FNUS71 KCAR 121724 FWSCAR Spot Forecast for CLIFTON FIRE...MAINE FOREST SERVICE National Weather Service Caribou ME 124 PM EDT Sun Apr 12 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1400 EDT on April 12. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact NWS Caribou at 207-492-0166 with any further questions. .DISCUSSION... No rain is expected through the remainder of the afternoon. Rain is expected to develop tonight and continue into Monday. Weather Coverage Abbreviations... SCH=Slight Chance, ISO=Isolated, CHC=Chance, SCT=Scattered, LKY=Likely, NUM=Numerous, DEF=Definite, WID=Widespread, OCL=Occasional, PDS=Periods, ARS=Areas, PTY=Patchy Weather Type Abbreviations... DYT=Dry Thunderstorms, TSM=Thunderstorms, SN=Snow, RN=Rain, SW=Snow Showers, RW=Rain Showers, DZL=Drizzle, FZR=Freezing Rain, FZD=Freezing Drizzle, SLT=Sleet, FZF=Freezing Fog, IFG=Ice Fog, HAZ=Haze, BSN=Blowing Snow, SMK=Smoke, FST=Frost, FZS=Freezing Spray, RS=Rain/Snow, DZF=Drizzle/Fog, SNF=Snow/Fog, RNF=Rain/Fog, ZRS=Freezing Rain/Snow Other Abbreviations... NA=Not Available, M=Missing .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of thunder...0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 53. Min humidity........25 percent. Wind chill..........52. Eye level winds.....West winds around 4 mph shifting to the southwest late in the afternoon. Wind shift.......... Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 13 mph shifting to the west late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Good (37100 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (60000 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............1. ADI.................78 to 85 decreasing to 39. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 6 mph shifting to the southwest late in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........26 29 37 47 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 Temp............52 53 53 53 RH..............30 30 31 31 Wind chill (F)..52 53 53 53 20 FT wind dir..NW NW W SW 20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.10 10 10 10 Eye lvl wnd dir.NW NW W SW Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 4 Eye lvl wnd gst.7 7 7 7 Mix hgt (kft)...5.5 5.5 5.5 5.3 Transp wind dir.NW NW W W Transp wind spd.13 10 8 8 LVORI...........1 1 1 1 ADI.............85 78 55 39 Vrate kt-ft/1K..60 49 39 37 Ventrate Cat....GD FR PR PR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of rain in the evening. Rain likely overnight. CWR.................10 percent increasing to 20 percent in the evening, then decreasing to 10 percent late in the evening increasing to 20 percent overnight increasing to 30 percent increasing to 50 percent after 3 am increasing to 70 percent. Chance of thunder...3 percent. Min temperature.....Around 37. Max humidity........93 percent. Wind chill..........31. Eye level winds.....South winds up to 7 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph after 3 am. Wind shift.......... Mixing height.......700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 8 to 17 mph increasing to 20 to 23 mph after 3 am. Smoke dispersal.....Good (31000 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (7100 knot-ft) late in the night. LVORI...............3. ADI.................28 decreasing to 7 to 15 in the evening and overnight, then increasing to 22 to 27 after 3 am. Pcpn amount.........0.12 inches. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph after 3 am. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........68 83 82 86 84 86 86 85 88 90 92 95 Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC LKY Weather type.... RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN Tstm cov........ CWR.............10 20 20 20 20 10 10 20 20 30 50 70 Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............51 48 44 43 42 41 41 39 39 39 38 39 RH..............35 40 47 49 51 53 55 63 72 80 86 87 Wind chill (F)..49 45 40 39 37 36 36 34 34 32 31 31 20 FT wind dir..SW S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 20 FT wind gust.10 10 11 11 11 11 13 13 13 14 16 18 Eye lvl wnd dir.SW S S S S S S S S S S S Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 Eye lvl wnd gst.7 7 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 12 13 Mix hgt (kft)...2.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.5 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S SW SW S S S Transp wind spd.8 10 12 13 13 14 16 16 17 17 20 23 LVORI...........2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 ADI.............28 11 7 8 8 8 10 15 15 22 23 27 Vrate kt-ft/1K..20 8 7 8 8 9 11 13 13 17 19 31 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .MONDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Rain through the day. Patchy fog in the morning. CWR.................80 percent increasing to 90 percent early in the morning, then decreasing to 50 percent late in the morning decreasing to 40 percent late in the morning decreasing to 20 percent decreasing to 10 percent early in the afternoon increasing to 50 percent increasing to 70 percent late in the afternoon increasing to 80 percent increasing to 90 percent late in the afternoon. Chance of thunder...3 percent. Max temperature.....Around 56. Min humidity........82 percent. Wind chill..........29. Eye level winds.....South winds 7 to 10 mph with gusts to around 17 mph. Wind shift.......... Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 23 to 32 mph decreasing to 17 to 20 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (18100 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (61000 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............4 early in the morning. ADI.................30 increasing to 43 early in the morning. Pcpn amount.........0.16 inches. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 23 mph. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........95 93 90 89 92 94 90 84 78 81 88 92 Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF CHC CHC SCH SCH CHC LKY DEF DEF Weather type....RN RN RN RN RN RNF RN RN RN RN RN Tstm cov........ CWR.............80 90 90 50 40 20 20 10 50 70 80 90 Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............38 38 40 41 43 45 47 50 53 54 54 54 RH..............90 93 92 93 96 93 93 86 83 84 84 85 Wind chill (F)..30 29 32 33 35 38 41 45 53 54 54 54 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S SW S S 20 FT wind spd..10 11 13 13 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 9 20 FT wind gust.18 20 23 23 23 23 21 20 20 18 18 18 Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S SW S S Eye lvl wnd spd.8 8 10 10 10 10 9 8 8 8 8 7 Eye lvl wnd gst.14 15 17 17 17 17 16 15 15 14 14 13 Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.2 Transp wind dir.S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.26 24 28 31 31 32 29 25 23 20 20 17 LVORI...........4 4 M M M M M M M M M M ADI.............30 43 M M M M M M M M M M Vrate kt-ft/1K..40 31 41 50 53 61 50 43 37 25 23 18 Ventrate Cat....PR PR FR FR FR GD FR FR PR PR PR PR $$ Forecaster...TWD Requested by...TJ SMITH Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2610117.0/CAR .DELDT 04/12/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL timothy.r.smith.jr@maine.gov