####018007142#### FNUS71 KGYX 021929 FWSGYX Spot Forecast for ME-RCR Houston Field Rx...Fish and Wildlife National Weather Service Gray ME 329 PM EDT Thu May 2 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on May 03. 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...Scattered rain showers can be expected until this evening. Otherwise there will be moist conditions with areas of fog tonight into Friday morning. During the daytime period on Friday conditions will be 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. During the day on Friday light and variable winds will become light from the east. More fog will develop Friday night with RH values remaining high under light east and southeasterly winds. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 56. Min humidity........64 percent. Dewpoint............44. Max apparent temp...56. Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 6 mph in the late morning and early afternoon becoming light. Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 12 mph shifting to the south around 6 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4500 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to fair (20100 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............3. ADI.................24 decreasing to 11 late in the afternoon. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........80 80 61 61 61 61 61 61 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............51 52 53 54 55 55 56 55 Dewpoint........44 45 44 44 44 44 44 44 RH..............79 74 71 68 66 65 64 67 Aparnt tmp (F)..48 52 53 54 55 55 56 55 20 FT wind dir..E E E E SE SE SE S 20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.14 15 14 12 10 10 10 10 Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 2.0 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.4 0.9 Transp wind dir.NE NE E NE NE E E S Transp wind spd.12 10 9 8 7 6 6 6 LVORI...........3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 ADI.............28 25 20 19 15 12 11 7 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Vrate kt-ft/1K..20 18 14 13 10 8 7 5 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .FRIDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Patchy fog. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 43. Max humidity........93 percent. Dewpoint............43. Max apparent temp...54. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South around 6 mph shifting to the east after 3 am. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1600 knot-ft). LVORI...............3 early in the evening. ADI.................6 early in the evening. Haines Index........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 (%).........44 44 44 65 65 65 Weather cov.....PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY Weather type....FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............54 51 48 47 45 44 Dewpoint........44 44 43 43 42 42 RH..............69 76 82 86 89 92 Aparnt tmp (F)..54 50 48 47 45 43 20 ft wind......S 5 S 3 SW 3 W 3 NW 2 NE 3 20 ft wind gust.9 7 7 6 6 8 Mix hgt (ft)....800 400 400 300 300 300 Transport wind..S 6 S 6 W 6 NW 7 NW 7 NE 6 LVORI...........3 M M M M M ADI.............6 M M M M M Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 2 2 2 2 2 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 53. Min humidity........71 percent. Dewpoint............42. Max apparent temp...52. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 5 to 7 mph. Mixing height.......2600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 7 to 13 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4600 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to fair (25900 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............MISSING. ADI.................MISSING. Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........66 66 66 73 73 73 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............45 48 51 52 52 51 Dewpoint........42 43 43 43 43 42 RH..............88 83 74 71 71 71 Aparnt tmp (F)..43 44 51 52 52 51 20 ft wind......NE 5 E 8 E 8 E 8 E 8 E 7 20 ft wind gust.10 16 16 16 16 14 Mix hgt (ft)....700 1400 2200 2500 2300 2000 Transport wind..E 7 E 12 E 12 E 12 E 13 E 12 LVORI...........M M M M M M ADI.............M M M M M M Haines index....3 2 2 2 2 2 Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 14 23 26 25 19 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR $$ Forecaster...CANNON Requested by...Mike Pagoaga Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2412978.2/GYX .DELDT 05/02/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL michael_pagoaga@fws.gov