FNUS71 KGYX 210923 FWSGYX Spot Forecast for **TEST** GYX Training **TEST**...NWS National Weather Service Gray ME 523 AM EDT Thu Mar 21 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on March 21. 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. Windy and dry conditions are expected today at the Concord Airport, but cool temperatures and recent rain and snow limit fire weather concerns. RH values dip to near 30% by this afternoon, with westerly wind gusts of 35-40 mph all day long. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 36. Min humidity........29 percent. Dewpoint............7. Min apparent temp...10. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 16 to 18 mph with gusts to around 38 mph. Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 37 to 41 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (145800 knot-ft). LVORI...............1. ADI.................105. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........51 51 51 51 36 36 36 36 36 36 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............25 25 27 29 32 33 34 35 36 35 Dewpoint........8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 RH..............48 48 42 39 34 33 32 30 29 30 Aparnt tmp (F)..11 10 13 15 19 21 22 23 25 24 20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..20 22 22 23 23 23 22 22 21 21 20 FT wind gust.33 37 37 38 37 38 37 37 35 35 Mix hgt (kft)...4.6 4.7 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.7 Transp wind dir.W W W W NW W W W W W Transp wind spd.37 39 39 39 41 40 39 38 37 38 LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..146 158 166 170 191 194 196 194 188 189 Ventrate Cat....VGD EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL EXL .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 18. Max humidity........49 percent. Dewpoint............5 decreasing to 2 early in the morning. Min apparent temp...5. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 12 to 16 mph with gusts to around 35 mph. Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 31 to 36 mph decreasing to 24 to 28 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (68100 knot-ft) decreasing to good (35300 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to fair (23700 knot-ft) late in the night overnight. LVORI...............1. ADI.................42 decreasing to 35 late in the evening. Haines Index........4 to 5 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth to or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........15 15 15 15 15 15 5 5 5 5 5 5 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............34 31 30 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 19 Dewpoint........6 6 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 RH..............30 34 37 38 38 40 42 41 43 43 45 47 Aparnt tmp (F)..23 19 18 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 8 5 20 FT wind dir..W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..20 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 16 15 15 20 FT wind gust.35 35 32 32 32 30 30 30 30 29 26 26 Mix hgt (kft)...5.2 4.7 4.4 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.5 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.6 Transp wind dir.W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW Transp wind spd.36 36 36 32 31 32 31 25 28 25 24 25 LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............46 40 40 37 37 36 36 37 39 37 34 31 Haines index....4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..160 146 138 85 78 77 68 24 35 29 29 34 Ventrate Cat....EXL VGD VGD GD GD GD GD PR PR PR PR PR .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 40. Min humidity........19 percent. Dewpoint............1 decreasing to -1 early in the afternoon, then increasing to 0 late in the afternoon. Min apparent temp...4. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 12 mph. Gusts up to 26 mph in the morning and early afternoon. Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 17 to 26 mph shifting to the west 14 to 16 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (28200 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (70200 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............1 early in the morning. ADI.................32 increasing to 59 early in the morning. Haines Index........4 to 5 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth to or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........4 4 4 4 4 4 25 25 25 25 25 25 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............18 18 19 22 25 29 32 35 38 39 39 40 Dewpoint........2 1 1 1 0 0 -1 -1 0 0 0 1 RH..............49 46 44 39 33 28 24 21 19 19 19 19 Aparnt tmp (F)..4 4 5 9 13 19 23 27 31 32 33 35 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..15 14 15 14 14 13 13 12 12 10 9 8 20 FT wind gust.26 25 26 25 25 23 23 22 22 20 17 16 Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 1.7 2.7 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.7 4.0 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W Transp wind spd.23 22 26 26 25 24 22 20 18 17 16 14 LVORI...........1 1 M M M M M M M M M M ADI.............32 59 M M M M M M M M M M Haines index....4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Vrate kt-ft/1K..28 32 62 68 70 69 70 70 70 65 60 53 Ventrate Cat....PR PR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD GD GD FR $$ Forecaster...CLAIR Requested by...Maura Casey Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2407212.0/GYX .DELDT 03/21/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL maura.casey@noaa.gov