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Spot Forecast for East Millinocket Rx...Maine Forest Service
National Weather Service Caribou ME
414 AM EDT Sun Apr 21 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on April 21.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact NWS Caribou at 207-492-0166 with any further questions.

.DISCUSSION...

Today will begin mostly sunny, then become partly cloudy with
spotty showers this afternoon. Winds will be light west,
southwesterly. A strong cold front will cross the area very late
tonight followed by a cold dry gusty wind on Monday.

Weather Coverage Abbreviations... SCH=Slight Chance, ISO=Isolated,
CHC=Chance, SCT=Scattered, LKY=Likely, NUM=Numerous,
DEF=Definite, WID=Widespread, OCL=Occasional, PDS=Periods,
ARS=Areas, PTY=Patchy

Weather Type Abbreviations... DYT=Dry Thunderstorms, TSM=Thunderstorms,
SN=Snow, RN=Rain, SW=Snow Showers, RW=Rain Showers,
DZL=Drizzle, FZR=Freezing Rain, FZD=Freezing Drizzle, SLT=Sleet,
FZF=Freezing Fog, IFG=Ice Fog, HAZ=Haze, BSN=Blowing Snow,
SMK=Smoke, FST=Frost, FZS=Freezing Spray, RS=Rain/Snow,
DZF=Drizzle/Fog, SNF=Snow/Fog, RNF=Rain/Fog,
ZRS=Freezing Rain/Snow

Other Abbreviations... NA=Not Available, M=Missing

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    partly sunny (60-70 percent). Isolated rain
                    showers late in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 20 percent late in the
                    afternoon.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 53.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind chill..........39.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming west up to 5 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Wind shift..........
Mixing height.......7300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 13 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (54200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (108800 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................74 increasing to 88 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 102 to 105 late in the morning
                    decreasing to 56 to 61 in the afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (EDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   14  22  50  69  70  67  64  57
Weather cov.....                            ISO ISO
Weather type....                            RW  RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   10  20  20
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............42  47  49  51  52  52  53  51  51
RH..............67  53  46  41  36  36  35  37  37
Wind chill (F)..39  44  47  51  52  52  53  51  51
Eye lvl wnd dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   7   7   10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...4.9 5.4 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.3 7.2 7.1 6.8
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.13  13  14  15  16  17  17  16  16
LVORI...........1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............74  88  102 105 56  57  57  61  60
Vrate kt-ft/1K..54  60  72  85  98  109 109 99  95
Ventrate Cat....FR  FR  GD  GD  GD  VGD VGD GD  GD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent). Isolated rain
                    showers early in the evening.
CWR.................20 percent decreasing to 10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 31.
Max humidity........75 percent.
Wind chill..........25.
Eye level winds.....West winds around 4 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming west around 4 mph
                    after 3 am.
Wind shift..........
Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 16 to 24 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (77300 knot-ft).
LVORI...............2 in the evening and overnight.
ADI.................105 decreasing to 9 to 12 early in the evening.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........45  34  19  12  12  9   17  18  15  13  17  11
Weather cov.....ISO
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............20  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............51  47  44  42  39  37  36  35  35  34  33  32
RH..............39  45  51  55  62  64  67  69  69  72  75  75
Wind chill (F)..51  44  42  40  37  34  33  31  31  29  27  25
Eye lvl wnd dir.W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.7   7   4   4   4   4   4   5   5   7   8   10
Mix hgt (kft)...6.4 6.0 5.6 5.4 5.1 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.16  16  16  17  18  20  21  21  22  23  24  24
LVORI...........1   1   2   2   3   3   3   3   M   M   M   M
ADI.............105 105 9   9   9   10  11  12  M   M   M   M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..90  84  79  80  81  81  81  77  78  80  82  82
Ventrate Cat....GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD

$$
Forecaster...BLOOMER
Requested by...Zach Monroe
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411489.0/CAR
.DELDT 04/21/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Zachary.d.monroe@maine.gov