938
FNUS73 KPAH 290720
FWSPAH
SPOT FORECAST FOR CROP FIELD BURNS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
220 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MARCH 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
A WARMING TREND BEGINS TODAY WITH HIGHER MIXING HEIGHTS THROUGH
MONDAY. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE, BUT RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES THIS AFTERNOON ARE STILL EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN TO 30 TO 35%
BEFORE TRENDING HIGHER ON MONDAY. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL
YIELD GOOD SMOKE DISPERSION THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE WETTING RAIN
CHANCES RETURN WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AS MULTIPLE DISTURBANCES
IMPACT THE REGION. BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED
BY FRIDAY MORNING.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........64 AT IGNITION...MAX 71.
RH..................37 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS SOUTH AT 14 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 5000 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 22 TO 24 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /74400 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
/99200 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR PC PC PC PC MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............64 67 69 70 71 70
RH..............37 36 35 35 35 38
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 12 12 10 9
20 FT WIND GUST.23 24 22 22 22 22
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.5 4.6 4.8 5.0 5.0 4.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.24 24 23 23 23 22
VRATE KT-FT/1K..74 96 96 99 99 89
VENTRATE CAT....GD GD GD GD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 57.
RH..................MAX 83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (55300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (5500 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MC PC PC MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............69 68 65 64 64 62 62 61 61 61 59 59
RH..............40 44 50 54 56 60 62 65 67 70 75 75
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.20 16 14 15 15 16 16 16 17 17 17 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.9 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.22 16 15 16 16 20 20 18 21 21 20 20
VRATE KT-FT/1K..55 9 6 8 9 13 13 11 14 14 13 14
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 78.
RH..................MIN 50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 TO 24 MPH INCREASING TO 23 TO 28
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (12200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (98200 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO GOOD (69600 KNOT-FT)
EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO VERY GOOD
(116100 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR PC PC PC PC PC PC 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............59 57 60 63 67 70 73 75 77 78 78 77
RH..............78 83 78 72 68 63 59 58 54 52 50 52
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 8 12 12 12 12 12 12 10
20 FT WIND GUST.17 17 18 20 23 25 25 25 24 24 24 23
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.8 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.6 3.3 4.1 4.6 4.8 4.5 3.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 18 23 24 28 26 26 28 28 28 26 23
VRATE KT-FT/1K..14 12 25 35 50 59 78 98 112 116 104 70
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD VGD VGD VGD GD
FORECASTER...WITTEN
REQUESTED BY...CODY CONLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2608303.0/PAH
.DELDT 03/29/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL CODY.CONLEY@USDA.GOV,CODY.CONLEY@USDA.GOV
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