267 FNUS51 KCAR 170604 FWFCAR Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Northern and Eastern Maine National Weather Service Caribou ME 204 AM EDT Tue Apr 17 2018 .DISCUSSION... Rain will taper to scattered showers today. The weather pattern will remain unsettled this week. Another weather system will bring rain and snow to the area late Thursday and Thursday night with accumulating snow possible north of Bangor. A drier and milder patten by late weekend and into early next week. MEZ003-172115- Northern Somerset- Including the cities of Baker Lake and Billy-Jack Depot 204 AM EDT Tue Apr 17 2018 Today Tonight Wed Cloud cover Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Precip type Frz Rain Showers Showers Chance precip (%) 90 50 40 Temp (24h trend) 42 (+12) 27 (+1) 41 RH % (24h trend) 73 (+15) 100 (+8) 63 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) E 8 G19 W 6 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var W 6 Precip amount 0.22 0.09 0.08 Precip duration 10 5 3 Precip begin 6 AM Continuing Continuing Precip end Continuing Continuing Continuing Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)1840 1780 Transport wnd (kts) W 11 W 14 Vent rate (kt-ft) 23330 29270 Dispersion Marginal Marginal CWR 80 20 20 LAL 1 1 1 Haines Index 3 2 3 RH recovery Excellent Excellent Excellent REMARKS...None. $$ MEZ001-004-172115- Northwest Aroostook-Northern Piscataquis- Including the cities of Allagash, Clayton Lake, Madawaska, Fort Kent, Frenchville, Baxter St Park, Chamberlain Lake, Churchill Dam, and Mount Katahdin 204 AM EDT Tue Apr 17 2018 Today Tonight Wed Cloud cover Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Precip type Frz Rain Showers Showers Chance precip (%) 90 50 30 Temp (24h trend) 42 (+11) 28 (+2) 42 RH % (24h trend) 77 (+23) 100 (+9) 62 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) E 10 G24 W 5 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) E 7 G20 Lgt/Var W 5 Precip amount 0.29 0.07 0.05 Precip duration 9 3 2 Precip begin 6 AM Continuing Continuing Precip end Continuing Continuing 6 PM Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)2120 2270 Transport wnd (kts) S 10 W 12 Vent rate (kt-ft) 40200 39260 Dispersion Fair Fair CWR 80 30 10 LAL 1 1 1 Haines Index 3 2 3 RH recovery Excellent Excellent Excellent REMARKS...None. $$ MEZ002-005-006-172115- Northeast Aroostook-Northern Penobscot-Southeast Aroostook- Including the cities of Presque Isle, Caribou, Van Buren, Mars Hill, Millinocket, East Millinocket, Patten, Medway, Houlton, Hodgdon, Sherman, and Smyrna Mills 204 AM EDT Tue Apr 17 2018 Today Tonight Wed Cloud cover Cloudy MCldy Cloudy Precip type Frz Rain Showers Showers Chance precip (%) 90 30 30 Temp (24h trend) 45 (+12) 31 (+3) 45 RH % (24h trend) 73 (+21) 99 (+8) 58 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) E 11 G25 Lgt/Var 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) SE 6 G18 Lgt/Var W 5 Precip amount 0.34 0.04 0.03 Precip duration 8 2 1 Precip begin 6 AM Continuing 8 AM Precip end Continuing 1 AM 6 PM Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)2580 2620 Transport wnd (kts) S 14 W 14 Vent rate (kt-ft) 50740 46870 Dispersion Good Fair CWR 80 10 10 LAL 1 1 1 Haines Index 3 3 3 RH recovery Excellent Excellent Excellent REMARKS...None. $$ MEZ010-172115- Central Piscataquis- Including the cities of Greenville, Monson, and Blanchard 204 AM EDT Tue Apr 17 2018 Today Tonight Wed Cloud cover Cloudy MCldy MCldy Precip type Frz Rain Showers Showers Chance precip (%) 80 40 30 Temp (24h trend) 44 (+14) 28 (+2) 44 RH % (24h trend) 73 (+13) 100 (+8) 58 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) E 7 G21 Lgt/Var 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var W 5 Precip amount 0.23 0.02 0.05 Precip duration 7 2 2 Precip begin 6 AM Continuing Continuing Precip end Continuing Continuing 6 PM Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)2330 2250 Transport wnd (kts) SW 10 W 15 Vent rate (kt-ft) 37590 43100 Dispersion Fair Fair CWR 40 0 20 LAL 1 1 1 Haines Index 3 3 3 RH recovery Excellent Excellent Excellent REMARKS...None. $$ MEZ011-031-032-172115- Central Penobscot-Southern