Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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003 FNUS71 KCAR 112049 FWSCAR Spot Forecast for MFS Wildfire Aircraft...Maine Forest Service National Weather Service Caribou ME 449 PM EDT Sat May 11 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 EDT on May 11. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact NWS Caribou at 207-492-0166 with any further questions. .DISCUSSION... Mostly sunny the remainder of the afternoon with some fair weather clouds at times. An east wind of 5 to 10 mph with a few higher gusts late this afternoon will become light this evening. Excellent relative humidity recovery is expected tonight. 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.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 54. Min humidity........64 percent. Max apparent temp...47. Eye level winds.....East winds 7 to 12 mph with a few gusts of 15 to 20 mph Wind shift..........None Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast around 13 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good (59000 knot-ft). LVORI...............1. ADI.................72. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 12 mph. TIME (EDT) 5PM Sky (%).........40-45 CWR.............0 LAL.............1 Temp............50 RH..............50 Aparnt tmp (F)..47 20 FT wind dir..E 20 FT wind spd..10 20 FT wind gust.15 Eye lvl wnd dir.E Eye lvl wnd spd.8 Eye lvl wnd gst.8 Mix hgt (kft)...5.4 Transp wind dir.NE Transp wind spd.13 LVORI...........1 ADI.............72 Vrate kt-ft/1K..59 Ventrate Cat....FR $$ Forecaster...BOGEL Requested by...ECS Daniel Russell Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2413786.0/CAR .DELDT 05/11/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL daniel.j.russell@maine.gov