Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
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Spot Forecast for Crawford RX...USFS
National Weather Service Gray ME
405 AM EDT Tue May 7 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 EDT on May 07.
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...Mostly sunny skies are expected today with westerly winds
gusting 15 to 30 MPH. RH values will bottom out around 40 percent.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 62.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Dewpoint............38.
Max apparent temp...58.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northwest 7 to 14 mph with
gusts to around 28 mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 7 to 16 mph increasing to 18 to 20
mph late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7800 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (82500 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................11 increasing to 78.
Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume
dominated fire growth.
TIME (EDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM
Sky (%).........14 14 14 10 10 10
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............42 51 55 57 60 59
Dewpoint........38 39 38 38 38 37
RH..............86 64 53 48 44 43
Aparnt tmp (F)..42 51 53 57 57 57
20 ft wind......N 3 NW 10 NW 16 NW 17 NW 17 NW 16
20 ft wind gust.10 22 25 26 26 25
Mix hgt (ft)....1300 2800 4800 5000 5000 4800
Transport wind..NW 7 NW 13 NW 18 NW 18 NW 18 NW 18
LVORI...........5 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............11 45 75 76 76 75
Haines index....3 3 2 3 3 3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..8 31 76 83 81 76
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 41.
Max humidity........79 percent.
Dewpoint............36.
Max apparent temp...56.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 13 mph in the evening and
overnight becoming light.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 9 to 18 mph becoming north around 0
mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (56200 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (0 knot-ft) late in the
night.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................65 decreasing to 6.
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 (%).........22 22 22 42 42 42
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............58 51 46 44 44 44
Dewpoint........36 37 37 37 36 37
RH..............44 59 71 76 73 76
Aparnt tmp (F)..56 46 43 42 44 44
20 ft wind......NW 16 NW 9 NW 9 N 7 N 3 E 3
20 ft wind gust.25 18 15 10 6 10
Mix hgt (ft)....3600 1300 600 200 100 100
Transport wind..NW 18 NW 15 NW 9 NW 5 W 2 N 0
LVORI...........1 2 3 4 4 4
ADI.............65 10 6 2 1 1
Haines index....3 2 3 3 3 3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..56 17 5 1 0 0
Ventrate Cat....FAIR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Rain showers through
the day.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 88 percent early in the
morning.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 50.
Min humidity........71 percent.
Dewpoint............39 increasing to 44 in the late morning and
afternoon.
Max apparent temp...46.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 14 mph. Gusts up to 30
mph.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 2 to 6 mph shifting to the southeast
9 to 14 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1300 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (14400 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............4 early in the morning.
ADI.................5 early in the morning.
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 (%).........93 93 93 100 100 100
Weather cov.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO
CWR.............0 90 90 90 90 90
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............43 48 47 47 49 47
Dewpoint........37 39 43 44 45 45
RH..............79 71 86 89 86 93
Aparnt tmp (F)..43 45 43 42 44 43
20 ft wind......SE 6 SE 10 SE 12 SE 14 SE 17 SE 14
20 ft wind gust.17 20 22 25 30 25
Mix hgt (ft)....600 1500 1100 1000 1200 900
Transport wind..SW 2 S 9 SE 10 SE 12 SE 14 SE 14
LVORI...........4 M M M M M
ADI.............2 M M M M M
Haines index....3 2 2 2 2 2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1 12 10 10 14 11
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
$$
Forecaster...EKSTER
Requested by...Dan Nielsen
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/07/24
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.EMAIL daniel.nielsen2@usda.gov