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FNUS73 KLMK 231807
FWSLMK
SPOT FORECAST FOR ROSE BARRENS UNIT 2B 5 6...KDF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
207 PM EDT MON MAR 23 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON MARCH 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
TUESDAY WILL FEATURE DRY WEATHER AND LIGHT WINDS
FROM THE EAST AS HIGH PRESSURE DEPARTS TO THE NORTHEAST. THE
AFTERNOON WILL FEATURE DRY AIR (LOW RH VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT).
WINDS EVENTUALLY VEER FROM THE S/SW ON WEDNESDAY AND INCREASE
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WE'LL SEE SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
ADVECTION INTO THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY, SO AFTERNOON RH VALUES
LIKELY WON'T BE QUITE AS LOW AS TUESDAY.
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........36 AT IGNITION...MAX 61.
RH..................66 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2900 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 8 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /14100 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR
/23100 KNOT-FT/.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................19 TO 31.
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........46 38 21 16 12 9 8 16 44
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............36 41 45 48 53 57 59 60 61
RH..............66 54 48 40 32 27 25 23 22
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 15 13 14 13 9 9 8 8
LVORI...........3 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2
ADI.............21 29 28 30 31 24 23 20 19
SDSPL KT-FT/100014 19 19 23 23 19 22 20 20
TUESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42.
RH..................MAX 62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 8 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 7 TO
8 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2500 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 TO 15.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........31 59 34 33 45 56 52 49 45 51 58 64
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............60 58 56 50 48 47 46 44 44 43 43 43
RH..............24 25 33 41 40 44 43 45 47 45 45 51
20 FT WIND DIR..E E NE NE E E E E E E SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.2 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E NE E E E E SE SE SE SE S
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 8 9 10 12 12 12 10 9 8 7
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............15 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3
SDSPL KT-FT/100016 8 3 3 3 5 5 4 4 3 3 3
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69.
RH..................MIN 42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN
THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 17
TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (74100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................3 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 102 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........60 55 51 51 52 52 52 51 51 54 56 59
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............43 43 44 48 53 57 61 63 66 68 69 69
RH..............53 55 62 58 52 51 46 46 45 43 44 45
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 6 6 8 9 10 11 11 11 11 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.4 2.0 2.7 3.4 3.9 4.5 4.8 4.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 10 13 16 18 20 18 18 18 18 17
LVORI...........3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 8 11 14 29 48 66 76 87 97 102 92
SDSPL KT-FT/10003 3 4 10 20 32 45 56 63 71 74 68
FORECASTER...EBW
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