060
FNUS73 KPAH 071228
FWSPAH
SPOT FORECAST FOR BSB UNIT 6 GRASSLAND...MDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
728 AM CDT THU AUG 7 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON AUGUST 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
PRIMARILY DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MIXING
HEIGHTS WILL BE 5000 FEET OR HIGHER EACH OF THE NEXT 3 DAYS BY THE
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER, LIGHT SOUTHERLY TRANSPORT WINDS WILL KEEP
DISPERSION POOR TODAY. WINDS BEGIN TO INCREASE ON FRIDAY ACROSS
ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI AND THEN AREA WIDE ON SATURDAY, WHICH
ALLOWS DISPERSION TO IMPROVE. RAIN CHANCES RETURN TO THE REGION
NEXT WEEK, PARTICULARLY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........83 AT IGNITION...MAX 93.
RH..................67 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS SOUTH AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN
THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 6000 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /19900 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR
/36700 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR PC MCR MCR PC MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............83 86 88 90 90 91 93 91
RH..............67 61 57 54 54 52 47 50
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.9 8 8 8 8 8 8 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.5 3.6 4.7 5.6 5.9 6.0 6.0 4.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 8 6 6 6 7 7 9
VRATE KT-FT/1K..20 25 24 28 30 36 36 37
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 72.
RH..................MAX 90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3100 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC PC MCR PC PC PC PC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............90 87 84 81 79 77 77 75 75 74 73 73
RH..............52 57 65 72 74 79 79 82 82 84 87 84
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 9 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 9 10
VRATE KT-FT/1K..22 4 3 3 4 5 4 5 5 4 3 4
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 94.
RH..................MIN 46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN
THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (71900 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY COVER.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............72 74 84 90 93 94
RH..............87 87 67 54 49 46
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 8 9 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.8 10 13 13 13 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.8 2.6 4.2 5.1 4.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 15 16 16 15 16
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 10 36 57 68 68
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR FAIR GOOD GOOD
FORECASTER...HICKFORD
REQUESTED BY...KYLE LORENZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2519480.0/PAH
.DELDT 08/07/25
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.EMAIL KYLE.LORENZ@MDC.MO.GOV
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