078
FNUS73 KPAH 121439
FWSPAH
SPOT FORECAST FOR DEVILS WELL RX...U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
939 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 CDT ON MARCH 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
NORTHWESTERLY TO WESTERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP MORE OF A SOUTHWESTERLY
COMPONENT AS THE DAY WEARS ON. SLOWLY INCREASING MIXING HEIGHTS
AND 10 TO 12 KT WINDS SHOULD LEAD TO FAIR SMOKE DISPERSION CONDITIONS
BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........42 AT IGNITION...MAX 68.
RH..................60 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 7 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH
BECOMING 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 4300 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 14 TO 23 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 12 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /16400 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR
/58600 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......PC PC MCR MCR MCR 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............42 42 43 45 50 55 59 63 66 67 67 66
RH..............60 62 60 63 52 45 40 34 29 27 27 28
20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W W W W W W W W W NW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 5 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.17 16 15 16 16 15 14 13 13 12 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.1 1.2 1.7 2.0 2.6 3.0 3.4 4.0 4.3 4.2 3.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 14 16 22 23 21 20 18 17 15 14 12
VRATE KT-FT/1K..16 13 16 33 40 46 51 55 59 58 50 32
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR PR
FRIDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 39.
RH..................MAX 70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 9 TO
10 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1100 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......PC MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC PC PC MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............65 62 58 54 50 48 46 45 43 42 41 40
RH..............30 35 40 47 52 54 58 60 62 65 67 67
20 FT WIND DIR..NW N N N N NE NE E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.7 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW N N NE NE E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 8 7 6 6 7 8 9 9 10 10 10
VRATE KT-FT/1K..14 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...GIBBS
REQUESTED BY...LUKE MULLEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2605506.0/PAH
.DELDT 03/13/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL LUKE_MULLEN@NPS.GOV,JCHARVEY@BLM.GOV
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