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 192101
FWFCAR
Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Northern and Eastern Maine
National Weather Service Caribou ME
500 PM EDT Thu Sep 19 2024
.DISCUSSION...
A cold front will cross the area tonight. This will be followed
by cooler and continued dry weather Friday through the weekend.
Cool and dry weather will likely persist through early next week.
MEZ101-200800-
Quebec-Maine Borderlands-
500 PM EDT Thu Sep 19 2024
Tonight Fri Fri Night Sat
Cloud cover Mcldy Pcldy Mclear Pcldy
Precip type Showers None None None
Chance precip (%) 10 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 51 (+2) 69 (-8) 42 66
RH % (24h trend) 97 (-1) 48 (-11) 100 47
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var E 5 Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration 1
Precip begin 7 PM
Precip end 1 AM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 5610 5130
Transport wnd (kts) E 11 E 8
Vent rate (kt-ft) 70890 45920
Dispersion Good Fair
CWR 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1
Haines Index 2 3 4 4
KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ102-200800-
North Woods and St. John Valley-
500 PM EDT Thu Sep 19 2024
Tonight Fri Fri Night Sat
Cloud cover Mcldy Pcldy Mclear Pcldy
Precip type Showers None None None
Chance precip (%) 20 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 50 (0) 70 (-9) 42 67
RH % (24h trend) 96 (-3) 50 (-7) 100 48
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var E 5 Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
Precip amount 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration 1
Precip begin 6 PM
Precip end 12 AM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 5760 5300
Transport wnd (kts) E 12 E 8
Vent rate (kt-ft) 75530 47570
Dispersion Good Fair
CWR 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1
Haines Index 3 4 4 4
KBDI 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ103-200800-
Eastern Aroostook-
500 PM EDT Thu Sep 19 2024
Tonight Fri Fri Night Sat
Cloud cover Mcldy Pcldy Mclear Mclear
Precip type Showers None None None
Chance precip (%) 10 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 50 (-3) 70 (-11) 44 68
RH % (24h trend) 90 (-3) 48 (-7) 100 46
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) NE 5 Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) E 5 E 6 Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration 0
Precip begin 6 PM
Precip end 8 PM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 5760 5350
Transport wnd (kts) E 13 NE 9
Vent rate (kt-ft) 83580 56120
Dispersion Very Good Good
CWR 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1
Haines Index 2 4 4 4
KBDI 301-400 301-400 301-400 301-400
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ105-200800-
Central Highlands-
500 PM EDT Thu Sep 19 2024
Tonight Fri Fri Night Sat
Cloud cover Mcldy Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy
Precip type None None None None
Chance precip (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 54 (0) 70 (-9) 47 68
RH % (24h trend) 95 (+2) 50 (-1) 99 50
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) NE 6 G17 Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var NE 7 G18 Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration
Precip begin
Precip end
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 5830 5230
Transport wnd (kts) E 12 E 8
Vent rate (kt-ft) 89430 54170
Dispersion Very Good Good
CWR 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1
Haines Index 2 3 3 4
KBDI 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ106-200800-
Central Maine North of Bangor-
500 PM EDT Thu Sep 19 2024
Tonight Fri Fri Night Sat
Cloud cover Mcldy Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy
Precip type Showers None None None
Chance precip (%) 10 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 54 (-2) 70 (-11) 50 69
RH % (24h trend) 91 (-8) 50 (-1) 97 48
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) NE 6 G17 Lgt/Var
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var NE 6 Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration 0
Precip begin 6 PM
Precip end 8 PM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 5870 5350
Transport wnd (kts) NE 15 NE 11
Vent rate (kt-ft) 103500 72810
Dispersion Very Good Good
CWR 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1
Haines Index 2 3 4 4
KBDI 301-400 301-400 301-400 301-400
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ108-200800-
Interior Downeast-
500 PM EDT Thu Sep 19 2024
Tonight Fri Fri Night Sat
Cloud cover Mcldy Mcldy Pcldy Pcldy
Precip type None None None None
Chance precip (%) 0 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 56 (-1) 70 (-10) 52 68
RH % (24h trend) 93 (-5) 56 (-2) 96 52
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) NE 7 G18 NE 6
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var NE 7 G17 Lgt/Var NE 5
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration
Precip begin
Precip end
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 5780 5520
Transport wnd (kts) NE 18 NE 13
Vent rate (kt-ft) 112590 83810
Dispersion Very Good Very Good
CWR 0 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1
Haines Index 2 3 4 4
KBDI 401-500 401-500 401-500 401-500
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ112-200800-
Coastal Downeast-
500 PM EDT Thu Sep 19 2024
Tonight Fri Fri Night Sat
Cloud cover Mcldy Mcldy Pcldy Pcldy
Precip type None Showers Showers None
Chance precip (%) 0 10 10 0
Temp (24h trend) 54 (-1) 70 (-4) 52 70
RH % (24h trend) 94 (-2) 57 (-6) 98 52
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) NE 9 G23 NE 8 G20
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var NE 9 G20 NE 6 G18 NE 8 G20
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration 1 1
Precip begin 8 AM 8 PM
Precip end 2 PM 4 AM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 5790 5890
Transport wnd (kts) NE 21 NE 17
Vent rate (kt-ft) 127800 115540
Dispersion Excellent Very Good
CWR 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1
Haines Index 2 3 4 4
KBDI 401-500 401-500 401-500 401-500
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ113-200800-
Bangor Region-
500 PM EDT Thu Sep 19 2024
Tonight Fri Fri Night Sat
Cloud cover Mcldy Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy
Precip type Showers None None None
Chance precip (%) 10 0 0 0
Temp (24h trend) 58 (+1) 72 (-9) 53 69
RH % (24h trend) 92 (-5) 54 (-4) 95 52
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) NE 8 G18 NE 7
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var NE 7 G17 NE 5 NE 6
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration 0
Precip begin 10 PM
Precip end 11 PM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 5930 5620
Transport wnd (kts) NE 16 NE 11
Vent rate (kt-ft) 100980 71720
Dispersion Very Good Good
CWR 0 0 0
LAL 1 1 1 1
Haines Index 2 3 3 4
KBDI 301-400 301-400 301-400 301-400
Remarks...None.
$$
MEZ114-200800-
Eastern Penobscot Bay Coast-
500 PM EDT Thu Sep 19 2024
Tonight Fri Fri Night Sat
Cloud cover Mcldy Mcldy Mcldy Pcldy
Precip type Showers Showers Showers Showers
Chance precip (%) 10 10 10 10
Temp (24h trend) 57 (+1) 71 (-4) 54 71
RH % (24h trend) 95 (-2) 57 (-9) 96 53
20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) NE 9 G23 NE 8 G20
20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var NE 8 G21 NE 6 G19 NE 8 G20
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Precip duration 0 1 1 0
Precip begin 10 PM 8 AM Continuing Continuing
Precip end 11 PM Continuing Continuing 9 AM
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 6130 6380
Transport wnd (kts) NE 18 NE 14
Vent rate (kt-ft) 138380 125730
Dispersion Excellent Excellent
CWR
LAL 1 1 1 1
Haines Index 2 3 4 4
KBDI 401-500 401-500 401-500 401-500
Remarks...None.
$$
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. East winds around
5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph.
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures above normal. Precipitation near normal.
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