220
FNUS73 KPAH 111018
FWSPAH
SPOT FORECAST FOR ENERGY FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
518 AM CDT SAT APR 11 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 CDT ON APRIL 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AND
AFTERNOON, BUT ANY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE ONLY A FEW HUNDRETHS
AT MOST. WINDS WILL BE VERY LIGHT FROM THE EAST, BUT WILL LIKELY
BE VARIABLE AT TIMES. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
ON SUNDAY, WITH BREEZY WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AND RH VALUES FALLING
TO AROUND 30%.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........60 AT FORECAST START...MAX 80.
RH..................87 PERCENT AT FORECAST START...MIN 47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS NORTHEAST AT 2 MPH AT FORECAST
START...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /6100 KNOT-FT/ AT FORECAST START.
MAX...POOR /14600 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MC MC MC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC
WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO ISO
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ ISO ISO ISO
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............60 61 63 68 71 73 75 78 79 79 79
RH..............87 87 84 73 66 62 58 50 49 49 47
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE E E E E E E N E S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 8 6 8 8 8 15 13 15 13 3
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 60.
RH..................MAX 78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1300 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......PC MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR MCR MCR PC PC
WEATHER COV.....ISO
WEATHER TYPE....RW
TSTM COV........ISO
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............78 76 73 69 67 66 64 63 63 63 62 61
RH..............48 52 57 66 70 73 78 78 78 75 75 78
20 FT WIND DIR..NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.5 3 3 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 8
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 84.
RH..................MIN 32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (82700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (112800
KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
EXCELLENT (198900 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR PC MCR MCR PC MCR MCR PC PC PC PC PC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............60 61 64 69 74 77 80 82 83 84 84 83
RH..............78 72 67 55 46 42 36 34 34 32 32 32
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.8 9 12 16 18 18 21 22 22 22 22 22
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 4 8 22 44 83 125 162 191 199 177 113
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR GD VGD EXL EXL EXL EXL VGD
FORECASTER...SNYDER
REQUESTED BY...DOUGLAS HUTNICK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2610026.1/PAH
.DELDT 04/11/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL DOUGLAS.HUTNICK@USDA.GOV
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