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Spot Forecast for rx training fire...Maine Forest Service
National Weather Service Caribou ME
1038 AM EDT Sun Apr 14 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 EDT on April 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact NWS Caribou at 207-492-0166 with any further questions.

.DISCUSSION...

Dry conditions will prevail for the daytime hours today, with
partly to mostly sunny skies. Westerly winds could gust to or
just over 20 mph this afternon. A weak system will bring some rain
showers tonight, mainly before midnight. Winds around 10-15 mph
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 (45-55 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Wind chill..........52.
Eye level winds.....West winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Wind shift..........
Mixing height.......6300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 14 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (74800 knot-ft).
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................51 increasing to 63 to 68 in the afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (EDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........52  43  35  44  53  63
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............52  54  56  57  57  58
RH..............48  46  43  42  42  42
Wind chill (F)..52  54  56  57  57  58
Eye lvl wnd dir.W   W   W   W   W   W
Eye lvl wnd spd.7   7   7   6   6   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.13  13  13  12  12  10
Mix hgt (kft)...5.5 5.9 6.2 6.3 6.3 6.2
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.16  15  15  15  14  14
LVORI...........1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............51  66  68  68  63  63
Vrate kt-ft/1K..77  76  80  82  76  75
Ventrate Cat....GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Numerous rain
                    showers in the evening, then scattered rain
                    showers overnight.
CWR.................20 percent increasing to 30 percent early in
                    the evening, then increasing to 50 percent
                    early in the evening increasing to 60 percent
                    late in the evening decreasing to 50 percent
                    decreasing to 30 percent overnight decreasing
                    to 10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 42.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind chill..........40.
Eye level winds.....South winds around 4 mph in the evening
                    becoming light.
Wind shift..........
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 13 to 15 mph shifting to the
                    northwest around 14 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (73200 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to good (43600 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................62 decreasing to 7 to 10.
Pcpn amount.........0.06 inches.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........71  79  87  88  89  90  90  90  89  87  84  81
Weather cov.....ISO SCT SCT SCT NUM NUM SCT SCT
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............20  30  50  50  60  60  50  30  10  10  10  10
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............56  53  52  50  48  47  45  45  45  44  43  43
RH..............45  52  56  63  68  74  82  82  82  86  86  89
Wind chill (F)..56  53  52  48  45  44  43  43  44  41  40  40
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   2   3   3   3
Eye lvl wnd gst.9   8   8   7   6   6   5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...6.1 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.1 4.8 4.5 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.6
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   NW
Transp wind spd.14  13  13  13  14  14  14  15  15  15  14  14
LVORI...........1   1   3   3   3   4   4   4   4   5   5   5
ADI.............62  42  8   8   9   9   9   10  7   10  9   9
Vrate kt-ft/1K..73  65  63  60  62  58  54  55  52  50  45  44
Ventrate Cat....GD  GD  GD  FR  GD  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR

$$
Forecaster...NCLARK
Requested by...Nicholas Bolduc
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410723.0/CAR
.DELDT 04/14/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nicholas.r.bolduc@maine.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
