9
LVORI...........5 4 3 3 M M
ADI.............5 16 25 28 M M
Haines index....3 2 2 2 2 2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 11 17 20 19 13
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
$$
Forecaster...TUBBS
Requested by...Mike Gawronski
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.EMAIL michael_gawronski@fws.gov