Routine Fire Wx Fcst (With/Without 6-10 Day Outlook)
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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Western Maine and New Hampshire
National Weather Service Gray ME
501 PM EDT Fri Aug 29 2025

.DISCUSSION...
Widespread showers and thunderstorms will continue over the coast
and adjacent interior, with high likelihood of wetting rains.
Farther west showers are more scattered and wetting rains more
hit
or miss. While some lingering showers continue this weekend in
the
mountains and foothills most areas are expected to remain dry.
Into
next week the dry weather continues which will likely expand the
drought conditions.


MEZ104-300800-
Western Maine Mountains and Foothills-
Including the cities of Farmington, Rumford, Bethel, Eustis,
Jackman, and Carrabassett Valley
501 PM EDT Fri Aug 29 2025

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun

Cloud cover           Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear
Precip type           Tstms        Showers      Showers      None
Chance of Thunder (%) 40(ELEV)     13           5            5
Chance precip (%)     70           40           30           0
Temp (24h trend)      45 (-3)      68 (+4)      43           73
RH % (24h trend)      100 (+6)     51 (-20)     100          47
20ftWnd - AM(mph)                  NW  6                     NW  6 G19
20ftWnd - PM(mph)     SW  5        W  8 G19     W  6 G17     NW  8
Precip amount         0.24         0.02         0.01         0.00
Precip duration       4            2            1
Precip begin          6 PM         8 AM         Continuing
Precip end            6 AM         Continuing   11 PM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL)                 5370(UNST)                6460(UNST)
Transport wnd (mph)                W 12                      N 13
Vent rate (kt-ft)                  53700                     71060
CWR                   100          30                        0
KBDI                  301-400      401-500      401-500      401-500

Remarks...None.

$$

MEZ107-300800-
Kennebec River Valley-
Including the cities of Augusta, Waterville, Skowhegan, Auburn,
Lewiston, Liberty, and Livermore
501 PM EDT Fri Aug 29 2025

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun

Cloud cover           Mcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       Mclear
Precip type           Tstms        Showers      Showers      None
Chance of Thunder (%) 45(ELEV)     11           4            3
Chance precip (%)     80           30           20           0
Temp (24h trend)      51 (-2)      72 (+2)      45           76
RH % (24h trend)      100 (0)      52 (-24)     100          49
20ftWnd - AM(mph)                  NW  5                     NW  5
20ftWnd - PM(mph)     S  6         W  5         W  5         NW  5
Precip amount         0.29         0.02         0.00         0.00
Precip duration       7            1            0
Precip begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing
Precip end            Continuing   Continuing   10 PM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL)                 6510(UNST)                6350(UNST)
Transport wnd (mph)                W 12                      N 13
Vent rate (kt-ft)                  65100                     69850
CWR                   90           80                        0
KBDI                  501-600      501-600      501-600      501-600

Remarks...None.

$$

MEZ109-300800-
Lakes Region-
Including the cities of Sanford, North Windham, Gray,
New Glouceser, Fryeburg, South Paris, and Hiram
501 PM EDT Fri Aug 29 2025

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun

Cloud cover           Pcldy        Mclear       Mclear       Mclear
Precip type           Tstms        None         None         None
Chance of Thunder (%) 48(ELEV)     5            5            2
Chance precip (%)     60           0            0            0
Temp (24h trend)      47 (-5)      73 (+3)      44           77
RH % (24h trend)      100 (+2)     45 (-32)     99           43
20ftWnd - AM(mph)                  NW  5                     NW  5
20ftWnd - PM(mph)     SW  5        W  6         NW  5        N  5
Precip amount         0.16         0.00         0.00         0.00
Precip duration       3
Precip begin          6 PM
Precip end            3 AM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL)                 6740(UNST)                6880(UNST)
Transport wnd (mph)                W 12                      N 12
Vent rate (kt-ft)                  67400                     68800
CWR                   100          0            0            0
KBDI                  501-600      501-600      501-600      501-600

Remarks...None.

$$

MEZ110-300800-
Beaches and Casco Bay-
Including the cities of Kittery, York, Kennebunk, Scarborough,
Portland, Yarmouth, Freeport, Brunswick, Topsham,
Boothbay Harbor, and Damariscotta
501 PM EDT Fri Aug 29 2025

