Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
517
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Spot Forecast for ME-RCR Houston Field Rx...Fish and Wildlife
National Weather Service Gray ME
329 PM EDT Thu May 2 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on May 03.
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...Scattered rain showers can be expected until this
evening. Otherwise there will be moist conditions with areas of
fog tonight into Friday morning. During the daytime period on
Friday conditions will be 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. During
the day on Friday light and variable winds will become light from
the east. More fog will develop Friday night with RH values
remaining high under light east and southeasterly winds.
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........64 percent.
Dewpoint............44.
Max apparent temp...56.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 6 mph in the late morning and
early afternoon becoming light.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 12 mph shifting to the south
around 6 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4500 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (20100 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................24 decreasing to 11 late in the afternoon.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
dominated fire growth.
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........80 80 61 61 61 61 61 61
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............51 52 53 54 55 55 56 55
Dewpoint........44 45 44 44 44 44 44 44
RH..............79 74 71 68 66 65 64 67
Aparnt tmp (F)..48 52 53 54 55 55 56 55
20 FT wind dir..E E E E SE SE SE S
20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 6 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.14 15 14 12 10 10 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 2.0 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.4 0.9
Transp wind dir.NE NE E NE NE E E S
Transp wind spd.12 10 9 8 7 6 6 6
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3
ADI.............28 25 20 19 15 12 11 7
Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..20 18 14 13 10 8 7 5
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.FRIDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Patchy fog.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 43.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Dewpoint............43.
Max apparent temp...54.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 6 mph shifting to the east after 3
am.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1600 knot-ft).
LVORI...............3 early in the evening.
ADI.................6 early in the evening.
Haines Index........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 (%).........44 44 44 65 65 65
Weather cov.....PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY
Weather type....FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............54 51 48 47 45 44
Dewpoint........44 44 43 43 42 42
RH..............69 76 82 86 89 92
Aparnt tmp (F)..54 50 48 47 45 43
20 ft wind......S 5 S 3 SW 3 W 3 NW 2 NE 3
20 ft wind gust.9 7 7 6 6 8
Mix hgt (ft)....800 400 400 300 300 300
Transport wind..S 6 S 6 W 6 NW 7 NW 7 NE 6
LVORI...........3 M M M M M
ADI.............6 M M M M M
Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 2 2 2 2 2
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 53.
Min humidity........71 percent.
Dewpoint............42.
Max apparent temp...52.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......2600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4600 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (25900 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............MISSING.
ADI.................MISSING.
Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume
dominated fire growth.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........66 66 66 73 73 73
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............45 48 51 52 52 51
Dewpoint........42 43 43 43 43 42
RH..............88 83 74 71 71 71
Aparnt tmp (F)..43 44 51 52 52 51
20 ft wind......NE 5 E 8 E 8 E 8 E 8 E 7
20 ft wind gust.10 16 16 16 16 14
Mix hgt (ft)....700 1400 2200 2500 2300 2000
Transport wind..E 7 E 12 E 12 E 12 E 13 E 12
LVORI...........M M M M M M
ADI.............M M M M M M
Haines index....3 2 2 2 2 2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 14 23 26 25 19
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
$$
Forecaster...CANNON
Requested by...Mike Pagoaga
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/02/24
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.EMAIL michael_pagoaga@fws.gov