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Spot Forecast for Wise Guy Fire...Maine Forest Service
National Weather Service Gray ME
756 AM EDT Fri Aug 29 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 EDT on August 29.
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.

Breezy and cloudy this morning as a cold front approaches the
region. Morning inversion should hold until around 10am. After,
southeast winds increase with gusts up to 20 mph. Winds will tend
to shift south, then southwest into the late morning/early
afternoon as front approaches. The front will bring rain beginning
around noon, with additional chances of showers through the
afternoon. A thunderstorm can`t be ruled out. The initial round of
rain has been producing about 0.1 to 0.25 inch of rainfall, with
additional possible through the late afternoon, but more isolated.

Coverage decreases this evening, as low pressure stalls to the
west. Winds lighten, but a variable breeze remains overnight.
Clouds are expected to remain overhead through Saturday with
additional shower development through the day. Coverage is
expected to be less than Friday, with hit or miss showers
pivoting through the region.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Scattered rain showers
                    late in the morning. Rain showers and scattered
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................85 percent.
Chance of thunder...39 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 63.
Min humidity........65 percent.
Dewpoint............48 increasing to 52 in the afternoon.
Max apparent temp...62.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7900 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (57900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................13 increasing to 28 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 43 late in the morning decreasing
                    to 32 late in the afternoon decreasing to 16.
CEILING (KFT).......1.4 increasing to 4.8 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 7.1 late in the morning
                    decreasing to 5.0 late in the morning
                    decreasing to 3.1.

TIME (EDT)      4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM
Sky (%).........84  84  84  84  92  92  92  92  92  92
Weather cov.....    SCT SCT SCT DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........NO  NO  NO  NO  SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT
CWR.............90  90  90  90  90  90  90  90  90  90
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   10  10  10  40  40  40  30
Temp............54  59  60  62  62  62  62  61  60  59
Dewpoint........46  49  49  50  50  51  52  53  53  53
RH..............74  69  67  65  65  67  70  75  78  80
Aparnt tmp (F)..54  59  60  62  62  62  62  61  60  59
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..7   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   8   7
20 FT wind gust.14  16  17  17  17  17  17  17  16  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.4 2.4 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.0 2.9 2.4 1.7
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  S   S
Transp wind spd.12  15  15  16  17  17  17  16  15  9
LVORI...........3   3   3   1   1   1   3   3   3   4
ADI.............13  24  32  44  47  45  41  38  32  16
Vrate kt-ft/1K..8   19  31  54  58  54  45  40  31  13
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR  PR  PR
Ceiling (kft)...1.4 4.8 7.1 5.9 5.0 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.3

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Numerous rain
                    showers and scattered thunderstorms early in
                    the evening, then scattered rain showers late
                    in the evening. Isolated rain showers
                    overnight. Patchy fog after 3 am.
CWR.................85 percent.
Chance of thunder...29 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 48.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Dewpoint............50 decreasing to 46 overnight.
Max apparent temp...58.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming west around 5 mph
                    after 3 am. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the evening.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 7 mph shifting to the west 6
                    to 9 mph early in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2900 knot-ft).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................8.
CEILING (KFT).......2.1 decreasing to 0.2.

TIME (EDT)      2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM
Sky (%).........75  75  75  75  75  75  89  89  89  89  89  89
Weather cov.....NUM NUM NUM SCT SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........SCT SCT SCT NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO
CWR.............90  90  80  80  80  80  80  80  80  80  80  80
Chc of thdr (%).30  30  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............58  57  54  52  52  51  51  50  50  49  49  49
Dewpoint........52  52  51  50  49  48  47  47  47  47  47  46
RH..............80  83  90  93  89  89  86  89  89  93  93  89
Aparnt tmp (F)..58  57  54  52  52  51  51  48  48  47  47  47
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..6   6   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.12  12  9   9   9   9   9   9   9   12  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.3 1.2 0.6 1.2 1.1
Transp wind dir.S   SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   6   6   7   6   8   8   7   8   9
LVORI...........4   4   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
ADI.............12  9   5   4   4   5   4   5   5   5   5   6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..11  6   4   3   3   4   3   9   8   4   8   9
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR
Ceiling (kft)...2.3 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning. Scattered rain showers in the
                    morning. Numerous rain showers and isolated
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................79 percent decreasing to 14 percent early in
                    the morning.
Chance of thunder...18 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 59.
Min humidity........69 percent.
Dewpoint............47.
Max apparent temp...57.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (36400 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............5 early in the morning.
ADI.................13 early in the morning.
CEILING (KFT).......0.3 increasing to 2.6.

TIME (EDT)      2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM
Sky (%).........66  66  66  66  66  66  75  75  75  75  75  75
Weather cov.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
CWR.............80  80  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  20  20  20  10
Temp............48  48  50  51  54  56  56  57  57  57  57  57
Dewpoint........46  46  47  49  49  48  48  47  47  47  48  48
RH..............93  93  89  93  83  74  74  69  69  69  72  72
Aparnt tmp (F)..45  45  47  51  54  56  56  57  57  57  57  57
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..6   6   7   7   8   8   8   9   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.12  12  14  14  16  16  16  17  17  17  17  17
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.3 1.4 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.6 3.0 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.9   9   10  10  10  12  12  12  13  13  13  12
LVORI...........5   5   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
ADI.............12  14  M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..8   10  13  17  19  25  26  31  36  35  33  30
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR
Ceiling (kft)...0.3 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.5 1.9 2.2 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.8

$$
Forecaster...CORNWELL
Requested by...Patrick Nichols
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520927.0/GYX
.DELDT 08/29/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL patrick.s.nichols@maine.gov