000 FNUS51 KCAR 090845 FWFCAR FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR EASTERN AND NORTHERN MAINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 445 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY AND BEGIN TO CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION BY LATE THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY. MEZ001-003-004-010-100845- NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS- CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA... FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT... BAXTER ST PARK...CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM... MOUNT KATAHDIN...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD 445 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 TODAY TONIGHT THU CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS SHOWERS PRECIP CHC (%) 100 90 30 MAX/MIN TEMP 81 59 74 MIN/MAX RH % 65 99 56 20FTWND/AM(MPH) SW 5 W 5 20FTWND/PM(MPH) SW 5 LGT/VAR W 8 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.50 0.37 0.01 PRECIP DURATION 9 6 4 PRECIP BEGIN 6 AM CONTINUING CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING CONTINUING CONTINUING MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 4260 4260 TRANSPORT WND (KTS) SW 17 W 16 VENT RATE (KT-FT) 88080 76350 DISPERSION VERY GOOD GOOD LAL 5 5 1 HAINES INDEX 3 3 4 REMARKS...NONE. $$ MEZ002-100845- NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN... MARS HILL 445 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 TODAY TONIGHT THU CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS SHOWERS PRECIP CHC (%) 100 80 20 MAX/MIN TEMP 82 62 78 MIN/MAX RH % 64 96 51 20FTWND/AM(MPH) SW 5 SW 5 20FTWND/PM(MPH) SW 6 LGT/VAR W 9 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.45 0.41 0.00 PRECIP DURATION 9 6 1 PRECIP BEGIN 6 AM CONTINUING CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING CONTINUING 11 AM MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 4350 4350 TRANSPORT WND (KTS) SW 14 W 16 VENT RATE (KT-FT) 90890 77330 DISPERSION VERY GOOD GOOD LAL 5 5 1 HAINES INDEX 3 3 4 REMARKS...NONE. $$ MEZ005-006-011-015>017-031-032-100845- NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT- SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON- SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLINOCKET...EAST MILLINOCKET... PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS... LINCOLN...HOWLAND...SPRINGFIELD...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO... OLD TOWN...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND... ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE... PERRY...PRINCETON...DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD...DANFORTH... VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD 445 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 TODAY TONIGHT THU CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS SHOWERS PRECIP CHC (%) 60 60 30 MAX/MIN TEMP 85 62 79 MIN/MAX RH % 60 100 53 20FTWND/AM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR 20FTWND/PM(MPH) S 8 S 7 SW 7 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.10 0.17 0.02 PRECIP DURATION 5 4 1 PRECIP BEGIN 6 AM CONTINUING CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING CONTINUING 2 PM MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 4810 4820 TRANSPORT WND (KTS) SW 20 W 18 VENT RATE (KT-FT) 106880 87470 DISPERSION VERY GOOD VERY GOOD LAL 5 4 1 HAINES INDEX 3 3 4 REMARKS...NONE. $$ MEZ029-030-100845- COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL... EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD 445 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2008 TODAY TONIGHT THU CLOUD COVER PCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS SHOWERS PRECIP CHC (%) 50 70 40 MAX/MIN TEMP 83 59 71 MIN/MAX RH % 71 100 70 20FTWND/AM(MPH) S 5 G17 SW 5 20FTWND/PM(MPH) S 10 S 8 SW 7 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.01 0.11 0.03 PRECIP DURATION 1 5 2 PRECIP BEGIN 3 PM CONTINUING CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING CONTINUING 4 PM MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 4820 4850 TRANSPORT WND (KTS) SW 17 W 16 VENT RATE (KT-FT) 92380 81700 DISPERSION VERY GOOD VERY GOOD LAL 4 4 1 HAINES INDEX 4 3 3 REMARKS...NONE. $$ .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. MINIMUM RH 43 PERCENT. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. MINIMUM RH 48 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. MINIMUM RH 58 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .MONDAY...CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. MINIMUM RH 65 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .MONDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. MINIMUM RH 59 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS... TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL. PRECIPITATION NEAR NORMAL. $$ FITZSIMMONS