Routine Fire Wx Fcst (With/Without 6-10 Day Outlook)
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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FNUS51 KCAR 032101
FWFCAR
Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Northern and Eastern Maine
National Weather Service Caribou ME
500 PM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025
.DISCUSSION...
Rain will taper to showers early tonight before ending overnight.
Isolated snow/rain showers are then possible across mostly
northern areas Friday. Low pressure will approach Saturday
with another wintry mix.
MEZ101-040800-
Quebec-Maine Borderlands-
500 PM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025
Tonight Fri Fri Night Sat
Cloud cover Mcldy Mcldy Mclear Pcldy
Precip type Showers Showers None Snow
Chance precip (%) 30 20 0 50
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 33 (+9) 42 (+1) 19 40
RH % (24h trend) 97 (+18) 54 (-9) 89 55
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) W 10 G23 Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) SW 7 G20 NW 10 G22 NW 6 G19 SE 7 G18
Precip amount 0.05 0.01 0.00 0.04
Precip duration 1 1 1
Precip begin 6 PM 10 AM 2 PM
Precip end 1 AM 5 PM Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 4390 3300
Transport wnd (kts) NW 25 S 16
Vent rate (kt-ft) 138690 60670
Dispersion Excellent Good
CWR 10 10 0 30
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
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MEZ102-040800-
North Woods and St. John Valley-
500 PM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025
Tonight Fri Fri Night Sat
Cloud cover Mcldy Mcldy Mclear Pcldy
Precip type Showers Showers None Snow/Rain
Chance precip (%) 40 20 0 40
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 33 (+8) 44 (+6) 20 40
RH % (24h trend) 97 (+16) 53 (-2) 88 54
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) W 9 G21 Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) SW 6 G20 NW 10 G22 NW 7 G21 SE 6 G17
Precip amount 0.04 0.01 0.00 0.03
Precip duration 2 1 0
Precip begin 6 PM 11 AM 4 PM
Precip end 1 AM 6 PM Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 4150 3500
Transport wnd (kts) NW 23 S 15
Vent rate (kt-ft) 136910 58510
Dispersion Excellent Good
CWR 10 10 0 20
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ103-040800-
Eastern Aroostook-
500 PM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025
Tonight Fri Fri Night Sat
Cloud cover Mcldy Mcldy Mclear Pcldy
Precip type Showers Showers Showers Snow/Rain
Chance precip (%) 50 20 20 20
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 35 (+10) 45 (+9) 22 40
RH % (24h trend) 97 (+20) 52 (+4) 86 54
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) W 9 G21 Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) S 7 G21 NW 11 G22 NW 8 G21 SE 6 G17
Precip amount 0.05 0.01 0.00 0.01
Precip duration 1 1 0 0
Precip begin 6 PM 11 AM Continuing 4 PM
Precip end 1 AM Continuing 7 PM Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 4510 3800
Transport wnd (kts) NW 22 SE 13
Vent rate (kt-ft) 155410 55550
Dispersion Excellent Good
CWR 10 10 10
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ105-040800-
Central Highlands-
500 PM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025
Tonight Fri Fri Night Sat
Cloud cover Mcldy Pcldy Mclear Pcldy
Precip type Showers Showers None Snow/Rain
Chance precip (%) 20 10 0 40
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 34 (+7) 46 (+7) 22 40
RH % (24h trend) 98 (+7) 51 (-20) 83 57
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) W 9 G23 Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) SW 6 G21 NW 11 G26 NW 9 G25 SE 7 G20
Precip amount 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.04
Precip duration 1 0 1
Precip begin 6 PM 2 PM 2 PM
Precip end 10 PM 5 PM Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 4380 3300
Transport wnd (kts) NW 25 S 14
Vent rate (kt-ft) 149790 59170
Dispersion Excellent Good
CWR 0 30
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ106-040800-
Central Maine North of Bangor-
500 PM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025
Tonight Fri Fri Night Sat
Cloud cover Mcldy Pcldy Mclear Pcldy
Precip type Showers None None Snow/Rain
Chance precip (%) 30 0 0 20
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 37 (+8) 48 (+8) 23 42
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+16) 49 (-19) 80 53
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) W 7 G21 Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) SW 5 NW 10 G21 NW 7 G20 SE 5
Precip amount 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.02
