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Issued by NWS Portland, ME
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Spot Forecast for Orris Road...USFS
National Weather Service Gray ME
559 PM EDT Thu Sep 4 2025
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 EDT on September 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
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or concerns with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...Partly cloudy skies with somewhat gusty southeasterly winds
will continue this evening. Rain showers and perhaps a thunderstorm are
likely move in around midnight.
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
cloudy (85-95 percent). Isolated thunderstorms
overnight. Rain showers overnight.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 84 percent early in the
evening.
Chance of thunder...13 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 56.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Dewpoint............54 increasing to 57 overnight.
Max apparent temp...70.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph with gusts to around
23 mph in the evening becoming light. Gusty and
erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
overnight.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 10 to 18 mph shifting to the south 6
to 9 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (58000 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (1200 knot-ft) late in the
night.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................50 decreasing to 6.
CEILING (KFT).......7.8 increasing to 10 early in the evening, then
decreasing to 9.0 late in the evening
decreasing to 7.4 late in the evening
decreasing to 5.2 decreasing to 3.1 overnight
decreasing to 0.9 decreasing to 0.7 after 3 am
decreasing to 0.4 decreasing to 0.2 early in
the morning.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........47 47 47 47 47 47 92 92 92 92 92 92
Weather cov..... DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO ISO ISO ISO NO NO NO
CWR.............0 0 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Temp............70 68 66 64 64 63 62 61 61 60 59 60
Dewpoint........54 53 52 53 54 54 56 55 57 58 56 58
RH..............57 59 61 67 70 72 81 81 87 93 90 93
Aparnt tmp (F)..70 68 66 64 64 63 62 61 61 60 59 60
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..8 9 10 9 6 6 5 2 2 2 2 1
20 FT wind gust.16 17 23 21 16 16 15 12 12 10 9 9
Mix hgt (kft)...3.7 2.1 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
Transp wind dir.S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S
Transp wind spd.18 15 13 10 8 7 7 8 9 8 7 6
LVORI...........1 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 8
ADI.............50 8 8 6 5 6 6 5 6 4 4 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..58 29 6 4 2 1 2 3 4 3 2 2
Ventrate Cat....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...7.8 10 12 11 9.0 7.4 5.2 3.1 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.2
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers through the day.
CWR.................84 percent decreasing to 16 percent early in
the morning.
Chance of thunder...13 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........66 percent.
Dewpoint............59.
Max apparent temp...72.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph late in
the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 14 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph in
the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1500 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (96100 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................8 increasing to 105.
CEILING (KFT).......0.2 increasing to 6.5.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........86 86 86 86 86 86 53 53 53 53 53 53
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............80 80 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Chc of thdr (%).10 10 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Temp............60 59 60 60 61 63 66 68 69 70 72 72
Dewpoint........58 57 57 59 60 61 60 60 60 61 60 60
RH..............93 93 90 96 97 93 81 76 73 73 66 66
Aparnt tmp (F)..60 59 60 60 61 63 66 68 69 70 72 72
20 FT wind dir..SE E N N S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..2 1 0 0 1 1 3 5 6 6 7 6
20 FT wind gust.9 8 6 6 6 8 12 14 16 17 17 17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.4 0.4 0.9 1.4 1.9 3.0 4.0 5.1 4.5 3.9 3.3
Transp wind dir.S S S S S SW SW SW SW S S S
Transp wind spd.5 5 5 6 8 10 14 18 22 23 23 22
LVORI...........7 7 7 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 1 1
ADI.............5 5 6 11 16 27 33 39 53 54 105 104
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 2 2 5 9 17 37 65 96 91 80 64
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR GD GD GD GD GD
Ceiling (kft)...0.2 0.3 0.3 0.8 1.2 1.7 2.2 2.6 3.1 4.2 5.4 6.5
.FRIDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (45-55 percent). Slight chance of
showers early in the evening.
CWR.................16 percent decreasing to 0 percent early in the
evening.
Chance of thunder...5 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 60.
Max humidity........87 percent.
Dewpoint............59.
Max apparent temp...71.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph in the
evening and overnight, then becoming light
after 3 am.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 18 mph shifting to the southwest 6
to 8 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (37200 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (800 knot-ft) late in the
night.
LVORI...............2 early in the evening.
ADI.................49 decreasing to 6 early in the evening.
CEILING (KFT).......8.8 increasing to 11 early in the evening, then
increasing to 25 late in the evening decreasing
to 17 overnight decreasing to 8.7 decreasing to
0.6 overnight.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........34 34 34 34 34 34 52 52 52 52 52 52
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW RW RW
Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............71 69 67 66 65 64 63 63 62 62 61 61
Dewpoint........60 60 61 60 60 60 59 59 58 58 57 57
RH..............68 73 81 81 84 87 87 87 87 87 87 87
Aparnt tmp (F)..71 69 67 66 65 64 63 63 62 62 61 61
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S SW SW SW S S
20 FT wind spd..5 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 3
20 FT wind gust.16 17 14 14 14 14 14 12 12 9 9 7
Mix hgt (kft)...2.3 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.S S S S S SW S S S S SW SW
Transp wind spd.18 14 10 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6
LVORI...........1 3 M M M M M M M M M M
ADI.............49 6 M M M M M M M M M M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..37 16 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...8.8 11 13 25 25 25 17 8.7 0.6
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of
showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in
the morning, then showers and chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 100 percent early in
the morning.
Chance of thunder...40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........73 percent.
Dewpoint............60 increasing to 63 in the afternoon.
Max apparent temp...72.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 6 mph late
in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms late in the
morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1300 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (15600 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............MISSING.
ADI.................MISSING.
CEILING (KFT).......MISSING.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........63 63 63 63 63 63 80 80 80 80 80 80
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........NO NO NO SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............0 0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 10 10 10 20 20 20 40 40 40 30
Temp............62 62 63 65 68 70 71 71 72 71 70 69
Dewpoint........58 58 59 60 61 62 62 63 63 63 64 64
RH..............87 87 87 84 78 76 73 76 73 76 81 84
Aparnt tmp (F)..62 62 63 65 68 70 71 71 72 71 70 69
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..3 2 2 3 5 6 6 7 7 7 6 6
20 FT wind gust.7 5 5 7 9 12 12 14 14 14 12 12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.0
Transp wind dir.SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.6 6 7 8 10 12 12 12 10 9 9 8
LVORI...........M M M M M M M M M M M M
ADI.............M M M M M M M M M M M M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1 2 3 6 11 16 16 15 14 11 9 7
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...
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Forecaster...EKSTER
Requested by...GARETH WEAVER
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 09/04/25
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