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun

Cloud cover           Mcldy        Mclear       Mclear       Mclear
Precip type           Tstms        None         None         None
Chance of Thunder (%) 42(ELEV)     4            3            0(None)
Chance precip (%)     70           0            0            0
Temp (24h trend)      50 (-7)      75 (+3)      47           78
RH % (24h trend)      100 (+2)     47 (-30)     94           47
20ftWnd - AM(mph)                  NW  5                     LGT/VAR
20ftWnd - PM(mph)     S  8 G17     W  5         W  5         W  5
Precip amount         0.18         0.00         0.00         0.00
Precip duration       5
Precip begin          6 PM
Precip end            6 AM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL)                 6860(UNST)                6180(UNST)
Transport wnd (mph)                W 10                      N 10
Vent rate (kt-ft)                  61740                     55620
CWR                   70           0            0            0
KBDI                  401-500      401-500      401-500      401-500

Remarks...None.

$$

MEZ111-300800-
Mid-Coast-
Including the cities of Waldoboro, Rockland, Camden,
Lincolnville, Belfast, Searsport, Islesboro, and Vinalhaven
501 PM EDT Fri Aug 29 2025

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun

Cloud cover           Mcldy        Pcldy        Mclear       Mclear
Precip type           Tstms        Tstms        None         None
Chance of Thunder (%) 34(ELEV)     18(LTD)      2            3
Chance precip (%)     80           50           0            0
Temp (24h trend)      54 (-2)      74 (+3)      48           76
RH % (24h trend)      100 (0)      55 (-22)     99           53
20ftWnd - AM(mph)                  LGT/VAR                   LGT/VAR
20ftWnd - PM(mph)     S  9 G19     W  5         W  5         NW  5
Precip amount         0.14         0.05         0.00         0.00
Precip duration       8            2
Precip begin          6 PM         Continuing
Precip end            Continuing   4 PM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL)                 6360(UNST)                5930(UNST)
Transport wnd (mph)                W 10                      NW 12
Vent rate (kt-ft)                  57240                     59300
CWR                   40           40           0            0
KBDI                  401-500      401-500      401-500      401-500

Remarks...None.

$$

NHZ021-300800-
Coos County-
Including the cities of Errol, Millsfield, Colebrook, Berlin,
Dummer, Milan, York Pond, and Lancaster
501 PM EDT Fri Aug 29 2025

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun

Cloud cover           Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy
Precip type           Tstms        Showers      Showers      None
Chance of Thunder (%) 33(ELEV)     14           6            4
Chance precip (%)     80           40           20           0
Temp (24h trend)      42 (-6)      63 (+2)      42           70
RH % (24h trend)      100 (+8)     59 (-17)     100          51
20ftWnd - AM(mph)                  W  6 G17                  NW  5 G19
20ftWnd - PM(mph)     W  5 G17     W  9 G21     W  8 G19     NW  6 G17
Precip amount         0.07         0.03         0.01         0.00
Precip duration       2            2            1
Precip begin          6 PM         11 AM        Continuing
Precip end            10 PM        Continuing   1 AM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL)                 4640(UNST)                5410(UNST)
Transport wnd (mph)                W 14                      N 12
Vent rate (kt-ft)                  55680                     54100
CWR                   80           10           10           0
KBDI                  401-500      401-500      401-500      401-500

Remarks...None.

$$

NHZ022-300800-
White Mountians-
Including the cities of Lincoln, Littleton, Thornton,
Waterville Valley, Woodstock, Jackson, North Conway, Conway,
and Crawford Notch
501 PM EDT Fri Aug 29 2025

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun

Cloud cover           Pcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Mclear
Precip type           Tstms        Showers      None         None
Chance of Thunder (%) 34(ELEV)     8            5            3
Chance precip (%)     70           20           0            0
Temp (24h trend)      43 (-7)      68 (+5)      43           74
RH % (24h trend)      100 (+4)     49 (-28)     99           43
20ftWnd - AM(mph)                  NW  6 G17                 NW  5 G19
20ftWnd - PM(mph)     LGT/VAR      W  8 G23     NW  6 G20    NW  5
Precip amount         0.06         0.00         0.00         0.00
Precip duration       1            1
Precip begin          6 PM         1 PM
Precip end            10 PM        6 PM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL)                 6280(UNST)                6350(UNST)
Transport wnd (mph)                W 13                      N 10
Vent rate (kt-ft)                  69080                     57150
CWR                   90                        0            0
KBDI                  501-600      501-600      501-600      501-600

Remarks...None.

$$

NHZ023-300800-
Central Lakes-
Including the cities of Lebanon, Plymouth, Laconia, Wolfeboro,
Alton, and Ossipee
501 PM EDT Fri Aug 29 2025

