Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
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Spot Forecast for Richardson Lake fire...Maine Forest Service
National Weather Service Gray ME
843 AM EDT Sat Jul 25 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 EDT on July 25.
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 conditions are expected today, although some
diurnally driven cumulus clouds are possible this afternoon. High
temperatures will be near 80 degrees with humidity dropping into
the 30-40 percent range this afternoon. Winds will be primarily
out of the southeast at 5-15 mph. Winds will become light and
variable tonight with strong RH recovery as low temperatures fall
into the lower 50s. Dry conditions will persist on Sunday with
high temperatures once again near 80 degrees and afternoon RH
falling into the 30-40 percent range.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Dewpoint............51.
Max apparent temp...81.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 2 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2600 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (55800 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................7 increasing to 26 late in the morning, then
increasing to 56 late in the morning increasing
to 69 early in the afternoon decreasing to 62.
CEILING (KFT).......22 decreasing to 20 late in the afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........0 3 4 8 23 23 31 20 29
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............61 69 74 79 79 80 81 81 82
Dewpoint........52 52 52 52 52 51 51 52 52
RH..............72 55 46 39 39 36 35 37 35
Aparnt tmp (F)..61 69 74 79 79 80 80 80 81
20 FT wind dir..SE S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3
20 FT wind gust.2 2 2 5 5 7 7 7 7
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 2.9 4.8 5.8 6.5 6.8 6.8 7.0 6.5
Transp wind dir.S SE S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.2 3 7 7 8 9 9 9 8
LVORI...........3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............7 26 53 59 72 73 64 63 61
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 9 29 35 45 54 55 56 46
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR
Ceiling (kft)...23 24 24 24 22 21 21 21 20
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 53.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Dewpoint............54 decreasing to 50 late in the evening.
Max apparent temp...80.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 3 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (23900 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (1300 knot-ft) late in the
night.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................45 decreasing to 6.
CEILING (KFT).......16 increasing to 20 late in the evening, then
decreasing to 2.0 overnight decreasing to 1.0
overnight decreasing to 0.6.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........21 18 7 7 17 21 22 24 31 24 30 31
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............80 76 72 65 62 60 58 57 55 55 54 53
Dewpoint........53 54 56 54 53 51 51 50 50 50 49 49
RH..............39 46 57 68 72 72 77 77 83 83 83 86
Aparnt tmp (F)..80 76 72 65 62 60 58 57 55 55 54 53
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FT wind gust.7 7 7 5 2
Mix hgt (kft)...3.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.8 9 9 8 8 6 6 5 5 3 3 3
LVORI...........1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6
ADI.............45 9 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..24 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...16 18 17 16 21 20 20 2.0 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.6
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Dewpoint............50 increasing to 53 early in the morning.
Max apparent temp...80.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......5800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 3 mph shifting to the southeast 3
to 6 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1000 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (29100 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3 in the morning and early afternoon.
ADI.................6 increasing to 45.
CEILING (KFT).......4.9 increasing to 16.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........40 31 36 25 36 30 33 35 36 33 43 33
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............54 57 61 68 72 76 79 79 80 81 79 79
Dewpoint........49 52 54 55 54 54 53 53 52 52 52 52
RH..............83 83 78 63 53 46 41 41 38 37 39 39
Aparnt tmp (F)..54 57 61 68 72 76 79 79 80 80 79 79
20 FT wind dir..N N N N SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust. 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.3 0.6 1.4 2.6 3.9 4.8 5.3 5.8 5.6 4.7 4.2
Transp wind dir.E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.3 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
LVORI...........5 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 M M M M
ADI.............3 3 4 9 22 30 43 47 M M M M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1 1 2 6 13 20 24 27 29 28 23 21
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...4.9 9.2 14 14 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16
$$
Forecaster...TUBBS
Requested by...Goddeeris
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 07/25/26
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.EMAIL savannah.m.goddeeris@maine.gov