Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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FNUS71 KCAR 021327
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Spot Forecast for Pittston Farm Rx...Maine Forest Service
National Weather Service Caribou ME
827 AM EST Mon Nov 2 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EST on November 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact NWS Caribou at 207-492-0166 with any further questions.
.DISCUSSION...
Rain showers are expected to move into the area this afternoon and
should last into Tuesday. More steady rainfall expected Tuesday
afternoon. RH values between 70-80 percent for today and Tuesday.
Breezy W winds this morning should decrease this afternoon and
become light and variable tonight. Then winds become ENE on
Tuesday and expected to remain light.
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 (80-90 percent). Chance of rain.
CWR.................30 percent decreasing to 20 percent late in the
morning, then increasing to 30 percent early in
the afternoon decreasing to 20 percent early in
the afternoon increasing to 30 percent
decreasing to 20 percent late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 57.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Eye level winds.....West winds around 4 mph in the late morning and
early afternoon becoming light.
Wind shift..........NA
Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8500 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (26400 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................28 to 33 decreasing to 5 to 10 late in the
afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.02 inches.
TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........82 87 87 90 92 85 83 86 84
Weather cov.....CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC SCH CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............30 20 20 20 30 20 30 20 20
Temp............53 56 56 56 55 56 55 53 50
RH..............71 66 66 67 69 66 72 77 86
Eye lvl wnd dir.W W W W W W W W W
Eye lvl wnd spd.2 2 2 3 4 3 3 3 2
Eye lvl wnd gst.4 4 4 5 7 5 5 5 4
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.2 0.9
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.20 20 20 18 20 18 17 15 12
LVORI...........1 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 5
ADI.............31 32 32 30 33 30 28 10 5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..24 25 25 24 26 24 22 15 9
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Slight chance of rain
early in the evening, then chance of rain early
in the evening.
CWR.................20 percent increasing to 30 percent early in
the evening, then increasing to 40 percent late
in the evening increasing to 50 percent late in
the evening decreasing to 40 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 44.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind shift..........NA
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2200 knot-ft).
LVORI...............7.
ADI.................3 to 5.
Pcpn amount.........0.05 inches.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........86 89 92 93 95 90 88 92 94 94 94 94
Weather cov.....SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............20 20 30 40 40 50 50 40 40 40 40 40
Temp............49 50 47 46 49 49 49 47 47 47 47 46
RH..............89 86 100 100 96 96 96 100 100 100 100 100
Eye lvl wnd dir.W W W W W W W N N N N N
Eye lvl wnd spd.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Eye lvl wnd gst.3 3 3
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.12 12 12 12 12 10 10 9 9 7 7 6
LVORI...........6 5 9 9 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9
ADI.............5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 2
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of rain in the
morning, then rain in the afternoon.
CWR.................40 percent decreasing to 30 percent early in
the morning, then decreasing to 20 percent late
in the morning increasing to 30 percent late in
the morning increasing to 40 percent increasing
to 80 percent early in the afternoon decreasing
to 70 percent decreasing to 40 percent late in
the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........80 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind shift..........NA
Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 5 mph shifting to the southeast 6
to 8 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1700 knot-ft).
LVORI...............10 early in the morning.
ADI.................2 early in the morning.
Pcpn amount.........0.13 inches.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........89 89 89 88 88 88 90 93 94 94 94 94
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC DEF LKY LKY CHC
Weather type....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............40 30 30 20 20 30 40 40 80 70 70 40
Temp............44 46 46 49 52 53 55 55 56 54 53 48
RH..............100 100 100 100 89 86 83 80 80 86 86 100
Eye lvl wnd dir.N N N N N E SE E E E N N
Eye lvl wnd spd.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
Eye lvl wnd gst.
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5
Transp wind dir.W W N NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.5 5 5 5 7 7 6 7 8 8 8 7
LVORI...........10 M M M M M M M M M M M
ADI.............2 M M M M M M M M M M M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 2 2 3 5 5 5 7 4 4 4 3
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
$$
Forecaster...ARL
Requested by...Zach Monroe
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 11/02/26
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.EMAIL zachary.d.monroe@maine.gov