FNUS51 KCAR 221751 FWFCAR Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Northern and Eastern Maine National Weather Service Caribou ME 151 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026 .DISCUSSION... Wetting rains likely from late tonight into Monday with numerous showers and a few thunderstorms. Unsettled weather continues throughout the week. MEZ101-230815- Quebec-Maine Borderlands- 151 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026 Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon Cloud cover Pcldy Mcldy Mcldy Mcldy Precip type Rain Showers Tstms Tstms Chance precip (%) 20 40 40 80 Chance of Thunder (%) 1 12 19(LTD) 24(LTD) Temp (24h trend) 54 (+13) 68 (-7) 59 73 RH % (24h trend) 100 (+2) 74 (+34) 100 65 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var E 5 Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Precip amount 0.00 0.04 0.05 0.10 Precip duration 1 2 3 9 Precip begin 11 PM Continuing Continuing Continuing Precip end Continuing Continuing Continuing Continuing Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 1670 4020 Transport wnd (kts) E 11 S 9 Vent rate (kt-ft) 22980 46520 Dispersion Marginal Fair CWR 30 10 60 KBDI <200 <200 <200 <200 Remarks...None. $$ MEZ102-230815- North Woods and St. John Valley- 151 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026 Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon Cloud cover Pcldy Mcldy Mcldy Mcldy Precip type Rain Showers Tstms Tstms Chance precip (%) 30 50 30 80 Chance of Thunder (%) 2 11 15(LTD) 24(LTD) Temp (24h trend) 54 (+11) 68 (-8) 59 74 RH % (24h trend) 100 (+2) 76 (+35) 100 65 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var E 5 Lgt/Var S 5 Precip amount 0.01 0.10 0.06 0.04 Precip duration 1 2 2 7 Precip begin 7 PM Continuing Continuing Continuing Precip end Continuing Continuing Continuing Continuing Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 1530 4280 Transport wnd (kts) E 10 S 11 Vent rate (kt-ft) 24320 61990 Dispersion Marginal Good CWR 10 40 10 20 KBDI <200 201-300 201-300 201-300 Remarks...None. $$ MEZ103-230815- Eastern Aroostook- 151 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026 Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon Cloud cover Mcldy Mcldy Mcldy Mcldy Precip type Rain Showers Tstms Tstms Chance precip (%) 40 60 40 60 Chance of Thunder (%) 4 14 16(LTD) 24(LTD) Temp (24h trend) 55 (+12) 69 (-8)61 76 RH % (24h trend) 100 (+3) 78 (+36) 100 64 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) E 6 S 5 G17 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var E 6 Lgt/Var S 8 G20 Precip amount 0.05 0.18 0.07 0.02 Precip duration 2 7 2 3 Precip begin 6 PM Continuing Continuing Continuing Precip end Continuing Continuing Continuing Continuing Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 1510 4320 Transport wnd (kts) SE 11 S 13 Vent rate (kt-ft) 22520 62420 Dispersion Marginal Good CWR 20 90 10 10 KBDI 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300 Remarks...None. $$ MEZ105-230815- Central Highlands- 151 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026 Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon Cloud cover Mcldy Mcldy Mcldy Pcldy Precip type Rain Showers Tstms Tstms Chance precip (%) 40 50 30 50 Chance of Thunder (%) 5 13 15(LTD) 24(LTD) Temp (24h trend) 56 (+7) 70 (-5) 60 76 RH % (24h trend) 100 (+10) 77 (+32) 100 62 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var E 5 Lgt/Var S 6 Precip amount 0.04 0.12 0.05 0.02 Precip duration 2 3 3 3 Precip begin 6 PM Continuing Continuing Continuing Precip end Continuing Continuing Continuing Continuing Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 1520 4880 Transport wnd (kts) SE 9 S 13 Vent rate (kt-ft) 17510 89220 Dispersion Poor Very Good CWR 20 40 10 10 KBDI 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-300 Remarks...None. $$ MEZ106-230815- Central Maine North of Bangor- 151 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026 Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon Cloud cover Mcldy Mcldy Mcldy Pcldy Precip type Rain Showers Tstms Tstms Chance precip (%) 60 60 30 30 Chance of Thunder (%) 11 15(LTD) 16(LTD) 21(LTD) Temp (24h trend) 57 (+6) 72 (-6) 62 77 RH % (24h trend) 100 (+9) 79 (+36) 100 60 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var S 6 G17 Precip amount 0.13 0.21 0.07 0.02 Precip duration 6 4 1 1 Precip begin 6 PM Continuing Continuing Continuing Precip