Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
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Spot Forecast for Clifford Pond Fire...MAINE FOREST SERVICE
National Weather Service Caribou ME
840 AM EDT Wed Sep 18 2024
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 EDT on September 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact NWS Caribou at 207-492-0166 with any further questions.
.DISCUSSION...
High pressure will remain in control across the area today with mostly sunny
skies and unseasonably warm temperatures in the mid 80s. Minimum afternoon
relative humidity will be around 40 to 50 percent with a light west wind
developing. Good recovery of relative humidity is expected tonight. Thursday
will be partly cloudy with isolated showers developing as a cold front approaches
and shifts winds out of the north-northeast. Minimum afternoon relative humidity
will be slightly higher, around 50 percent.
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.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Wind chill..........59.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming west around 4 mph early in
the afternoon, then becoming light late in the
afternoon.
Wind shift..........
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (18400 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (44800 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................26 to 35 increasing to 50 to 57.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west around 5 mph early in
the afternoon, then becoming light late in the
afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........12 16 20 24 28 32 34 35 35 34
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............59 64 69 74 76 79 81 81 81 79
RH..............93 78 66 55 52 45 42 42 42 45
Wind chill (F)..59 64 69 74 76 79 81 81 81 79
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 4
20 FT wind gust.4 5 6 7 8 10 10 10 8 7
Eye lvl wnd dir.W W W W W W W W W W
Eye lvl wnd spd.1 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 3
Eye lvl wnd gst.3 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 6 5
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 2.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4
Transp wind dir.NW NW NW W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
LVORI...........4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............26 26 30 35 38 50 51 51 57 53
Vrate kt-ft/1K..18 19 22 26 30 40 42 41 45 41
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 56.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind chill..........56.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind shift..........
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 3 to 8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (36400 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (8200 knot-ft) late in the
night.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................48 decreasing to 2 to 3.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........33 32 31 30 30 29 29 29 30 32 34 37
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............75 70 65 64 62 61 60 59 58 57 57 56
RH..............52 61 75 75 81 84 87 87 90 93 96 100
Wind chill (F)..75 70 65 64 62 61 60 59 58 57 57 56
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W NW NW
20 FT wind spd..3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Eye lvl wnd dir.W W W W W W W W W W NW NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mix hgt (kft)...3.4 3.4 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.8
Transp wind dir.W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 3
LVORI...........1 1 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 10
ADI.............48 37 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..36 27 24 22 17 16 15 14 14 11 11 8
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 20 percent late in the
afternoon.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind chill..........56.
Eye level winds.....Light winds.
Wind shift..........
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 3 mph shifting to the east 3 to 7
mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8500 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (36700 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............8 early in the morning.
ADI.................2 increasing to 13 early in the morning.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........41 44 47 50 52 55 56 56 57 58 60 61
Weather cov..... SCH
Weather type.... RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............56 57 60 64 70 74 76 77 78 77 76 75
RH..............100 100 90 81 68 57 54 52 48 52 54 58
Wind chill (F)..56 57 60 64 70 74 76 77 78 77 76 75
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW N N N NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4
20 FT wind gust.4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 7
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW NW NW NW N N N NE NE NE NE NE
Eye lvl wnd spd.1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3
Eye lvl wnd gst.3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.1 1.7 2.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4
Transp wind dir.N N N N NE NE NE E E E E E
Transp wind spd.3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 7
LVORI...........10 5 M M M M M M M M M M
ADI.............2 13 M M M M M M M M M M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..9 9 10 12 14 16 18 26 28 34 33 37
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
$$
Forecaster...MSTRAUSER
Requested by...David Loome
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 09/18/24
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.EMAIL david.loome@maine.gov