689
FNUS73 KPAH 251337
FWSPAH
SPOT FORECAST FOR AREA 2 (1-6) RX...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
837 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON MARCH 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
MINIMUM RH VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE AROUND 40% WITH MIXING HEIGHTS
REACHING 1700 FEET LATE MORNING. SOUTHWEST TRANSPORT WINDS INCREASING
TO AROUND 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN FAIR TO GOOD DISPERSION. ON
THURSDAY, RH VALUES WILL INCREASE A LITTLE WITH MINIMUMS AROUND
45%. SOUTHWEST TRANSPORT WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL
PRODUCE GOOD TO VERY GOOD DISPERSION.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........52 AT IGNITION...MAX 75.
RH..................66 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS NORTHWEST AT 2 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 21
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /5200 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
/70400 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR PC PC PC PC PC MCR PC MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............52 57 63 67 70 72 73 75 75
RH..............66 55 46 40 39 39 41 41 43
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.8 10 13 15 17 17 18 17 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 1.0 1.5 2.4 3.4 3.9 3.9 3.9 2.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW S S SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 13 15 17 18 20 21 18
VRATE KT-FT/1K..5 8 17 31 51 62 66 70 44
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD FR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 63.
RH..................MAX 81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6900 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......PC MCR PC MCR MCR MCR MCR PC MCR CLR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............74 72 70 67 67 67 66 67 67 65 65 65
RH..............44 51 53 61 61 61 65 65 65 73 73 73
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.16 15 15 16 17 18 20 20 20 21 21 22
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 14 16 17 18 20 20 20 21 20 22
VRATE KT-FT/1K..9 7 7 9 10 11 13 13 13 14 13 15
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 86.
RH..................MIN 45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 28 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 TO 23 MPH INCREASING TO 28 TO 33
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (12200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (107300 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR 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............64 63 65 69 73 77 80 83 85 86 86 84
RH..............78 81 78 70 64 58 52 48 46 45 45 46
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.22 21 22 23 23 24 24 25 26 28 28 26
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.8 1.0 1.6 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.8 3.2 3.6 3.7 3.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 18 23 28 30 29 29 29 30 32 33 31
VRATE KT-FT/1K..13 12 21 39 55 57 62 70 86 103 107 81
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD VGD VGD GD
FORECASTER...TREVINO
REQUESTED BY...DAVID_JONES@FWS.GOV
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2607812.0/PAH
.DELDT 03/25/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL DAVID_JONES@FWS.GOV
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