Routine Fire Wx Fcst (With/Without 6-10 Day Outlook)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
615
FNUS51 KCAR 180901
FWFCAR
Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Northern and Eastern Maine
National Weather Service Caribou ME
500 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024
.DISCUSSION...
Today will be partly sunny, hot and humid with spotty late day
thunderstorms possible across the far north. Wednesday will be
extremely hot and humid with a partly to mostly sunny sky. A cold
front will cross the area Thursday with scattered thunderstorms
followed by slightly cooler and drier weather Friday into
Saturday.
MEZ101-182000-
Quebec-Maine Borderlands-
500 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Today Tonight Wed
Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy
Precip type Tstms Tstms Tstms
Chance precip (%) 20 20 30
Temp (24h trend) 90 (+18) 69 (+10) 94
RH % (24h trend) 49 (-1) 100 (+1) 41
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var W 6 G17
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) SW 5 Lgt/Var SW 9 G20
Precip amount 0.05 0.02 0.02
Precip duration 1 1 1
Precip begin 7 AM Continuing 12 PM
Precip end Continuing 11 PM Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)7300 7300
Transport wnd (kts) SW 13 W 19
Vent rate (kt-ft) 102840 158570
Dispersion Very Good Excellent
CWR 20 10 10
LAL 3 3 2
Haines Index 3 3 4
KBDI <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ102-182000-
North Woods and St. John Valley-
500 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Today Tonight Wed
Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy
Precip type Tstms Tstms Tstms
Chance precip (%) 20 20 30
Temp (24h trend) 91 (+19) 68 (+10) 95
RH % (24h trend) 51 (+1) 100 (+1) 40
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var W 5 G17
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) SW 5 Lgt/Var W 8 G20
Precip amount 0.04 0.02 0.01
Precip duration 1 1 1
Precip begin 8 AM Continuing 2 PM
Precip end Continuing 11 PM Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)7610 7680
Transport wnd (kts) SW 12 W 18
Vent rate (kt-ft) 102370 160690
Dispersion Very Good Excellent
CWR 20 10
LAL 3 3 2
Haines Index 3 3 4
KBDI <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ103-182000-
Eastern Aroostook-
500 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Today Tonight Wed
Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy
Precip type Tstms Tstms Showers
Chance precip (%) 20 20 20
Temp (24h trend) 90 (+18) 68 (+11) 95
RH % (24h trend) 54 (+6) 95 (0) 42
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var W 7 G17
Precip amount 0.03 0.02 0.01
Precip duration 1 1 0
Precip begin 10 AM Continuing 2 PM
Precip end Continuing 11 PM Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)7450 7770
Transport wnd (kts) SW 10 W 16
Vent rate (kt-ft) 83900 146470
Dispersion Very Good Excellent
CWR 30 10
LAL 2 3 1
Haines Index 3 3 4
KBDI <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ105-182000-
Central Highlands-
500 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Today Tonight Wed
Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy
Precip type Tstms Tstms Tstms
Chance precip (%) 10 20 20
Temp (24h trend) 91 (+21) 68 (+10) 95
RH % (24h trend) 54 (-7) 98 (0) 43
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) SW 5 Lgt/Var W 7 G17
Precip amount 0.04 0.03 0.01
Precip duration 0 0 0
Precip begin 2 PM 6 PM 2 PM
Precip end 4 PM 10 PM Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)7850 7930
Transport wnd (kts) SW 9 W 14
Vent rate (kt-ft) 76730 129730
Dispersion Good Excellent
CWR 10 10
LAL 2 2 2
Haines Index 4 4 4
KBDI <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ106-182000-
Central Maine North of Bangor-
500 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Today Tonight Wed
Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Mclear
Precip type None None Showers
Chance precip (%) 0 0 20
Temp (24h trend) 91 (+20) 64 (+8) 96
RH % (24h trend) 52 (-11) 99 (0) 42
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var SW 5
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration 0
Precip begin 3 PM
Precip end Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)7740 8130
Transport wnd (kts) SW 8 W 14
Vent rate (kt-ft) 70120 121050
Dispersion Good Very Good
CWR 0 0
LAL 1 2 1
Haines Index 4 3 4
KBDI <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ108-182000-
Interior Downeast-
500 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Today Tonight Wed
Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Mclear
Precip type None None None
Chance precip (%) 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 87 (+18) 59 (+4) 94
RH % (24h trend) 58 (-7) 100 (0) 45
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) S 5 Lgt/Var SW 5
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration
Precip begin
Precip end
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)7010 8110
Transport wnd (kts) SW 6 W 13
Vent rate (kt-ft) 43570 105980
Dispersion Fair Very Good
CWR 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1
Haines Index 3 3 4
KBDI <200 <200 201-300
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ112-182000-
Coastal Downeast-
500 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Today Tonight Wed
Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Mclear
Precip type None None None
Chance precip (%) 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 81 (+14) 56 (+2) 89
RH % (24h trend) 60 (-12) 100 (+1) 48
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) S 5 Lgt/Var SW 7 G18
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration
Precip begin
Precip end
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)6160 7440
Transport wnd (kts) SW 7 W 14
Vent rate (kt-ft) 46180 103470
Dispersion Fair Very Good
CWR 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1
Haines Index 3 3 3
KBDI 201-300 201-300 201-300
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ113-182000-
Bangor Region-
500 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Today Tonight Wed
Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Mclear
Precip type None None Showers
Chance precip (%) 0 0 20
Temp (24h trend) 90 (+19) 63 (+5) 97
RH % (24h trend) 55 (-17) 99 (-1) 42
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) S 5 Lgt/Var SW 6
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration 0
Precip begin 4 PM
Precip end Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)7820 8140
Transport wnd (kts) SW 7 W 12
Vent rate (kt-ft) 64220 98960
Dispersion Good Very Good
CWR 0 0
LAL 1 1 1
Haines Index 4 4 4
KBDI <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ114-182000-
Eastern Penobscot Bay Coast-
500 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024
Today Tonight Wed
Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Mclear
Precip type None None None
Chance precip (%) 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 85 (+17) 58 (+2) 93
RH % (24h trend) 60 (-15) 100 (+1) 47
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) S 6 S 5 SW 8 G18
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration
Precip begin
Precip end
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)7170 8150
Transport wnd (kts) SW 7 W 12
Vent rate (kt-ft) 43520 103270
Dispersion Fair Very Good
CWR 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1
Haines Index 3 4 4
KBDI <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southwest winds around 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 90s. West winds around 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as warm. Highs around 80. North winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 70s. South winds around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 50s. South winds around 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely. South winds around
10 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures above normal. Precipitation near normal.
$$