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Spot Forecast for Hudson Farms...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Gray ME
332 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1600 EDT on April 17.
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.

The remainder of the afternoon and early evening will feature low
relative humidity into the 20-30 percent range along with north-
northeasterly winds of generally 10 mph or less. High-level cirrus
clouds will be on the increase as well. Strong relative humidity
recovery is expected tonight along with increasing cloud cover
with light and variable winds. An isolated shower cannot be ruled
out late but no wetting rains are expected. Cooler temperatures
and higher humidity are then likely on Thursday with mostly cloudy
skies and scattered rain showers. Winds will be primarily out of
the southeast at 10-15 mph, gusts to around 20 mph late.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Dewpoint............24.
Max apparent temp...60.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 5 to 6 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (14800 knot-ft).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................12.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      4 PM
Sky (%).........59
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE
Tstm cov........NO
CWR.............0
LAL.............1
Temp............60
Dewpoint........24
RH..............25
Aparnt tmp (F)..60
20 ft wind......N 3
20 ft wind gust.7
Mix hgt (ft)....4000
Transport wind..NW 6
LVORI...........2
ADI.............15
Haines index....3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..20
Ventrate Cat....POOR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers after 3 am.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 37.
Max humidity........73 percent.
Dewpoint............28 increasing to 32 in the late evening and
                    overnight.
Min apparent temp...31.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast around 5 mph
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 5 to 6 mph shifting to the southeast
                    10 to 12 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2800 knot-ft).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................5.
Haines Index........2 to 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 (%).........83     83     83     82     82     82
Weather cov.....                                   S CHC
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR
Tstm cov........NO     NO     NO     NO     NO     NO
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............58     50     47     44     40     38
Dewpoint........26     30     32     33     34     32
RH..............29     46     56     65     79     79
Aparnt tmp (F)..58     52     46     41     34     31
20 ft wind......N 3    E 5    E 5    SE 5   SE 6   SE 6
20 ft wind gust.8      10     13     15     16     15
Mix hgt (ft)....3000   500    600    500    500    600
Transport wind..N 5    E 7    SE 9   E 12   SE 10  SE 12
LVORI...........2      2      3      3      4      4
ADI.............7      2      4      5      7      7
Haines index....3      3      3      3      2      2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..12     3      5      5      5      6
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of rain showers
                    in the morning and early afternoon, then rain
                    showers likely late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 13 percent early in the
                    morning.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 50.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Dewpoint............31.
Min apparent temp...30.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
                    early in the morning.
Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 13 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (45500 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................15 increasing to 28 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 33 late in the morning decreasing
                    to 27 late in the afternoon.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........89     89     89     90     90     90
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........NO     NO     NO     NO     NO     NO
CWR.............0      10     10     10     10     10
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............37     39     42     45     49     51
Dewpoint........32     33     31     30     30     31
RH..............82     79     65     55     48     46
Aparnt tmp (F)..30     32     36     39     45     51
20 ft wind......SE 7   SE 9   SE 9   SE 9   SE 8   SE 7
20 ft wind gust.16     20     20     17     16     15
Mix hgt (ft)....700    2000   2400   2700   2600   2500
Transport wind..SE 13  SE 18  SE 18  SE 18  SE 16  S 15
LVORI...........4      4      3      1      2      2
ADI.............13     16     31     33     26     28
Haines index....2      2      2      2      2      2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..8      32     38     43     36     32
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   FAIR   POOR   POOR

$$
Forecaster...TUBBS
Requested by...Dan Nielsen
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411094.2/GYX
.DELDT 04/17/24
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.EMAIL daniel.nielsen2@usda.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