Piscataquis-Northern Washington- Including the cities of Lincoln, Howland, Springfield, Dover-Foxcroft, Milo, Guilford, Danforth, Vanceboro, and Topsfield 204 AM EDT Tue Apr 17 2018 Today Tonight Wed Cloud cover MCldy MCldy MCldy Precip type Showers Showers Showers Chance precip (%) 70 20 30 Temp (24h trend) 48 (+14) 31 (+1) 46 RH % (24h trend) 67 (+14) 100 (+9) 55 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) E 7 G23 Lgt/Var 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) SE 5 Lgt/Var W 6 Precip amount 0.26 0.00 0.02 Precip duration 4 0 1 Precip begin 6 AM Continuing 9 AM Precip end Continuing 9 PM 6 PM Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)2870 2810 Transport wnd (kts) S 16 W 18 Vent rate (kt-ft) 51530 55840 Dispersion Good Good CWR 40 0 10 LAL 1 1 1 Haines Index 3 3 3 RH recovery Excellent Excellent Excellent REMARKS...None. $$ MEZ015-172115- Southern Penobscot- Including the cities of Bangor, Brewer, Orono, and Old Town 204 AM EDT Tue Apr 17 2018 Today Tonight Wed Cloud cover MCldy MCldy MCldy Precip type Showers None Showers Chance precip (%) 60 0 30 Temp (24h trend) 51 (+16) 33 (+1) 48 RH % (24h trend) 63 (+2) 98 (+5) 53 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) SE 6 G19 Lgt/Var 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) S 6 SW 5 W 6 Precip amount 0.19 0.00 0.02 Precip duration 2 1 Precip begin 6 AM 9 AM Precip end 6 PM 6 PM Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)3030 2980 Transport wnd (kts) SW 15 W 20 Vent rate (kt-ft) 55040 64950 Dispersion Good Good CWR 10 0 10 LAL 1 1 1 Haines Index 3 3 3 RH recovery Excellent Excellent Excellent REMARKS...None. $$ MEZ016-017-172115- Interior Hancock-Central Washington- Including the cities of Amherst, Aurora, Dedham, Eastbrook, Great Pond, Orland, Calais, Grand Lake Stream, Wesley, Perry, and Princeton 204 AM EDT Tue Apr 17 2018 Today Tonight Wed Cloud cover MCldy MCldy MCldy Precip type Showers None Showers Chance precip (%) 70 0 20 Temp (24h trend) 49 (+14) 33 (+1) 47 RH % (24h trend) 63 (+2) 100 (+7) 56 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) SE 7 G23 SW 5 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) S 6 SW 5 SW 6 Precip amount 0.25 0.00 0.01 Precip duration 3 1 Precip begin 6 AM 10 AM Precip end 5 PM 5 PM Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)2970 2950 Transport wnd (kts) SW 18 W 19 Vent rate (kt-ft) 61660 60780 Dispersion Good Good CWR 30 0 0 LAL 1 1 1 Haines Index 3 3 3 RH recovery Excellent Excellent Excellent REMARKS...None. $$ MEZ029-030-172115- Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Castine, Eastport, Machias, and Cherryfield 204 AM EDT Tue Apr 17 2018 Today Tonight Wed Cloud cover MCldy MCldy MCldy Precip type Showers None None Chance precip (%) 50 0 0 Temp (24h trend) 49 (+12) 34 (0) 47 RH % (24h trend) 68 (0) 100 (+6) 58 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) S 8 G24 SW 8 G18 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) SW 8 G22 SW 7 G21 SW 10 G19 Precip amount 0.21 0.00 0.00 Precip duration 1 Precip begin 6 AM Precip end 5 PM Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)3080 3080 Transport wnd (kts) SW 21 W 19 Vent rate (kt-ft) 77130 67450 Dispersion Good Good CWR 10 0 0 LAL 1 1 1 Haines Index 3 3 3 RH recovery Excellent Excellent Excellent REMARKS...None. $$ .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 30. West winds around 5 mph. .THURSDAY...Cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Highs in the mid 40s. Light winds. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with rain and snow likely. Lows around 30. Northeast winds around 5 mph. .FRIDAY...Cloudy with snow likely and a chance of rain showers. Highs in the lower 40s. North winds around 10 mph. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. North winds around 5 mph. .SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. .SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s. Light winds. .MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Light winds. .OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS... Temperatures above normal. Precipitation above normal. $$