589
FNUS73 KPAH 241924
FWSPAH
SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG RIVERS WMA - FLATWOODS...KDFWR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
224 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
WINDS SHIFT TO SOUTHWESTERLY TOMORROW AND BEGIN TO PICK UP AS
WARM, MOIST AIR MOVES INTO THE QUAD STATE REGION. DECENT TRANSPORT
WINDS ALONG WITH GOOD MIXING IN THE MIDDAY TO AFTERNOON HOURS WILL
RESULT IN MUCH IMPROVED SMOKE DISPERSION COMPARED TO TODAY. RHS
WILL BE HIGHER THAN TODAY, ONLY DROPPING TO AROUND 35%. WINDS
AND RHS CONTINUE TO INCREASE FOR A VERY TOASTY (BY MARCH
STANDARDS) THURSDAY.
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........61 AT IGNITION...MAX 74.
RH..................50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS SOUTH AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 4600 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 21 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /26800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
/79400 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............61 64 68 70 73 74 74 74
RH..............50 46 42 38 34 34 37 37
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.12 14 15 15 16 16 15 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 2.3 3.2 4.1 3.9 4.6 4.4 4.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 20 20 21 21 20 21 20
VRATE KT-FT/1K..27 39 54 73 70 79 79 72
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 61.
RH..................MAX 72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 21 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5500 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............74 69 67 66 63 64 64 63 63 63 63 62
RH..............40 51 54 56 62 63 63 67 67 70 70 72
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 13 14 14 15 15 16 17 18 20 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S SW SW S SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 14 12 16 17 17 18 21 21 21 21 21
VRATE KT-FT/1K..18 7 6 9 10 12 14 15 15 15 14 12
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 85.
RH..................MIN 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 28 MPH INCREASING TO 28 TO 33
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (10500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (103300 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO GOOD (88900 KNOT-FT)
EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO VERY GOOD
(123300 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............62 63 65 69 72 76 79 81 83 84 85 84
RH..............72 72 70 66 61 56 50 47 44 43 40 40
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.21 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 24 24 24 23
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.7 1.2 1.8 2.4 2.8 3.2 3.5 4.0 4.3 4.3 3.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 21 24 28 31 31 29 28 30 32 33 30
VRATE KT-FT/1K..11 13 25 44 64 75 80 84 103 121 123 89
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD VGD VGD VGD GD
FORECASTER...LESAGE
REQUESTED BY...LUCAS POWELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2607630.0/PAH
.DELDT 03/24/26
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