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Spot Forecast for Maple Rd RX...MAINE FOREST SERVICE
National Weather Service Caribou ME
720 AM EDT Mon Apr 21 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 EDT on April 21.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact NWS Caribou at 207-492-0166 with any further questions.

.DISCUSSION...

Another dry day in store, with generally clear skies and no
precipitation. NW winds early this morning gusting 15 to 20 mph,
but these winds will drop off through the day, with gusts
diminishing by noon. Relative humidity will bottom out this
afternoon in the low 20 percent range. For tonight, rain will move
in from the west, reaching the area by midnight.

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.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 59.
Min humidity........26 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds around 4 mph early in the
                    afternoon becoming light.
Wind shift..........
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 8 mph shifting to the southwest
                    around 6 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........23  20  16  27  37  49
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............53  55  57  59  59  59
RH..............29  30  29  26  27  29
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  W   W   SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   3   2   2   2   1
Eye lvl wnd gst.6   5   4   5   4   4
Mix hgt (kft)...3.7 4.3 4.8 4.9 5.0 4.5
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  W   W   SW
Transp wind spd.7   8   8   7   6   6

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain late in the evening. Chance of rain in the
                    late evening and overnight, then rain likely
                    overnight.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 60 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 38.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south around 4 mph in the
                    evening, then becoming light overnight becoming
                    southeast around 4 mph after 3 am.
Wind shift..........
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 13 mph.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........63  73  82  86  89  91  91  92  93  91  95  96
Weather cov.....            SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....            RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   10  20  30  30  30  50  60  60  60  60
Temp............57  53  49  47  46  45  42  41  41  40  39  39
RH..............33  39  48  53  55  55  62  67  70  79  85  89
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   3   3   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.6   8   6   6   6   6   5   5   5   6   7   8
Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 1.1 1.1
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  S   S
Transp wind spd.6   8   10  10  10  10  9   10  10  12  12  13

$$
Forecaster...ASTRAUSER
Requested by...Zach Monroe
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2511130.0/CAR
.DELDT 04/21/25
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.EMAIL zachary.d.monroe@maine.gov