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Spot Forecast for Wildfire...Maine Forest Service
National Weather Service Gray ME
617 PM EDT Fri Aug 22 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 EDT on August 22.
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.

South-southeasterly winds of 10-15 mph will persist through the
next hour or two before before becoming light and variable
tonight. RH values into the 30s percent range will recover
overnight as an inversion develops under clear skies, allowing for
falling temperatures. There is no chance for rainfall. Light winds
tomorrow morning will increase out of the south at 10-15 mph with
gusts up to around 25 mph during the late morning through the
early evening hours. RH will drop into the 40-50 percent range
during the afternoon. Skies will be partly to mostly sunny with no
chance for rainfall.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Dewpoint............55.
Max apparent temp...72.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest 7
                    to 8 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2500 knot-ft).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................8.
CEILING (KFT).......25.

TIME (EDT)      7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........18  18  18  18  18  16  16  16  16  16  16
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO
CWR.............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
Temp............72  67  65  63  62  61  59  59  59  58  58
Dewpoint........56  54  55  54  54  54  54  54  55  55  55
RH..............57  63  70  72  75  78  83  83  87  90  90
Aparnt tmp (F)..72  67  65  63  62  61  59  59  59  58  58
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..5   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.10  8   8   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.8   9   9   9   9   10  9   9   8   8   7
LVORI...........2   3   3   3   4   4   5   5   6   6   6
ADI.............12  4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5   3   3   3   3   4   3   3   3   3   3
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR
Ceiling (kft)...25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Dewpoint............57 increasing to 61 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Max apparent temp...83.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 8 mph late in
                    the morning.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 15 mph shifting to the south 17
                    to 21 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (53000 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................11 increasing to 37 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 55 early in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 47 late in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 35.
CEILING (KFT).......25.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5   5   5   5   5   5   13  13  13  13  13  13
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............59  60  63  69  73  78  80  81  82  82  81  79
Dewpoint........55  56  58  59  61  61  61  61  61  61  61  62
RH..............87  87  84  70  66  56  52  51  49  49  51  56
Aparnt tmp (F)..59  60  63  69  73  78  81  82  83  83  82  79
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   3   3   5   5   6   7   8   9   9   10  10
20 FT wind gust.5   7   7   9   9   12  14  16  17  17  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.7 3.0 4.3 4.4 3.5 2.7 2.0 1.4
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   8   8   10  13  14  15  17  20  21
LVORI...........5   5   4   3   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............7   7   7   12  15  37  55  59  51  51  47  35
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3   2   3   7   12  27  47  53  45  40  34  26
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  PR  PR  PR
Ceiling (kft)...25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25  25

$$
Forecaster...TUBBS
Requested by...EriK Ahlquist
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520477.0/GYX
.DELDT 08/22/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL erik.c.ahlquist@maine.gov