Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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Spot Forecast for Machias River Red Pine RX...MAINE FOREST SERVICE
National Weather Service Caribou ME
1129 AM EDT Wed Sep 2 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on September 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact NWS Caribou at 207-492-0166 with any further questions.
.DISCUSSION...
Quiet weather is expected today, with an E/SE breeze up to 10 mph, and
afternoon RHs 50-60 percent. Rain moves in around dawn Thursday and
continues through the day with about one half inch or a bit more.
Some showers will still be around on Friday, but they will be hit and
miss, with an all-day rain not expected.
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.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Wind chill..........61.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming southeast around 4 mph
late in the morning.
Wind shift..........
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (13500 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (37400 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................20 increasing to 30 late in the morning, then
increasing to 41 to 49 late in the morning
increasing to 50 to 51 early in the afternoon
decreasing to 23 to 26.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5 2 9 9 20 38 46 44 44
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............62 61 67 69 71 73 71 71 70
RH..............81 82 71 65 62 56 58 60 62
Wind chill (F)..62 61 67 69 71 73 71 71 70
Eye lvl wnd dir.E E E E SE SE SE SE SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 2.3 2.9 3.8 4.3 4.7 4.4 4.1 3.4
Transp wind dir.E E E E SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.10 10 9 9 9 9 9 10 10
LVORI...........3 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
ADI.............20 30 41 46 49 51 50 26 23
Vrate kt-ft/1K..14 21 23 31 35 37 35 37 31
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Patchy fog in
the late evening and overnight. Slight chance
of rain showers early in the morning.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 20 percent early in
the morning.
Chance of thunder...3 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind chill..........53.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind shift..........
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (15300 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (2800 knot-ft) late in the
night.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................9 to 17 decreasing to 3 to 5 early in the
evening.
Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........64 58 53 61 65 70 68 74 80 88 87 91
Weather cov..... PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY SCH
Weather type.... FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG RNF
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............66 62 60 57 56 55 55 55 54 54 55 53
RH..............68 75 81 90 93 96 96 100 100 100 100 100
Wind chill (F)..66 62 60 57 56 55 55 55 54 54 55 53
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE SE S SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5
Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Transp wind dir.SE S S S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.10 9 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 12
LVORI...........3 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7
ADI.............17 9 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..15 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Patchy fog early in the
morning. Rain showers through the day.
CWR.................30 percent increasing to 50 percent early in
the morning, then increasing to 70 percent
early in the morning increasing to 80 percent
late in the morning increasing to 90 percent
decreasing to 80 percent early in the afternoon
increasing to 100 percent decreasing to 90
percent late in the afternoon decreasing to 80
percent decreasing to 70 percent late in the
afternoon.
Chance of thunder...11 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........98 percent.
Wind chill..........55.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds up to 6 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
early in the afternoon.
Wind shift..........
Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 12 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5300 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (22500 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............6 early in the morning.
ADI.................7 to 13 early in the morning.
Pcpn amount.........0.70 inches.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........89 79 80 90 92 95 96 89 98 90 87 84
Weather cov.....CHC CHC LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............30 50 70 80 90 90 90 80 100 90 80 70
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0
Temp............55 56 58 60 61 62 63 63 63 63 64 63
RH..............100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99 99 99 98 99
Wind chill (F)..55 56 58 60 61 62 63 63 63 63 64 63
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 7 8 10 10 10 12 12 10 10 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2
Transp wind dir.S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.12 12 15 16 16 17 17 20 17 17 18 16
LVORI...........6 5 M M M M M M M M M M
ADI.............7 13 M M M M M M M M M M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 8 13 18 18 19 19 23 20 19 22 17
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
$$
Forecaster...MB
Requested by...W. Hatch
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2621066.1/CAR
.DELDT 09/02/26
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.EMAIL wesley.hatch@maine.gov