980
FNUS73 KPAH 171551
FWSPAH
SPOT FORECAST FOR HAMBY...KENTUCKY FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1051 AM CDT TUE MAR 17 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
WINDS TURN BACK AROUND TO SOUTHWESTERLY ON WEDNESDAY AS A WARMING
TREND COMMENCES. SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BE GOOD ON WEDNESDAY THANKS
TO A HEALTHY TRANSPORT WIND AND MIXING TO NEAR 4000 FEET. WINDS
WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST ON THURSDAY, BUT WILL BE LIGHTER,
SO DISPERSION WILL ONLY BE FAIR. MINIMUM RH'S WILL FALL INTO THE
35 TO 45% RANGE EACH OF THE NEXT 3 AFTERNOONS. ASIDE FROM A SMALL
CHANCE OF A LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW SHOWER LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING, IT WILL BE DRY THROUGH SATURDAY.
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........42 AT IGNITION...MAX 58.
RH..................55 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS SOUTH AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 21 MPH
IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3900 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 TO 26 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /44500 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
/82000 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MC MC MC PC PC MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............42 45 49 52 54 57 58 57
RH..............55 51 46 43 41 38 39 42
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.20 21 21 21 21 20 18 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.0 2.5 2.9 3.2 3.6 3.9 3.8 2.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.25 26 26 26 25 24 22 18
VRATE KT-FT/1K..45 57 67 73 81 82 72 45
VENTRATE CAT....FR FR GD GD GD GD GD FR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42.
RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1400 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC PC MC MC MC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............56 54 52 50 48 47 46 46 45 45 44 43
RH..............45 48 52 56 60 63 65 65 68 70 73 76
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.13 10 9 10 10 10 12 12 12 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 12 12 12 13 13 12 12 12 10 10 10
VRATE KT-FT/1K..19 5 1 2 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 3
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70.
RH..................MIN 42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN
BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (52900 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......PC PC PC PC PC PC 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............42 43 46 50 55 59 62 65 67 69 70 69
RH..............79 79 73 68 59 53 52 48 47 44 42 44
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 2
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 12 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.4 2.0 2.6 3.4 4.0 4.1 3.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 12 10 10 10 12 13 14 15 15 13
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 4 5 6 9 13 20 28 41 52 53 33
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR PR
FORECASTER...POULOS
REQUESTED BY...STEVE HAMMOND
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2606066.0/PAH
.DELDT 03/17/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL KEITH.COOLEY@NOAA.GOV,STEPHEND.HAMMOND@KY.GOV
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