065
FNUS73 KPAH 072016
FWSPAH
SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG RIVERS WMA...KDFWR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
316 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
IT WILL TAKE UNTIL CLOSER TO 11 AM CDT FOR MIXING HEIGHTS TO RISE
ABOVE THE CRITICAL 1700 FT AGL THRESHOLD. OTHERWISE WITH HIGH PRESSURE
MOVING EAST, YOU WILL HAVE SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS ON THE RETURN
FLOW AROUND THE HIGH, PROVIDING WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS. RH WILL
DROP TO AROUND 30 PERCENT FOR MID AFTERNOON MINIMUMS.
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........57 AT IGNITION...MAX 74.
RH..................42 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH
5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 5200 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /12300 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
/69400 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR PC PC PC PC MC MC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............57 63 67 71 72 73 74 74
RH..............42 36 34 32 33 31 32 32
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 5 5 5 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10 12 12 13 13 13 13 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 2.0 3.0 3.7 4.5 4.9 5.2 5.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 13 14 14 14 15 15 16
VRATE KT-FT/1K..12 22 36 44 54 63 68 69
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 53.
RH..................MAX 64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH
IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5800 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......PC PC PC PC MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............73 70 68 65 62 61 60 60 59 57 56 54
RH..............34 39 42 46 52 53 55 55 55 59 59 61
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.12 9 9 10 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 13 13 15 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
VRATE KT-FT/1K..9 7 6 6 8 9 9 9 10 11 11 10
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77.
RH..................MIN 32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 TO 24 MPH DECREASING TO 12 TO 14
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (85900 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............53 54 57 61 66 69 72 74 75 76 77 76
RH..............64 61 57 51 45 42 39 38 37 34 32 33
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S SW SW SW S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 16 16 16 16 15 15 14 13 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.7 1.1 1.6 2.3 3.0 3.7 4.4 5.3 6.0 5.9 4.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 20 22 24 24 23 21 18 16 14 12
VRATE KT-FT/1K..9 11 18 32 49 63 74 79 86 84 71 44
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD FR
FORECASTER...WFO PADUCAH
REQUESTED BY...JOHN ZIMMER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2609410.0/PAH
.DELDT 04/07/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL JOHN.ZIMMER@KY.GOV
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