FNUS51 KCAR 200042 FWFCAR Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Northern and Eastern Maine National Weather Service Caribou ME 842 PM EDT Tue May 19 2026 .DISCUSSION... Relative humidity areawide recovers tonight into the 95-100 percent range with some patchy fog possible. Winds generally light and variable overnight. A few isolated rain showers possible with a few lightning strikes possible in the North Woods. Very little if any QPF is expected overnight into Wednesday. Wednesday a cold front will approach from the NW but prior to its arrival late afternoon expecting another warm day. Temperatures well into the 80s for most locations except 70s in the North Woods, Moosehead Region and the Downeast shoreline. Strong mixing tomorrow with winds gusting 25-35mph from the west. Afternoon relative humidities will fall into the 33-38 percent range areawide. Much colder Wednesday night into Thursday with temperatures down into the 30s and possible frost across the north. Cool and breezy on Thursday with RHs down into the 25-30 percent range. MEZ101-200830- Quebec-Maine Borderlands- 842 PM EDT Tue May 19 2026 Tonight Wed Wed Night Thu Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy Mclear Precip type Tstms Showers None None Chance precip (%) 30 40 0 0 Chance of Thunder (%) 15(LTD) 11 0 0 Temp (24h trend) 55 (+4) 76 (+4) 32 53 RH % (24h trend) 100 (+11) 37 (-24) 67 27 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) W 10 G25 NW 8 G18 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var W 14 G27 NW 10 G24 NW 9 G20 Precip amount 0.03 0.02 0.00 0.00 Precip duration 2 3 Precip begin 6 PM Continuing Precip end Continuing 2 PM Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 5710 7870 Transport wnd (kts) W 28 NW 19 Vent rate (kt-ft) 168610 154960 Dispersion Excellent Excellent CWR 10 10 0 0 KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200 Remarks...None. $$ MEZ102-200830- North Woods and St. John Valley- 842 PM EDT Tue May 19 2026 Tonight Wed Wed Night Thu Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy Mclear Precip type Tstms Showers None None Chance precip (%) 30 20 0 0 Chance of Thunder (%) 14 10 0(None) 0 Temp (24h trend) 54 (+5) 80 (+6) 32 55 RH % (24h trend) 100 (+17) 34 (-22) 65 27 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) SW 9 G25 NW 9 G21 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var W 15 G29 NW 10 G25 NW 9 G21 Precip amount 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 Precip duration 2 1 Precip begin 6 PM Continuing Precip end Continuing 2 PM Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 6040 7910 Transport wnd (kts) W 29 NW 20 Vent rate (kt-ft) 189690 166690 Dispersion Excellent Excellent CWR 10 10 0 0 KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200 Remarks...None. $$ MEZ103-200830- Eastern Aroostook- 842 PM EDT Tue May 19 2026 Tonight Wed Wed Night Thu Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy Mclear Precip type Tstms Showers None None Chance precip (%) 40 20 0 0 Chance of Thunder (%) 19(LTD) 9 0(None) 0 Temp (24h trend) 55 (+6) 83 (+7) 35 56 RH % (24h trend) 100 (+29) 32 (-18) 59 27 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) SW 8 G23 NW 11 G26 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var W 15 G29 NW 12 G27 NW 11 G25 Precip amount 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 Precip duration 2 1 Precip begin 6 PM Continuing Precip end Continuing 1 PM Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 6490 7800 Transport wnd (kts) W 28 NW 19 Vent rate (kt-ft) 193430 158180 Dispersion Excellent Excellent CWR 30 0 0 KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200 Remarks...None. $$ MEZ105-200830- Central Highlands- 842 PM EDT Tue May 19 2026 Tonight Wed Wed Night Thu Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy Mclear Precip type Tstms Showers None None Chance precip (%) 30 10 0 0 Chance of Thunder (%) 25(ELEV) 6 0(None) 0 Temp (24h trend) 59 (+12) 83 (+1) 35 57 RH % (24h trend) 94 (+10) 33 (-15) 62 29 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) W 8 G25 NW 11 G25 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var W 15 G29 NW 12 G29 NW 11 G23 Precip amount 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 Precip duration 1 0 Precip begin 6 PM 11 AM Precip end 3 AM 12 PM Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 6050 7280 Transport wnd (kts) W 28 NW 19 Vent rate (kt-ft) 182760 185070 Dispersion Excellent Excellent CWR 20 0 0 KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200 Remarks...None. $$ MEZ106-200830- Central Maine North of Bangor- 842 PM EDT Tue May 19 2026 Tonight Wed Wed Night Thu Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Mclear Mclear Precip type Tstms None None None Chance precip (%) 40 0 0 0 Chance of Thunder (%) 33(ELEV) 6 0(None) 