


Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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404 FNUS71 KCAR 291103 FWSCAR Spot Forecast for Dry Point FIre...Maine Forest Service National Weather Service Caribou ME 703 AM EDT Fri Aug 29 2025 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 EDT on August 29. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact NWS Caribou at 207-492-0166 with any further questions. .DISCUSSION... Cloudy skies today as moisture associated with a low pressure in Canada moves east. Rain today through tomorrow, with a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon through tonight. Not looking at any severe thunderstorms however. Expecting about an inch of precipitation between today into tomorrow. Winds from the S/SE today, with winds gusting up to 20 mph this afternoon, but expected to start decreasing this evening. RHs stay high today, with low values only in the 70s. 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.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then widespread rain showers and scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. CWR.................0 percent increasing to 90 percent. Chance of thunder...39 percent. Min humidity........75 percent. Pcpn amount.........0.35 inches. Max temperature.....Around 65. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 7 to 8 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph early in the afternoon then 20 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM Sky (%).........66 64 72 79 86 89 87 85 85 92 95 Weather cov..... ISO SCT SCT NUM WID WID WID Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ ISO ISO ISO SCT SCT SCT ISO CWR.............0 0 0 0 20 40 50 70 80 90 90 Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 20 20 20 40 40 40 20 Temp............54 55 57 60 61 62 62 61 61 61 60 RH..............96 96 90 81 78 75 75 78 81 81 87 20 FT wind dir..SE SE S S S S S SE S SE SE 20 FT wind spd..6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 20 FT wind gust.11 12 12 14 14 16 16 14 16 16 14 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Rain showers in the evening. Slight chance of thunderstorms through the night. Rain showers likely overnight. CWR.................80 percent decreasing to 70 percent early in the evening, then increasing to 80 percent early in the evening decreasing to 70 percent late in the evening decreasing to 60 percent decreasing to 40 percent overnight decreasing to 30 percent decreasing to 20 percent after 3 am increasing to 30 percent. Chance of thunder...24 percent. Max humidity........100 percent. Pcpn amount.........0.47 inches. Min temperature.....Around 51. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 7 mph in the evening becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening and overnight. TIME (EDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM Sky (%).........87 83 86 83 81 87 86 92 90 94 96 96 Weather cov.....WID LKY DEF LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC SCH CHC Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ISO SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CWR.............80 70 80 70 70 60 60 40 30 30 20 30 Chc of thdr (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 0 Temp............59 59 58 57 57 57 56 56 56 54 54 53 RH..............87 83 87 96 96 96 96 96 93 100 96 100 20 FT wind dir..SE SE S S SE S S S SW W W W 20 FT wind spd..7 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 4 20 FT wind gust.14 13 11 10 10 10 8 7 6 7 7 7 $$ Forecaster...BRENNAN Requested by...Samuel Heffner Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2520926.0/CAR .DELDT 08/29/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL samuel.heffner@maine.gov