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Spot Forecast for Blue Job...Nhnhs
National Weather Service Gray ME
1016 AM EDT Thu May 1 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on May 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (207) 688-3224, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

Clear skies over the area are allowing for a quick warmup this
morning. Dry air will continue through the remainder of the day,
with a very light southwesterly wind through early afternoon. The
sea breeze is anticipated to move in between 3 and 5pm this
afternoon, with winds picking up to 6-10mph from the southeast
afterwards. RH recovers this evening, with wetting rains moving
through overnight.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 66.
Min humidity........21 percent.
Dewpoint............25.
Max apparent temp...66.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph
                    late in the morning, then becoming light early
                    in the afternoon becoming southwest around 5
                    mph early in the afternoon becoming light
                    becoming southeast around 7 mph late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 12 mph shifting to the south
                    around 12 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (13700 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (41900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................33 increasing to 52 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 56 early in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 38 late in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 21.

TIME (EDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........14  14  14  14  14  14  14  14
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............54  57  61  62  64  65  66  64
Dewpoint........27  26  26  24  23  24  26  27
RH..............35  30  26  23  21  21  22  24
Aparnt tmp (F)..54  57  61  62  64  65  66  64
20 FT wind dir..SE  S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..3   6   6   5   6   5   8   9
20 FT wind gust.7   12  12  9   12  9   16  17
Mix hgt (kft)...3.2 4.0 4.4 4.8 5.2 3.9 2.7 1.4
Transp wind dir.SW  W   W   SW  SW  SW  S   S
Transp wind spd.8   9   9   9   9   10  12  12
LVORI...........1   1   1   1   1   1   1   2
ADI.............33  47  51  56  60  52  38  21
Vrate kt-ft/1K..23  32  36  39  42  35  26  14
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  PR  PR  PR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    cloudy (85-95 percent). Slight chance of rain
                    showers overnight. Rain showers likely after 3
                    am.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 40 percent early in the
                    evening.
Chance of thunder...4 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 45.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Dewpoint............31 increasing to 40.
Max apparent temp...59.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 7 mph in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming south 5 to 7 mph
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 2 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (200 knot-ft).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................9 decreasing to 3 in the late evening and
                    overnight.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........39  39  39  39  39  39  92  92  92  92  92  92
Weather cov.....                        SCH SCH SCH LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....                        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO  NO
CWR.............0   0   40  40  40  40  40  40  40  40  40  40
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............59  54  50  49  48  47  47  48  49  47  47  47
Dewpoint........29  31  33  34  36  37  37  37  37  38  39  41
RH..............32  41  52  56  63  68  68  65  63  71  74  79
Aparnt tmp (F)..59  54  47  46  45  45  45  45  46  43  44  44
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   SE
20 FT wind spd..9   8   8   7   7   5   5   7   7   8   6   6
20 FT wind gust.17  16  16  14  14  9   9   14  14  16  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.10  8   6   5   3   2   2   3   3   3   3   3
LVORI...........2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   4
ADI.............13  8   4   3   2   2   2   2   2   3   2   2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..8   4   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   1   1
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Rain showers
                    likely early in the morning, then slight chance
                    of rain showers late in the morning. Slight
                    chance of rain showers and isolated
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
CWR.................40 percent decreasing to 12 percent early in
                    the morning.
Chance of thunder...21 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........61 percent.
Dewpoint............43 increasing to 57.
Max apparent temp...71.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 7 mph in the morning
                    becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 6 mph shifting to the southwest
                    13 to 14 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (17100 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............6 in the morning and early afternoon.
ADI.................5 increasing to 16 early in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........98        98        71        71
Weather cov.....LIKELY    S CHC               S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR    RNSHWR    NONE      RNSHWR
Tstm cov........NO        NO        NO        ISOLTD
CWR.............40        10        10        10
Chc of thdr (%).0         10        10        10
Temp............45        50        55        63
Dewpoint........42        47        52        56
RH..............89        89        90        78
Aparnt tmp (F)..42        47        55        63
20 FT wind......SE 6G12   SE 8G16   E 2G5     S 3G7
Mix hgt (ft)....300       500       900       1300
Transport wind..SE 5      S 5       SW 6      W 13
LVORI...........6         6         5         M
ADI.............4         4         7         M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1         2         5         15
Ventrate Cat....POOR      POOR      POOR      POOR

$$
Forecaster...PALMER
Requested by...Chris OBrien
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2512525.0/GYX
.DELDT 05/01/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL christopher.s.obrien@dncr.nh.gov,chrisobrien_nifc@icloud.com