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Spot Forecast for Corinth Maine...Orono FD
National Weather Service Caribou ME
1101 AM EDT Mon Oct 5 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1100 EDT on October 05.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...

Cold front moves through the region by early afternoon, resulting
in SW winds shifting W. Winds increase behind the front, with
sustained winds roughly 13-16mph, with gusts up to 30mph this
afternoon, persisting throughout the night into tomorrow. High
temperatures today in the low 60s by afternoon, gradually dropping
down around 40. Tomorrow, daytime highs raise to mid-50s, with
persisting W winds roughly 13-16mph, with gusts up to 30mph.

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 (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Rain showers
                    likely late in the morning, then scattered rain
                    showers early in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Chance of thunder...6 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Wind chill..........58.
Surface winds (mph).West winds 9 to 18 mph with gusts to around 31
                    mph increasing to around 18 mph with gusts to
                    around 30 mph late in the afternoon.
Wind shift..........SW, shifting to W shortly after noon.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................20 to 28 increasing to 33 early in the
                    afternoon, then increasing to 47 early in the
                    afternoon increasing to 72 to 79 late in the
                    afternoon decreasing to 63.
Pcpn amount.........0.02 inches.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.
INVERSION BURNOFF...

TIME (EDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........90  76  59  43  33  26  21
Weather cov.....LKY SCT SCT
Weather type....RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).70  50  30  0   10  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10  0   0   0   0
Temp............57  59  60  61  61  60  59
RH..............83  80  72  70  62  55  51
Heat index (F)..M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Wind chill (F)..58  58  61  61  61  60  59
Surface wnd dir.SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W
Surface wnd spd.9   11  13  14  18  18  18
Surface wnd gst.18  21  23  25  30  31  30
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 1.4 2.6 3.9 5.3 5.2 3.9
LVORI...........4   4   3   3   1   1   1
ADI.............28  20  33  47  72  79  63

$$
Forecaster...ASB
Requested by...Chad Lucas
Type of request...HAZMAT
.TAG 2623086.0/CAR
.DELDT 10/05/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL clucas@orono.org