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FNUS73 KPAH 191012
FWSPAH
SPOT FORECAST FOR BACON CREEK RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
512 AM CDT THU MAR 19 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
AREAS OF HIGH CLOUDS THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO MOSTLY SUNNY
SKIES. RH VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 35-40% THIS AFTERNOON. MIXING
HEIGHTS WILL RISE TO AROUND 5500FT THIS AFTERNOON, WITH THE 1700FT
HEIGHT BEING REACHED BETWEEN 11 AM AND 12 PM.
WINDS AT 20FT WILL BE LIGHT FROM THE S TO SW, BUT WILL LIKELY BECOME
VARIABLE AT TIMES. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE FROM LIGHT FROM THE SW
AROUND 5-10 MPH. OVERALL CONDITIONS FOR SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BE POOR
DUE TO LIGHT 20FT AND TRANSPORT WINDS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 71.
RH..................59 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /5600 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR
/38700 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......PC PC MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............55 59 63 67 69 70 71 70
RH..............59 53 48 43 39 39 38 38
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S S SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 12 12 10 10 9 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 1.1 2.0 2.6 4.4 5.3 5.5 4.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 7 8 9 8 8 8 7
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 7 14 21 31 37 39 24
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52.
RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1500 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......MCR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC PC MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............69 66 62 60 58 57 56 55 55 54 54 54
RH..............40 48 56 60 64 69 72 74 74 77 80 80
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 13 13 14
VRATE KT-FT/1K..12 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 78.
RH..................MIN 47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 23 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 18
TO 22 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (89300 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY COVER.......PCLDY MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............54 55 64 71 76 78
RH..............83 83 67 57 50 47
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 5 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.9 12 13 14 15 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 1.4 2.8 4.2 4.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 17 23 23 23 21
VRATE KT-FT/1K..5 6 29 57 83 82
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR FAIR GOOD GOOD
FORECASTER...SNYDER
REQUESTED BY...DOUG PHELPS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2606470.0/PAH
.DELDT 03/19/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL DOUGLAS.PHELPS@USDA.GOV
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