Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
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Spot Forecast for Kennebec Highlands...Maine Forest Service
National Weather Service Gray ME
756 AM EDT Wed Sep 23 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on September 23.
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.
Sunny skies and dry weather are expected with temps warming into
the low 60s today. Northeast winds of 5-10mph become light and
variable in the afternoon. RH drops into the 40%s in the
afternoon.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Dewpoint............39 decreasing to 36 late in the afternoon.
Min apparent temp...39.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph early in the morning
becoming light.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 9 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5300 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (44500 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................10 increasing to 24 late in the morning, then
increasing to 47 late in the morning increasing
to 52 early in the afternoon decreasing to 41.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............44 47 50 53 55 57 59 59 59 60
Dewpoint........39 39 40 41 40 38 37 36 36 36
RH..............82 74 68 64 57 49 44 42 42 41
Aparnt tmp (F)..39 43 47 53 55 57 59 59 59 60
20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT wind spd..8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6
20 FT wind gust.16 16 14 14 14 14 14 14 12 12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.2 1.8 3.3 4.2 4.6 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.1
Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Transp wind spd.9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 9
LVORI...........5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............6 13 24 43 51 54 49 43 43 39
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 10 15 29 38 42 45 44 42 33
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR PR
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 42.
Max humidity........82 percent.
Dewpoint............38.
Min apparent temp...38.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north 5 to 7 mph
overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 5 to 8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1700 knot-ft).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................7.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........2 4 5 9 5 6 4 2 7 4 5 4
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............56 53 50 48 47 47 46 45 45 43 43 43
Dewpoint........37 39 40 40 40 40 39 39 38 38 37 37
RH..............49 59 68 74 76 76 76 79 76 82 79 79
Aparnt tmp (F)..56 53 50 47 46 45 43 42 41 39 38 38
20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..5 3 2 3 3 5 6 6 7 7 8 8
20 FT wind gust.9 7 5 5 7 9 9 12 14 14 14 16
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NE E E E E NE NE N N N N N
Transp wind spd.7 7 7 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8
LVORI...........2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4
ADI.............11 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..7 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Dewpoint............39 increasing to 42 late in the afternoon.
Min apparent temp...38.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 6 mph early in the morning
becoming light, then becoming northeast around
5 mph early in the afternoon becoming light.
Mixing height.......4100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2300 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (36600 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............4 early in the morning.
ADI.................7 early in the morning.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........6 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 5
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............42 43 45 47 52 56 58 61 63 63 64 63
Dewpoint........37 38 40 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 42 42
RH..............82 82 82 79 66 57 53 48 44 44 45 46
Aparnt tmp (F)..38 39 42 44 52 56 58 61 63 63 64 63
20 FT wind dir..N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT wind spd..7 7 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 3
20 FT wind gust.14 14 12 9 9 9 12 12 12 9 9 7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.2 2.2 3.0 3.4 3.7 3.8 4.1 4.0 3.2
Transp wind dir.N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Transp wind spd.7 7 7 9 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 9
LVORI...........4 4 M M M M M M M M M M
ADI.............7 7 M M M M M M M M M M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 2 2 10 20 27 30 33 30 37 36 26
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
$$
Forecaster...CLAIR
Requested by...Aliesha Black
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.EMAIL aliesha.j.black@maine.gov