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun

Cloud cover           Pcldy        Mclear       Mclear       Mclear
Precip type           Tstms        None         None         None
Chance of Thunder (%) 38(ELEV)     5            5            2
Chance precip (%)     70           0            0            0
Temp (24h trend)      46 (-7)      71 (+3)      45           75
RH % (24h trend)      100 (+4)     45 (-30)     97           43
20ftWnd - AM(mph)                  NW  8                     NW  5
20ftWnd - PM(mph)     LGT/VAR      W  9 G19     NW  6        NW  5
Precip amount         0.08         0.00         0.00         0.00
Precip duration       2
Precip begin          6 PM
Precip end            10 PM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL)                 6890(UNST)                6390(UNST)
Transport wnd (mph)                W 15                      N 10
Vent rate (kt-ft)                  89570                     57510
CWR                   90           0            0            0
KBDI                  501-600      501-600      501-600      501-600

Remarks...None.

$$

NHZ024-300800-
Lake Sunapee and Monadnocks-
Including the cities of Claremont, Keene, and Jaffrey
501 PM EDT Fri Aug 29 2025

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun

Cloud cover           Pcldy        Mclear       Mclear       Mclear
Precip type           Tstms        None         None         None
Chance of Thunder (%) 28(ELEV)     2            2            1
Chance precip (%)     40           0            0            0
Temp (24h trend)      44 (-10)     71 (+2)      44           75
RH % (24h trend)      100 (+3)     42 (-28)     98           41
20ftWnd - AM(mph)                  NW  5                     NW  5
20ftWnd - PM(mph)     LGT/VAR      W  8 G17     NW  5        N  5
Precip amount         0.02         0.00         0.00         0.00
Precip duration       1
Precip begin          6 PM
Precip end            9 PM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL)                 7200(UNST)                6120(UNST)
Transport wnd (mph)                W 15                      N  9
Vent rate (kt-ft)                  93600                     48960
CWR                   20           0            0            0
KBDI                  401-500      401-500      401-500      401-500

Remarks...None.

$$

NHZ025-300800-
Merrimack Valley-
Including the cities of Manchester, Nashua, Weare, and Derry
501 PM EDT Fri Aug 29 2025

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun

Cloud cover           Pcldy        Mclear       Mclear       Mclear
Precip type           Tstms        None         None         None
Chance of Thunder (%) 42(ELEV)     2            2            1
Chance precip (%)     60           0            0            0
Temp (24h trend)      48 (-7)      73 (+1)      47           77
RH % (24h trend)      100 (+2)     42 (-31)     94           42
20ftWnd - AM(mph)                  NW  6                     NW  5
20ftWnd - PM(mph)     LGT/VAR      W  8 G17     NW  6        N  5
Precip amount         0.09         0.00         0.00         0.00
Precip duration       2
Precip begin          6 PM
Precip end            10 PM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL)                 7530(UNST)                6300(UNST)
Transport wnd (mph)                W 14                      N  9
Vent rate (kt-ft)                  90360                     50400
CWR                   100          0            0            0
KBDI                  501-600      501-600      501-600      501-600

Remarks...None.

$$

NHZ026-300800-
Seacoast-
Including the cities of Portsmouth, Dover, Hampton, and Exeter
501 PM EDT Fri Aug 29 2025

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun

Cloud cover           Pcldy        Mclear       Mclear       Mclear
Precip type           Tstms        None         None         None
Chance of Thunder (%) 45(ELEV)     2            2            0(None)
Chance precip (%)     60           0            0            0
Temp (24h trend)      50 (-7)      75 (+2)      48           77
RH % (24h trend)      100 (+4)     41 (-31)     91           43
20ftWnd - AM(mph)                  NW  5                     LGT/VAR
20ftWnd - PM(mph)     S  5         W  5         W  5         LGT/VAR
Precip amount         0.13         0.00         0.00         0.00
Precip duration       2
Precip begin          6 PM
Precip end            12 AM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL)                 7640(UNST)                6270(UNST)
Transport wnd (mph)                W 14                      N  8
Vent rate (kt-ft)                  91680                     43890
CWR                   100          0            0            0
KBDI                  501-600      501-600      501-600      501-600

Remarks...None.

$$

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50. Northwest winds
around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northeast winds around
5 mph. Daytime humidity values moderate.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. East winds
around 5 mph. Daytime humidity values moderate.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds
around 5 mph. Daytime humidity values moderate.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. South
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Daytime humidity values moderate.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs around 70.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Daytime humidity values high.

.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures near normal.  Precipitation above normal.

$$