Routine Fire Wx Fcst (With/Without 6-10 Day Outlook)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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FNUS51 KCAR 021844
FWFCAR
Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Northern and Eastern Maine
National Weather Service Caribou ME
243 PM EDT Fri Oct 2 2026
.DISCUSSION...
Rain will move across the region from north to south through the
day. Generally a wetting rain, however total rain amounts will
likely not exceed a quarter of an inch aside from localized
heavier rain showers. Saturday and Sunday will be drier with
afternoon RHs potentially below 40 percent. Sunday AM will
feature
widespread frost/freeze to much of the area north of the
Airline/Route 9 region. Next chance of wetting rain will be on
Monday and potential for widespread strong NW wind gusts on
Tuesday.
MEZ101-030800-
Quebec-Maine Borderlands-
243 PM EDT Fri Oct 2 2026
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud cover Pcldy Mclear Mclear Pcldy
Precip type Rain None None None
Chance precip (%) 20 0 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 1 0(None) 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 34 (-23) 55 (-5) 25 58
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+1) 38 (-38) 100 39
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var NW 5 Lgt/Var S 6
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration 0
Precip begin 2 AM
Precip end 3 AM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 5310 4910
Transport wnd (kts) W 14 S 15
Vent rate (kt-ft) 80740 80830
Dispersion Very Good Very Good
CWR 0 0 0
KBDI 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ102-030800-
North Woods and St. John Valley-
243 PM EDT Fri Oct 2 2026
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud cover Pcldy Mclear Mclear Pcldy
Precip type Rain None None None
Chance precip (%) 10 0 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 0(None) 0(None) 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 34 (-25) 57 (-5) 26 59
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+6) 36 (-42) 100 41
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var NW 5 Lgt/Var S 6
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration 0
Precip begin 2 AM
Precip end 3 AM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 5460 4800
Transport wnd (kts) NW 14 S 14
Vent rate (kt-ft) 91210 77040
Dispersion Very Good Good
CWR 0 0 0
KBDI 301-400 301-400 301-400 301-400
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ103-030800-
Eastern Aroostook-
243 PM EDT Fri Oct 2 2026
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud cover Pcldy Mclear Clear Pcldy
Precip type None None None None
Chance precip (%) 0 0 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 0(None) 0(None) 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 34 (-28) 59 (-6) 26 60
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+10) 36 (-42) 100 40
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) NW 6 G17 Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var NW 7 G18 Lgt/Var S 6 G17
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration
Precip begin
Precip end
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 5400 4870
Transport wnd (kts) NW 15 S 13
Vent rate (kt-ft) 90730 68710
Dispersion Very Good Good
CWR 0 0 0 0
KBDI 301-400 301-400 301-400 301-400
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ105-030800-
Central Highlands-
243 PM EDT Fri Oct 2 2026
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud cover Pcldy Mclear Clear Mclear
Precip type None None None None
Chance precip (%) 0 0 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 0(None) 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 39 (-22) 60 (-5) 32 60
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+3) 36 (-51) 100 41
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) NW 6 Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var NW 6 Lgt/Var S 6
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration
Precip begin
Precip end
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 5120 4870
Transport wnd (kts) NW 14 S 14
Vent rate (kt-ft) 82050 78080
Dispersion Very Good Good
CWR 0 0 0 0
KBDI 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ106-030800-
Central Maine North of Bangor-
243 PM EDT Fri Oct 2 2026
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud cover Pcldy Clear Clear Mclear
Precip type Rain None None None
Chance precip (%) 30 0 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 1 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 39 (-20) 62 (-7) 31 61
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+3) 37 (-46) 100 39
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var NW 5 Lgt/Var S 5
Precip amount 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration 0
Precip begin 6 PM
Precip end 8 PM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 5290 5090
Transport wnd (kts) NW 13 S 11
Vent rate (kt-ft) 75840 64470
Dispersion Good Good
CWR 0 0 0
KBDI 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ108-030800-
Interior Downeast-
243 PM EDT Fri Oct 2 2026
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud cover Pcldy Clear Clear Mclear
Precip type Rain None None None
Chance precip (%) 40 0 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 2 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 44 (-13) 62 (-12) 36 61
RH % (24h trend) 100 (0) 53 (-25) 100 50
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var NW 5 Lgt/Var SE 5
Precip amount 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration 0
Precip begin 6 PM
Precip end 8 PM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 4690 4740
Transport wnd (kts) N 13 SE 11
Vent rate (kt-ft) 66950 58630
Dispersion Good Good
CWR 0 0 0
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ112-030800-
Coastal Downeast-
243 PM EDT Fri Oct 2 2026
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud cover Mcldy Clear Clear Mclear
Precip type Rain None None None
Chance precip (%) 40 0 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 4 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 45 (-11) 64 (-8) 36 61
RH % (24h trend) 100 (0) 53 (-30) 100 52
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
Precip amount 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration 0
Precip begin 6 PM
Precip end 8 PM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 4840 3970
Transport wnd (kts) N 11 SE 10
Vent rate (kt-ft) 61880 51170
Dispersion Good Good
CWR 0 0 0
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ113-030800-
Bangor Region-
243 PM EDT Fri Oct 2 2026
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud cover Pcldy Clear Clear Mclear
Precip type Rain None None None
Chance precip (%) 20 0 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 2 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 43 (-18) 63 (-10) 32 62
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+3) 46 (-34) 100 47
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) NW 5 Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var NW 6 Lgt/Var SE 6
Precip amount 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration 0
Precip begin 6 PM
Precip end 8 PM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 5010 5150
Transport wnd (kts) N 12 S 12
Vent rate (kt-ft) 68460 67050
Dispersion Good Good
CWR 0 0 0
KBDI 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ114-030800-
Eastern Penobscot Bay Coast-
243 PM EDT Fri Oct 2 2026
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud cover Pcldy Clear Clear Mclear
Precip type Rain None None None
Chance precip (%) 30 0 0 0
Chance of Thunder (%) 4 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 46 (-13) 64 (-7) 36 61
RH % (24h trend) 100 (0) 51 (-31) 100 53
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) NW 5 Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var N 5 Lgt/Var SE 6
Precip amount 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration 0
Precip begin 6 PM
Precip end 8 PM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 4810 4510
Transport wnd (kts) N 12 SE 11
Vent rate (kt-ft) 62180 56300
Dispersion Good Good
CWR 0 0 0
KBDI 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300
Remarks...None.
$$
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds
around 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with rain likely. Highs in the mid 50s.
Southwest winds around 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Colder. Lows
in the mid 30s. West winds around 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. West winds
around 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s. West winds
around 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. West winds around
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Southwest winds
around 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 40. Southwest winds
around 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 60. Southwest winds around
15 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures near normal. Precipitation above normal.
$$