####018008169#### FNUS71 KGYX 020200 FWSGYX Spot Forecast for ME-RCR Houston Field Rx...Fish and Wildlife National Weather Service Gray ME 1000 PM EDT Wed May 1 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1900 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. .DISCUSSION...Friday currently looks dry, but fuel drying from wetting rains may be stunted a bit due to relatively high RH readings on the coast with onshore winds expected. On Friday northeast winds will turn easterly at less than 10 MPH. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Rain showers in the morning. Chance of rain showers late in the afternoon. Patchy fog late in the morning. Patchy fog late in the afternoon. CWR.................0 percent increasing to 54 percent early in the morning. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 52. Min humidity........86 percent. Dewpoint............44. Max apparent temp...46. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning and early afternoon, then shifting to the east around 7 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 8 to 17 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3100 knot-ft). LVORI...............5. ADI.................12 decreasing to 6 late in the afternoon. Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth to or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........71 71 71 66 66 66 Weather cov.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE CHANCE Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE RNSHWR Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO CWR.............0 50 50 50 50 50 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............44 46 48 49 50 49 Dewpoint........43 44 45 46 46 46 RH..............97 93 89 89 86 89 Aparnt tmp (F)..42 42 44 45 46 45 20 ft wind......S 3 S 7 S 8 S 10 SE 12 E 10 20 ft wind gust.10 16 13 20 18 15 Mix hgt (ft)....400 400 700 800 700 500 Transport wind..S 15 S 17 S 17 S 16 S 14 SE 9 LVORI...........5 5 5 5 4 5 ADI.............16 13 13 12 15 7 Haines index....3 3 3 3 4 3 Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 6 11 11 8 4 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .THURSDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Patchy fog early in the evening. Rain showers early in the evening, then chance of rain showers late in the evening. CWR.................54 percent decreasing to 0 percent early in the evening. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 42. Max humidity........96 percent. Dewpoint............43. Min apparent temp...39. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the north around 5 mph overnight. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 9 to 13 mph shifting to the northeast 10 to 18 mph early in the evening. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (19900 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (3800 knot-ft) late in the night. LVORI...............6 in the evening and overnight. ADI.................12 in the evening and overnight. Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........88 88 88 77 77 77 Weather cov.....DEFNTE DEFNTE CHANCE Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO CWR.............50 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............47 47 46 45 44 44 Dewpoint........45 44 43 43 43 42 RH..............93 89 89 93 96 93 Aparnt tmp (F)..43 43 42 41 41 41 20 ft wind......E 9 NE 9 NE 8 NE 7 N 6 N 6 20 ft wind gust.15 17 16 14 12 12 Mix hgt (ft)....500 500 1000 1200 1000 800 Transport wind..E 9 NE 15 NE 18 NE 18 NE 16 N 12 LVORI...........6 5 5 5 M M ADI.............7 13 16 12 M M Haines index....3 3 3 3 2 2 Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 6 15 18 14 8 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 56. Min humidity........61 percent. Dewpoint............42. Max apparent temp...54. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the east 5 to 6 mph early in the afternoon, then becoming light late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 14 mph shifting to the east around 5 mph late in the afternoon, then shifting to the south 2 to 3 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4200 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (39800 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............MISSING. ADI.................MISSING. Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........71 71 71 71 71 71 57 57 57 57 57 57 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 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............44 45 46 48 50 52 53 53 54 54 54 54 Dewpoint........42 43 43 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 41 41 RH..............93 93 89 81 74 69 66 66 64 63 62 61 Aparnt tmp (F)..41 41 42 45 47 52 53 53 54 54 54 54 20 FT wind dir..N NE NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..6 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 20 FT wind gust.13 13 13 14 16 16 14 14 12 12 9 9 Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 0.7 1.6 2.5 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.5 2.1 Transp wind dir.N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E SE S Transp wind spd.10 12 13 14 14 14 12 9 7 5 3 2 LVORI...........M M M M M M M M M M M M ADI.............M M M M M M M M M M M M Haines index....2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 7 8 19 30 40 35 28 21 13 7 4 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR $$ Forecaster...EKSTER Requested by...Mike Pagoaga Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2412978.0/GYX .DELDT 05/01/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL michael_pagoaga@fws.gov