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Spot Forecast for IKIE RX...USFS
National Weather Service Gray ME
1059 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 EDT on April 26.
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.

Clear and dry weather with fairly light winds expected today and
Saturday as the region remains under high pressure. RH values for
today are expected to bottom out in the mid to upper 20s with
north-northwesterly surface winds around 6 to 7 mph. RH will be
slowly recovering through the afternoon reaching back into the 40s
by nightfall.

Saturday will be very similar with RH values bottoming out in the
mid 20s and slightly calmer winds. RH values will recover quickly
as the northwesterly flow shifts southerly early on in the
morning.



.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 54.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Dewpoint............19.
Max apparent temp...52.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 6 mph.
Mixing height.......7500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (66100 knot-ft).
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................82 increasing to 96 early in the afternoon,
                    then decreasing to 88 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 100 late in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 86.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2   6   6   6   6   6   6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............46  48  49  51  52  52  52
Dewpoint........18  18  19  18  19  20  20
RH..............32  30  30  27  27  28  28
Aparnt tmp (F)..43  46  47  51  52  52  52
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..6   5   5   5   5   6   7
20 FT wind gust.12  9   9   9   9   12  14
Mix hgt (kft)...5.5 6.1 6.6 7.1 7.4 7.5 7.2
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   NW  N   NW
Transp wind spd.14  14  14  13  12  13  12
LVORI...........1   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............82  98  94  88  100 100 86
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..66  73  79  78  74  82  72
Ventrate Cat....GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 22.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Dewpoint............20.
Min apparent temp...21.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (62400 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (1600 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................72 decreasing to 3.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth to or low potential for
                    large plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........3   3   3   3   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2
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
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............51  49  45  44  35  33  32  30  28  26  26  25
Dewpoint........20  20  21  21  21  21  21  21  21  21  20  20
RH..............29  31  38  39  56  61  63  69  75  81  78  81
Aparnt tmp (F)..51  48  44  42  32  30  29  30  28  26  22  21
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   NW  NW  NW  W   W
20 FT wind spd..6   3   3   3   3   3   3   2   2   2   3   3
20 FT wind gust.12  7   7   7   7   7   6   6   5   6   6   7
Mix hgt (kft)...6.2 1.2 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  W   W
Transp wind spd.12  8   7   5   6   6   5   5   6   6   5   5
LVORI...........1   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   4   6   6   6
ADI.............72  4   4   4   3   3   3   3   3   1   1   1
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   3   3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..62  8   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Ventrate Cat....GD  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 62.
Min humidity........26 percent.
Dewpoint............24 increasing to 27 late in the afternoon.
Min apparent temp...22.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 6 mph shifting to the south 5 to 9
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (35400 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............9 early in the morning.
ADI.................1 early in the morning.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3   3   3   3   3   3   21  21  21  21  21  21
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
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............24  22  31  37  43  49  53  56  59  60  62  60
Dewpoint........22  22  25  25  26  26  26  26  26  26  27  27
RH..............92  100 78  61  51  40  35  31  28  27  26  28
Aparnt tmp (F)..24  22  31  37  41  47  53  56  59  60  62  60
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   2   1   2   3   5   5   6   6   7   7   8
20 FT wind gust.6   5   3   6   8   9   10  12  12  13  14  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 1.0 2.8 4.4 4.9 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.4 4.9 4.4
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   SW  S   S   SW  S   S   SW  S   S
Transp wind spd.6   6   5   5   5   6   6   6   7   7   8   9
LVORI...........7   10  M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
ADI.............1   1   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2   2   4   11  18  25  27  28  34  33  34  35
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...BARON
Requested by...Jay Milot
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412562.0/GYX
.DELDT 04/26/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL gerald.milot@usda.gov
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