798
FNUS73 KLMK 252348
FWSLMK
SPOT FORECAST FOR UNIT 14 16 17 PERRYVILLE...OFFICE OF KENTUCKY NATURE PRESERVES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
748 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON AUGUST 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
LOWER HUMIDITY CONTINUES WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON RH
VALUES WEDNESDAY REACHING THE LOW TO MID 40S. MIXING HEIGHTS ARE
POOR TO START BUT WILL REACH NEAR 5,000 FEET BY THE AFTERNOON.
WINDS WILL BE LIGHT FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH SMOKE DISPERSION
REMAINING MARGINAL. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND STORMS RETURN
OVERNIGHT ON WEDNESDAY AND INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WHICH WILL
BRING ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TEMPORARILY. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WITH
HIGHER RH VALUES WILL EXIST THURSDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE SCATTERED
STORMS RETURN BY THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........75 AT IGNITION...MAX 85.
RH..................58 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 2 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 5300 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 7 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /5700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...MARGINAL
/31700 KNOT-FT/.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................8 TO 45.
TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........30 38 38 30
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
TEMP............75 81 84 85
RH..............58 47 43 41
20 FT WIND......S 2 W 2 W 3 W 3
20 FT WIND GUST. 4 6 6
MIX HGT (FT)....1400 3200 4800 5300
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 5 W 5 W 6 W 7
LVORI...........3 2 1 1
ADI.............8 19 34 45
SDSPL KT-FT/10006 13 24 32
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 69.
RH..................MAX 84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 6 TO
7 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (200 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................2 TO 25.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........30 49 22 51 69 63
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
TEMP............83 78 74 71 70 69
RH..............44 54 59 66 68 73
20 FT WIND......W 2 SW 1 S 1 S 1 S 1 S 1
20 FT WIND GUST.5 2 2 2 2
MIX HGT (FT)....3400 400 200 500 400 400
TRANSPORT WIND..W 6 SW 5 S 6 S 6 S 7 SW 7
LVORI...........2 2 3 3 3 3
ADI.............25 2 3 3 3 3
SDSPL KT-FT/100017 2 1 2 3 3
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON, THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 88.
RH..................MIN 57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (44700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 TO 40.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........63 54 51 52 51 56
WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV........ CHANCE CHANCE
TEMP............69 69 77 84 87 86
RH..............78 81 74 61 57 59
20 FT WIND......S 1 S 1 SW 2 SW 3 SW 4 W 4
20 FT WIND GUST.2 2 4 5 7 7
MIX HGT (FT)....300 400 1400 3000 4600 5600
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 7 SW 6 W 6 W 8 SW 9 W 9
LVORI...........4 4 3 2 1 1
ADI.............3 6 10 26 37 40
SDSPL KT-FT/10002 2 7 21 37 45
FORECASTER...BKF
REQUESTED BY...QUINN TOWERY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 08/25/26
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