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Spot Forecast for ME-RCR Houston Field Rx...Fish and Wildlife
National Weather Service Gray ME
637 PM EDT Wed May 1 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1900 EDT on May 01.
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.

.DISCUSSION...Partly sunny day expected on Friday with northeast winds in the morning
becoming east around midday. This will keep temperatures down and RH numbers up. No
rain is currently expected. We do not measure fuel moisture values. These vary from place
to place and forest service officials are the ones who provide that information.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........61 percent.
Dewpoint............42.
Max apparent temp...54.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the east
                    5 to 6 mph early in the afternoon, then
                    becoming light late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 14 mph shifting to the east
                    around 5 mph late in the afternoon, then
                    shifting to the south 2 to 3 mph late in the
                    afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (39800 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............MISSING.
ADI.................MISSING.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........71  71  71  71  71  71  57  57  57  57  57  57
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............44  45  46  48  50  52  53  53  54  54  54  54
Dewpoint........42  43  43  42  42  42  42  42  42  42  41  41
RH..............93  93  89  81  74  69  66  66  64  63  62  61
Aparnt tmp (F)..41  41  42  45  47  52  53  53  54  54  54  54
20 FT wind dir..N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..6   7   7   7   8   8   7   7   6   6   5   5
20 FT wind gust.13  13  13  14  16  16  14  14  12  12  9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 0.7 1.6 2.5 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.5 2.1
Transp wind dir.N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   SE  S
Transp wind spd.10  12  13  14  14  14  12  9   7   5   3   2
LVORI...........M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
ADI.............M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Haines index....2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6   7   8   19  30  40  35  28  21  13  7   4
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

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Forecaster...EKSTER
Requested by...Mike Pagoaga
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412978.0/GYX
.DELDT 05/01/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL michael_pagoaga@fws.gov