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Spot Forecast for SOB Fire...Maine Forest Service
National Weather Service Gray ME
801 PM EDT Wed Aug 27 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 EDT on August 27.
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.

.DISCUSSION...Light west to southwest winds will continue through Thursday
with dry weather expected.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 45.
Max humidity........77 percent.
Dewpoint............42.
Max apparent temp...60.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 7 mph in the evening becoming
                    light, then becoming west around 5 mph
                    overnight becoming light becoming west around 5
                    mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 13 mph shifting to the southwest
                    around 5 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (30200 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (400 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................42 decreasing to 8.
CEILING (KFT).......6.3 increasing to 7.7 early in the evening,
                    then increasing to 9.0 early in the evening
                    increasing to 13 late in the evening increasing
                    to 25 decreasing to 9.0 overnight.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........17  17  17  17  17  17  24  24  24  24  24  24
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 (%).10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............58  56  54  51  51  51  49  48  49  48  49  47
Dewpoint........44  44  43  43  41  41  41  41  41  41  40  40
RH..............59  64  66  74  68  68  74  77  74  77  71  76
Aparnt tmp (F)..60  56  54  51  51  51  47  45  47  46  47  44
20 FT wind dir..NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..8   7   7   6   6   5   6   6   5   5   5   6
20 FT wind gust.16  14  14  13  12  10  13  14  12  12  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...2.7 1.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW
Transp wind spd.13  9   6   6   6   7   7   6   6   5   5   5
LVORI...........1   2   3   3   3   3   3   4   4   4   4   4
ADI.............42  12  4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..30  12  2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   0
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR
Ceiling (kft)...6.3 7.7 9.0 9.0 13  13  25  25  9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...3 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 69.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Dewpoint............42.
Max apparent temp...68.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 6 to 7 mph late in
                    the morning.
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (72800 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................10 increasing to 39 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 69 late in the morning increasing
                    to 85 late in the morning increasing to 96
                    decreasing to 92 late in the afternoon.
CEILING (KFT).......9.0 increasing to 25 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........22  22  22  22  22  22  43  43  43  43  43  43
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  50  55  60  61  64  66  67  68  68  67  67
Dewpoint........40  40  42  44  43  43  43  43  42  43  43  44
RH..............74  68  61  55  51  46  43  42  39  40  42  43
Aparnt tmp (F)..46  49  55  60  61  64  66  67  68  68  67  67
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  S   SW  SW  S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..5   3   3   5   5   7   7   8   9   9   8   8
20 FT wind gust.10  8   12  13  12  14  14  15  16  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.4 0.5 2.1 3.6 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.4
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S
Transp wind spd.6   7   9   12  14  15  15  15  15  15  15  15
LVORI...........4   3   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............10  10  10  39  69  82  88  100 92  91  89  95
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1   2   4   20  42  67  71  72  72  73  73  70
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD
Ceiling (kft)...9.0 9.0 9.0 25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25

$$
Forecaster...EKSTER
Requested by...Patrick Nichols
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520801.0/GYX
.DELDT 08/27/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL patrick.s.nichols@maine.gov