207
FNUS73 KLMK 141102
FWSLMK
SPOT FORECAST FOR ABBEY RX FIRE...KDFWR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
702 AM EDT THU MAY 14 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EDT ON MAY 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
IT WILL BE DRY AND A BIT UNSEASONABLY COOL WITH HIGHS
INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S WITH NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 15-20
MPH AROUND LATE MORNING INTO MIDDAY. MIN RH VALUES WILL BE IN THE LOW
TO MID 30S. WE HAVE MIXING HEIGHTS LATER TODAY AROUND 6000-6500FT WITH
GOOD SMOKE DISPERSAL LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........46 AT IGNITION...MAX 69.
RH..................68 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 2 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 8 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 14 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 6300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 12 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /6400 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
/84800 KNOT-FT/.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................11 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 111 IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........6 4 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............46 47 50 54 58 60 62 64 65 66 67
RH..............68 68 61 52 45 41 41 35 35 34 33
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..2 4 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.7 11 13 14 14 13 11 11 10 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 1.1 2.0 3.2 4.2 4.9 5.3 5.6 6.1 6.3 5.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 13 15 17 20 20 18 16 14 13 10
LVORI...........3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............11 17 39 67 98 110 111 102 93 88 69
SDSPL KT-FT/10006 12 26 48 72 83 85 78 73 70 53
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42.
RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 3 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 3 TO
6 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MARGINAL (29800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (100 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................43 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 2 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........2 2 1 2 6 6 4 1 1 5 1 10
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............67 64 64 60 56 52 50 49 47 47 45 43
RH..............34 40 41 47 55 66 71 74 74 74 79 82
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NE NE E E SE SE SE S SE
20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 5 4 4 2 4 4
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.3 2.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N NE NE E SE SE SE S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 6
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5
ADI.............43 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
SDSPL KT-FT/100030 13 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77.
RH..................MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (50700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 70 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........24 28 14 34 37 66 57 58 73 42 48 36
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............45 47 48 55 61 67 69 70 72 73 74 76
RH..............76 74 77 61 51 42 39 38 37 35 35 33
20 FT WIND DIR..S SE SE S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.2 0.4 1.1 2.0 2.8 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.8 3.9 3.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 7 7 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 15 14
LVORI...........4 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 7 7 10 21 33 40 52 58 68 70 61
SDSPL KT-FT/10001 1 2 7 14 22 29 37 42 49 51 44
FORECASTER...BTN
REQUESTED BY...BRYAN COBBAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/14/26
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