Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
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Spot Forecast for Wild River fire...NECC
National Weather Service Gray ME
917 AM EST Mon Nov 2 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 EST on November 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact our office at (207) 688-3224, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.
Background winds at the burn site should remain generally light
and westerly through the day, however downsloping gusts 15-20 mph
are also likely. Partly to mostly cloudy skies are going to keep
temperatures in the mid to upper 50s this afternoon with
increasing dewpoints keeping RH in the upper 40s and low 50s
percent. Moderate RH recoveries are expected tonight with light
and variable winds and minimum temperatures only falling into the
low to mid-40s under mostly cloudy skies. Mostly cloudy skies
continue into Tuesday with similar afternoon temperatures and
winds (less gusty) as well as increasing minimum RH. There is a
chance for a brief shower over the burn area over the next 24
hours, but no chance for wetting rains.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 58.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Dewpoint............38 increasing to 42 late in the afternoon.
Max apparent temp...57.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 14 to 20 mph decreasing to 9 to 10 mph
late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4700 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (37600 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................21 increasing to 36 in the late morning and
early afternoon, then decreasing to 23 late in
the afternoon decreasing to 7 late in the
afternoon.
CEILING (KFT).......8.8 decreasing to 8.5 early in the afternoon,
then increasing to 10 late in the afternoon.
TIME (EST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........64 64 71 81 81 73 75 57 58
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............51 54 56 56 56 57 57 55 53
Dewpoint........37 38 38 39 40 42 42 42 42
RH..............59 54 51 53 55 57 57 61 66
Aparnt tmp (F)..51 54 56 56 56 57 57 55 53
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..7 7 8 8 8 7 6 6 7
20 FT wind gust.13 14 16 16 16 14 12 12 14
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.6 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.1 1.5 1.0 0.6
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.15 18 20 18 20 18 14 10 9
LVORI...........2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3
ADI.............21 31 37 36 40 36 23 7 6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..15 26 33 34 38 33 18 9 5
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...9.6 9.5 9.4 8.8 8.5 9.2 10 11 12
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 46.
Max humidity........79 percent.
Dewpoint............41.
Max apparent temp...52.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3100 knot-ft).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................7.
CEILING (KFT).......10 decreasing to 7.5 late in the evening, then
decreasing to 2.6 overnight increasing to 3.4
overnight increasing to 5.9.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........72 79 81 92 95 95 94 95 96 97 96 90
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............52 51 51 51 51 51 51 50 51 50 49 48
Dewpoint........42 42 41 41 40 40 41 41 41 42 42 41
RH..............69 71 68 68 66 66 68 71 68 74 77 77
Aparnt tmp (F)..52 51 51 51 51 51 51 47 51 48 47 46
20 FT wind dir..W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW W W
20 FT wind spd..8 9 10 10 10 10 9 8 7 6 6 5
20 FT wind gust.16 17 20 20 20 20 17 16 14 12 12 9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NW W W NW NW NW NW W W W W W
Transp wind spd.9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 8
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
ADI.............8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 6 6 5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...11 12 10 10 8.3 7.8 7.5 2.6 3.4 5.9 5.9 6.1
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 57.
Min humidity........69 percent.
Dewpoint............43 increasing to 46 late in the afternoon.
Max apparent temp...56.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 8 mph shifting to the south 7 to 9
mph in the late morning and afternoon, then
shifting to the southeast around 7 mph late in
the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2300 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (15300 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............4 in the morning.
ADI.................7 increasing to 15 late in the morning.
CEILING (KFT).......6.4 increasing to 7.3 early in the afternoon,
then decreasing to 5.8 late in the afternoon
decreasing to 4.9 late in the afternoon.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........86 74 74 79 76 63 70 68 74 79 87 89
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............48 47 50 52 54 55 55 55 56 55 54 53
Dewpoint........41 41 43 44 44 45 45 45 47 46 45 45
RH..............77 79 77 74 69 69 69 69 72 72 71 74
Aparnt tmp (F)..46 46 50 52 54 55 55 55 56 55 54 53
20 FT wind dir..W W W S S S S S SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..5 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
20 FT wind gust.9 7 5 2 2 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.0 0.7 0.4
Transp wind dir.NW NW NW W SW S S S S SE S SE
Transp wind spd.8 7 6 6 7 7 7 8 9 9 8 7
LVORI...........4 4 4 3 3 3 3 M M M M M
ADI.............5 5 4 4 10 14 15 M M M M M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 2 2 4 7 9 10 13 15 8 5 2
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...6.4 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.8 7.2 7.7 8.1 7.3 6.6 5.8 4.9
$$
Forecaster...BARON
Requested by...Randy Harrington
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.EMAIL eric.hughes@usda.gov,nhnecc@firenet.gov,Randy.harrington@usda.gov,brian.luikart@usda.gov