Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
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Spot Forecast for ME-RCR Houston Field Rx...Fish and Wildlife
National Weather Service Gray ME
1000 PM EDT Wed May 1 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1900 EDT on May 01.
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.
.DISCUSSION...Friday currently looks dry, but fuel drying from wetting rains
may be stunted a bit due to relatively high RH readings on the coast with
onshore winds expected. On Friday northeast winds will turn easterly at less
than 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Rain showers in
the morning. Chance of rain showers late in the
afternoon. Patchy fog late in the morning.
Patchy fog late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 54 percent early in the
morning.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 52.
Min humidity........86 percent.
Dewpoint............44.
Max apparent temp...46.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in
the morning and early afternoon, then shifting
to the east around 7 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3100 knot-ft).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................12 decreasing to 6 late in the afternoon.
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) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........71 71 71 66 66 66
Weather cov.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE RNSHWR
Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............0 50 50 50 50 50
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............44 46 48 49 50 49
Dewpoint........43 44 45 46 46 46
RH..............97 93 89 89 86 89
Aparnt tmp (F)..42 42 44 45 46 45
20 ft wind......S 3 S 7 S 8 S 10 SE 12 E 10
20 ft wind gust.10 16 13 20 18 15
Mix hgt (ft)....400 400 700 800 700 500
Transport wind..S 15 S 17 S 17 S 16 S 14 SE 9
LVORI...........5 5 5 5 4 5
ADI.............16 13 13 12 15 7
Haines index....3 3 3 3 4 3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 6 11 11 8 4
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
.THURSDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Patchy fog early
in the evening. Rain showers early in the
evening, then chance of rain showers late in
the evening.
CWR.................54 percent decreasing to 0 percent early in the
evening.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 42.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Dewpoint............43.
Min apparent temp...39.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the
north around 5 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 9 to 13 mph shifting to the northeast 10
to 18 mph early in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (19900 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (3800 knot-ft) late in the
night.
LVORI...............6 in the evening and overnight.
ADI.................12 in the evening and overnight.
Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume
dominated fire growth.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........88 88 88 77 77 77
Weather cov.....DEFNTE DEFNTE CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............50 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............47 47 46 45 44 44
Dewpoint........45 44 43 43 43 42
RH..............93 89 89 93 96 93
Aparnt tmp (F)..43 43 42 41 41 41
20 ft wind......E 9 NE 9 NE 8 NE 7 N 6 N 6
20 ft wind gust.15 17 16 14 12 12
Mix hgt (ft)....500 500 1000 1200 1000 800
Transport wind..E 9 NE 15 NE 18 NE 18 NE 16 N 12
LVORI...........6 5 5 5 M M
ADI.............7 13 16 12 M M
Haines index....3 3 3 3 2 2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 6 15 18 14 8
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........61 percent.
Dewpoint............42.
Max apparent temp...54.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the east
5 to 6 mph early in the afternoon, then
becoming light late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 14 mph shifting to the east
around 5 mph late in the afternoon, then
shifting to the south 2 to 3 mph late in the
afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4200 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (39800 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............MISSING.
ADI.................MISSING.
Haines Index........2 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 (%).........71 71 71 71 71 71 57 57 57 57 57 57
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............44 45 46 48 50 52 53 53 54 54 54 54
Dewpoint........42 43 43 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 41 41
RH..............93 93 89 81 74 69 66 66 64 63 62 61
Aparnt tmp (F)..41 41 42 45 47 52 53 53 54 54 54 54
20 FT wind dir..N NE NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..6 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5
20 FT wind gust.13 13 13 14 16 16 14 14 12 12 9 9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 0.7 1.6 2.5 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.5 2.1
Transp wind dir.N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E SE S
Transp wind spd.10 12 13 14 14 14 12 9 7 5 3 2
LVORI...........M M M M M M M M M M M M
ADI.............M M M M M M M M M M M M
Haines index....2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 7 8 19 30 40 35 28 21 13 7 4
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
$$
Forecaster...EKSTER
Requested by...Mike Pagoaga
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/01/24
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.EMAIL michael_pagoaga@fws.gov