Precip duration 1 0
Precip begin 6 PM 4 PM
Precip end 11 PM Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 4570 3950
Transport wnd (kts) NW 23 S 11
Vent rate (kt-ft) 139850 55080
Dispersion Excellent Good
CWR 10 0 0 10
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ108-040800-
Interior Downeast-
500 PM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025
Tonight Fri Fri Night Sat
Cloud cover Mcldy Pcldy Mclear Pcldy
Precip type Showers None None Snow
Chance precip (%) 20 0 0 10
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 39 (+9) 50 (+8) 26 40
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+9) 51 (-22) 77 56
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) W 8 G21 Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) SW 6 NW 10 G21 NW 8 G19 SE 5
Precip amount 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.01
Precip duration 0 0
Precip begin 6 PM 5 PM
Precip end 10 PM Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 4520 3620
Transport wnd (kts) NW 25 SE 9
Vent rate (kt-ft) 143720 40750
Dispersion Excellent Fair
CWR 10 0 0 10
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ112-040800-
Coastal Downeast-
500 PM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025
Tonight Fri Fri Night Sat
Cloud cover Mcldy Pcldy Mclear Pcldy
Precip type Showers None None Snow
Chance precip (%) 20 0 0 20
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 40 (+9) 51 (+8) 27 39
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+11) 49 (-18) 77 61
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) NW 7 G21 Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) SW 6 G22 NW 10 G22 NW 8 G21 SE 5
Precip amount 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.02
Precip duration 0 0
Precip begin 6 PM 5 PM
Precip end 10 PM Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 4470 3430
Transport wnd (kts) NW 23 E 9
Vent rate (kt-ft) 138210 30010
Dispersion Excellent Marginal
CWR 10 0 0 10
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ113-040800-
Bangor Region-
500 PM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025
Tonight Fri Fri Night Sat
Cloud cover Mcldy Pcldy Mclear Pcldy
Precip type None None None Snow/Rain
Chance precip (%) 0 0 0 30
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 38 (+7) 51 (+8) 27 43
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+7) 46 (-27) 76 53
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) W 7 G21 Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) SW 5 NW 11 G21 NW 8 G21 SE 6
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04
Precip duration 0
Precip begin 4 PM
Precip end Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 4660 3800
Transport wnd (kts) NW 25 S 12
Vent rate (kt-ft) 143580 40590
Dispersion Excellent Fair
CWR 0 0 0 30
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ114-040800-
Eastern Penobscot Bay Coast-
500 PM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025
Tonight Fri Fri Night Sat
Cloud cover Mcldy Pcldy Mclear Pcldy
Precip type None None None Snow
Chance precip (%) 0 0 0 30
Chance of Thunder (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 40 (+8) 53 (+10) 27 40
RH % (24h trend) 100 (+7) 46 (-22) 75 59
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) NW 8 G20 Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) SW 7 G23 NW 10 G21 NW 8 G20 SE 7 G17
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04
Precip duration 0
Precip begin 4 PM
Precip end Continuing
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 4590 3280
Transport wnd (kts) NW 23 SE 9
Vent rate (kt-ft) 116660 36940
Dispersion Very Good Fair
CWR 0 0 0 30
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Snow, rain and freezing rain. Lows in the lower
30s. Southeast winds around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain and freezing rain. Highs in the lower 40s. South
winds around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow.
Lows in the mid 20s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s. North winds
around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of snow and rain. Highs
around 40. East winds around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Lows in the
lower 20s. Northwest winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. Northwest
winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 20. West winds
around 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Southwest winds
around 10 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures near normal. Precipitation near normal.
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