0 Temp (24h trend) 61 (+15) 87 (+3) 41 60 RH % (24h trend) 96 (+14) 32 (-14) 58 26 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) SW 6 G22 NW 8 G18 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var W 13 G26 NW 10 G23 NW 8 G20 Precip amount 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 Precip duration 1 Precip begin 6 PM Precip end 9 PM Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 6630 7740 Transport wnd (kts) W 25 NW 18 Vent rate (kt-ft) 186840 147360 Dispersion Excellent Excellent CWR 30 0 0 0 KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200 Remarks...None. $$ MEZ108-200830- Interior Downeast- 842 PM EDT Tue May 19 2026 Tonight Wed Wed Night Thu Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy Mclear Precip type Tstms Showers None None Chance precip (%) 50 10 0 0 Chance of Thunder (%) 27(ELEV) 7 0(None) 0 Temp (24h trend) 60 (+14) 89 (+5) 45 63 RH % (24h trend) 93 (+2) 37 (-13) 58 28 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) SW 5 G20 NW 7 G18 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var W 12 G25 NW 9 G23 NW 8 G18 Precip amount 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 Precip duration 1 0 Precip begin 6 PM 2 PM Precip end 9 PM 3 PM Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 5930 7460 Transport wnd (kts) W 23 NW 17 Vent rate (kt-ft) 150800 136310 Dispersion Excellent Excellent CWR 40 0 0 KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200 Remarks...None. $$ MEZ112-200830- Coastal Downeast- 842 PM EDT Tue May 19 2026 Tonight Wed Wed Night Thu Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy Mclear Precip type Tstms Showers None None Chance precip (%) 60 20 0 0 Chance of Thunder (%) 22(LTD) 6 2 0 Temp (24h trend) 55 (+8) 87 (+12) 47 65 RH % (24h trend) 98 (+2) 40 (-17) 62 28 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) SW 5 G19 NW 6 G18 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var W 12 G23 NW 7 G22 NW 6 G17 Precip amount 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 Precip duration 1 0 Precip begin 6 PM 2 PM Precip end 9 PM 3 PM Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 4660 7440 Transport wnd (kts) W 19 NW 15 Vent rate (kt-ft) 141620 126410 Dispersion Excellent Excellent CWR 30 0 0 KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200 Remarks...None. $$ MEZ113-200830- Bangor Region- 842 PM EDT Tue May 19 2026 Tonight Wed Wed Night Thu Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy Mclear Precip type Tstms Showers None None Chance precip (%) 30 10 0 0 Chance of Thunder (%) 26(ELEV) 5 0(None) 0 Temp (24h trend) 63 (+17) 87 (0) 43 61 RH % (24h trend) 90 (0) 31 (-15) 56 28 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) SW 7 G22 NW 10 G23 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var W 13 G25 NW 11 G24 NW 10 G21 Precip amount 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 Precip duration 1 0 Precip begin 6 PM 2 PM Precip end 8 PM 3 PM Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 6290 6980 Transport wnd (kts) W 25 NW 18 Vent rate (kt-ft) 162760 133460 Dispersion Excellent Excellent CWR 30 0 0 KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200 Remarks...None. $$ MEZ114-200830- Eastern Penobscot Bay Coast- 842 PM EDT Tue May 19 2026 Tonight Wed Wed Night Thu Cloud cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy Mclear Precip type Tstms Showers None None Chance precip (%) 40 20 0 0 Chance of Thunder (%) 23(LTD) 7 0(None) 0 Temp (24h trend) 57 (+10) 89 (+11) 45 66 RH % (24h trend) 98 (+3) 37 (-19) 60 27 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) SW 6 G21 NW 9 G21 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var W 12 G23 NW 9 G23 NW 9 G18 Precip amount 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 Precip duration 1 0 Precip begin 6 PM 1 PM Precip end 8 PM 3 PM Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 5430 6990 Transport wnd (kts) W 19 NW 16 Vent rate (kt-ft) 131880 125350 Dispersion Excellent Excellent CWR 30 10 0 0 KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200 Remarks...None. $$ .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds around 10 mph. .FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. West winds around 10 mph. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds around 10 mph. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40. Northeast winds around 5 mph. .SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the lower 40s. South winds around 5 mph. .MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph..MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the lower 40s. South winds around 5 mph. .TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. .OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS... Temperatures above normal. Precipitation below normal. $$ Sinko