end Continuing Continuing Continuing Continuing Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 1650 4850 Transport wnd (kts) SE 10 S 14 Vent rate (kt-ft) 20160 87380 Dispersion MarginalVery Good CWR 40 80 10 10 KBDI 301-400 301-400 301-400 301-400 Remarks...None. $$ MEZ108-230815- Interior Downeast- 151 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026 Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon Cloud cover Mcldy Mcldy Mcldy Pcldy Precip type Rain Tstms Tstms Showers Chance precip (%) 80 60 30 30 Chance of Thunder (%) 13 15(LTD) 16(LTD) 9 Temp (24h trend) 58 (-1) 71 (-4) 59 75 RH % (24h trend) 100 (+21) 86 (+31) 100 73 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var SE 5 Lgt/Var S 7 G18 Precip amount 0.25 0.29 0.10 0.01 Precip duration 10 5 1 1 Precip begin 6 PM Continuing Continuing Continuing Precip end Continuing Continuing Continuing 2 PM Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 1460 3140 Transport wnd (kts) S 10 S 14 Vent rate (kt-ft) 20150 62010 Dispersion Marginal Good CWR 90 90 20 KBDI 301-400 301-400 301-400 301-400 Remarks...None. $$ MEZ112-230815- Coastal Downeast- 151 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026 Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon Cloud cover Cloudy Mcldy Mcldy Pcldy Precip type Tstms Tstms Tstms Showers Chance precip (%) 80 70 30 30 Chance of Thunder (%) 15(LTD) 18(LTD) 18(LTD) 10 Temp (24h trend) 57 (-4) 70 (-4) 58 73 RH % (24h trend) 100 (+16) 86 (+25) 100 81 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var S 6 Precip amount 0.33 0.34 0.12 0.01 Precip duration 10 5 1 1 Precip begin 6 PM Continuing Continuing Continuing Precip end Continuing Continuing Continuing 2 PM Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 1080 1800 Transport wnd (kts) S 9 S 11 Vent rate (kt-ft) 13920 43740 Dispersion Poor Fair CWR 100 100 10 KBDI 301-400 301-400 301-400 301-400 Remarks...None. $$ MEZ113-230815- Bangor Region- 151 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026 Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon Cloud cover Mcldy Mcldy Mcldy Pcldy Precip type Rain Showers Showers Tstms Chance precip (%) 50 50 20 30 Chance of Thunder (%) 9 14 14 16(LTD) Temp (24h trend) 58 (+1) 74 (-4) 62 79 RH % (24h trend) 100 (+16) 80 (+30) 100 60 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var S 5 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) Lgt/Var SE 6 Lgt/Var S 9 G20 Precip amount 0.07 0.20 0.04 0.03 Precip duration 2 2 1 1 Precip begin 6 PM Continuing Continuing Continuing Precip end Continuing Continuing Continuing Continuing Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 1910 5230 Transport wnd (kts) SE 9 S 15 Vent rate (kt-ft) 18370 89030 Dispersion Poor Very Good CWR 30 80 10 20 KBDI 401-500 401-500 401-500 401-500 Remarks...None. $$ MEZ114-230815- Eastern Penobscot Bay Coast- 151 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026 Tonight Sun Sun Night Mon Cloud cover Mcldy Mcldy Mcldy Pcldy Precip type Rain Showers Showers Showers Chance precip (%) 60 60 30 20 Chance of Thunder (%) 8 14 14 6 Temp (24h trend) 59 (-3) 72 (-3) 62 76 RH % (24h trend) 100 (+17) 83 (+26) 100 73 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph) Lgt/Var S 5 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph) E 5 SE 5 Lgt/Var S 8 G18 Precip amount 0.09 0.20 0.06 0.02 Precip duration 5 4 1 1 Precip begin 6 PM Continuing Continuing Continuing Precip end Continuing Continuing Continuing 1 PM Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL) 1520 2880 Transport wnd (kts) SE 9 S 13 Vent rate (kt-ft) 18470 50470 Dispersion Poor Good CWR 30 80 10 10 KBDI 401-500 401-500 401-500 501-600 Remarks...None. $$ .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds around 5 mph. .TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds around 5 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds around 5 mph. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds around 5 mph. .THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Southwest winds around 5 mph. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds around 5 mph. .FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds around 10 mph. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. .SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds around 5 mph. .OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS... Temperatures above normal. Precipitation above normal. $$