FNUS71 KCAR 220923 FWSCAR SPOT FORECAST FOR MOUNT CHASE FIRE...MAINE FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 523 AM EDT FRI MAY 22 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0502 EDT ON MAY 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL SLIP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL SWING AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THIS FRONT AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH. WHILE THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A PASSING SHOWER WITH THIS FRONT...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AGAIN TODAY WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING TO AROUND 30 PERCENT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........30 51 66 66 68 68 69 71 72 66 53 40 WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............56 56 61 63 65 66 67 68 68 68 68 67 RH..............74 73 53 47 42 38 36 34 32 31 30 31 20 FT WIND DIR..W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 8 8 12 14 15 15 15 15 15 14 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 20 20 22 24 25 25 25 25 25 23 EYE LVL WND DIR.W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 6 6 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 20 20 20 22 22 22 22 22 22 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 20 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST LATE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 33. MAX HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........28 9 8 6 5 11 WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE FROST TEMP............65 58 50 42 38 35 RH..............32 39 49 60 69 78 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW N N NW 20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 5 3 2 1 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 5 EYE LEVEL WIND..NW 5 NW 4 NW 4 N 2 N 1 NW 1 EYE LEVEL GUST..15 15 10 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........19 25 34 46 55 61 WEATHER TYPE....FROST NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............37 46 50 54 59 63 RH..............71 53 45 37 33 29 20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 3 5 6 7 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 10 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..SW 1 S 1 S 2 S 4 S 4 S 5 EYE LEVEL GUST.. 5 5 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...KHW REQUESTED BY...WILL BARNUM TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090522.MOUNT.01/CAR