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Spot Forecast for FMSC RX Burn...Maine Forest Service
National Weather Service Caribou ME
840 AM EDT Sun Aug 16 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on August 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...

High confidence in no rain today. Winds will be quite light. We do have
patchy smoke in the forecast today. This smoke is mostly from fires all the
way in the Northwest Territories of Canada. We don`t expect the existing
smoke from the wildfires to significantly impact surface air quality, as
most of it is aloft.

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.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Patchy smoke.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind chill..........65.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south around 4 mph late in
                    the afternoon.
Wind shift..........
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 6 mph shifting to the southwest 7 to
                    9 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (9200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (29600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................13 increasing to 37 to 41.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (EDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........64  64  63  61  59  66  72  79
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............65  68  71  73  73  73  73  74
RH..............65  61  55  49  48  49  49  50
Wind chill (F)..65  68  71  73  73  73  73  74
Eye lvl wnd dir.W   W   W   W   SW  SW  S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   2   2   2   3   3   3   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.3   4   4   5   5   5   5   7
Mix hgt (kft)...2.3 3.5 4.4 5.0 5.2 4.9 4.6 3.7
Transp wind dir.NW  W   W   W   W   SW  SW  S
Transp wind spd.5   6   6   6   6   7   7   9
LVORI...........3   2   2   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............13  25  30  33  34  39  37  41
Vrate kt-ft/1K..9   18  22  25  26  30  28  30
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...TF
Requested by...Keith Draper
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 08/16/26
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.EMAIL keith.draper@maine.gov