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FNUS73 KPAH 170819
FWSPAH
SPOT FORECAST FOR GLENDALE CAMPGROUND...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
219 AM CST WED DEC 17 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CST ON DECEMBER 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
SMOKE DISPERSION REMAINS POOR TODAY DUE TO LOW MIXING HEIGHTS AND
LIGHT WINDS. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT THAT WILL BRING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. WETTING RAINS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE
REGION WITH WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 TO 40 MPH. DEEPER MIXING BECOMES
MORE PROBABLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT
WITH DRY CONDITIONS TO END THE WEEK.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........40 AT IGNITION...MAX 56.
RH..................67 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING,
THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE MORNING
BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 1900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
AROUND 9 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /3800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR
/15500 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MC PC PC MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............40 42 47 51 53 55 56 55 55 52
RH..............67 67 58 54 54 53 51 55 57 63
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 12 12 10 12 12 12 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.9 1.9 1.7 0.6 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW W W SW SW S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 12 9 7 8 9 10 8 9
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 6 11 10 8 13 16 15 4 4
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS AFTER 3 AM. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48.
RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 28 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4200 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......MC MC MC MC MC CDY MC MC MC MC MC MC
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............50 50 49 49 49 49 50 50 50 51 51 51
RH..............68 68 74 77 80 86 83 83 83 77 77 80
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.12 14 15 17 18 20 22 23 25 26 28 28
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 12 14 14 16 16 17 16 16 17 17 18
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 5 6 7 8 8 9 9 10 11 10 12
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................68 PERCENT INCREASING TO 88 PERCENT IN THE LATE
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN DECREASING TO
45 PERCENT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 57.
RH..................MIN 76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 8
TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 36
MPH DECREASING TO 23 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 18 TO 24 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 29
TO 31 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST 16 TO 25
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (12600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (54800 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......CDY MC CDY MC CDY CDY CDY CDY MC MC MC MC
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............70 70 70 90 90 90 90 90 90 50 50 50
TEMP............51 52 52 54 55 56 56 56 55 54 51 47
RH..............89 89 93 90 90 90 93 93 90 86 86 86
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S SW SW W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..12 14 14 15 16 16 16 16 15 13 12 10
20 FT WIND GUST.29 30 32 36 35 36 36 33 30 30 23 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S SW SW SW W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 21 22 24 29 31 31 29 25 22 20 16
VRATE KT-FT/1K..13 18 25 32 47 55 55 53 47 38 27 18
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...WITTEN
REQUESTED BY...WHITNEY JITER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2527832.0/PAH
.DELDT 12/17/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL WHITNEY.JITER@USDA.GOV
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