Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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265 FNUS71 KCAR 041201 FWSCAR Spot Forecast for Airport prescribed fire...Lincoln fire department National Weather Service Caribou ME 801 AM EDT Sat May 4 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on May 04. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact NWS Caribou at 207-492-0166 with any further questions. .DISCUSSION... Today will be cloudy to partly sunny and mild with inland highs near 60 and a light east wind. Tonight will have increasing clouds with light SE winds. Sunday will bring increasing clouds and an increasing southerly breeze with highs from the low 60s north to the 50s Downeast. Increasing chance of rain showers Sunday afternoon. 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.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 62. Min humidity........52 percent. Wind chill..........44. Eye level winds.....Northeast winds around 4 mph late in the morning becoming light. Wind shift..........NA Mixing height.......5800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 6 to 9 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (24500 knot-ft). Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........72 67 67 70 71 68 66 64 62 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............47 51 53 56 58 60 60 60 62 RH..............79 68 66 62 57 53 53 53 52 Wind chill (F)..44 51 53 56 58 60 60 60 62 Eye lvl wnd dir.NE NE NE E E E E E E Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 Mix hgt (kft)...3.2 3.8 4.3 4.9 5.4 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.6 Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E SE Transp wind spd.9 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 Vrate kt-ft/1K..26 26 26 25 27 28 29 29 28 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 42. Max humidity........96 percent. Wind chill..........41. Eye level winds.....Light winds. Wind shift..........NA Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 7 to 9 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good (33100 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to fair (16000 knot-ft) late in the night. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........66 72 71 68 70 64 62 66 66 65 59 61 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ 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............60 59 56 53 52 50 49 47 46 45 44 44 RH..............55 57 66 71 74 83 83 89 89 93 93 89 Wind chill (F)..60 59 56 53 52 48 48 46 44 43 41 41 Eye lvl wnd dir.E SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE S Eye lvl wnd spd.3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 Mix hgt (kft)...5.3 5.1 4.7 4.4 4.0 3.6 3.3 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.4 Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S Transp wind spd.7 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 Vrate kt-ft/1K..32 30 33 31 24 22 20 18 16 18 17 19 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of rain showers late in the afternoon. CWR.................10 percent increasing to 20 percent late in the afternoon. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 61. Min humidity........51 percent. Wind chill..........40. Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south up to 8 mph with gusts to around 14 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Wind shift..........NA Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 9 to 18 mph increasing to 20 to 22 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (19400 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (85500 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........62 63 65 67 69 71 72 73 73 77 81 86 Weather cov..... SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 20 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............43 45 47 50 55 56 57 59 61 61 60 59 RH..............96 89 83 77 64 62 59 55 51 51 51 53 Wind chill (F)..40 43 45 48 55 56 57 59 61 61 60 59 Eye lvl wnd dir.SE SE S S S S S S S S S S Eye lvl wnd spd.3 3 3 4 4 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 Eye lvl wnd gst.6 6 5 7 9 10 11 13 13 13 14 14 Mix hgt (kft)...2.4 2.5 2.8 3.2 3.6 4.2 4.6 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.2 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.9 9 9 10 12 14 15 17 18 20 21 22 Vrate kt-ft/1K..19 20 22 28 37 50 60 75 83 86 85 81 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD $$ Forecaster...LAFLASH Requested by...Fire fighter CORREIA Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2413127.0/CAR .DELDT 05/04/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL aaroncorreia31@gmail.com