982
FNUS73 KLMK 102339
FWSLMK
SPOT FORECAST FOR RICEVILLE RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
739 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1805 EDT ON APRIL 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
CLOUDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING BOUNDARY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED STORM IS POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING JUST BEFORE SUNSET. TOTAL RAINFALL LOOKS TO BE AROUND A COUPLE
HUNDRETHS OF AN INCH. ONCE THE SUNSETS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO FALL OFF AS
THE BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO PUSH FURTHER SOUTH ALONG THE KY/TN BORDER.
LOOKS MOSTLY DRY TOMORROW BUT A FEW ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS COULD FORM FOR
PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN KY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHTS ARE
LOWER THAN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS (3000-4000 FT) WITH LOWER TRANSPORT
WINDS. MINRH VALUES WILL ALSO BE HIGHER AROUND 50 THANKS TO CLOUD COVER
AND HIGHER DEWPOINT.
SUNDAY WILL BRING A RETURN TO DRIER WEATHER, WARMER TEMPERATURES, HIGHER
MIXING HEIGHTS AND STRONGER TRANSPORT WINDS. HIGHS WILL APPROACH THE MID
80S WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURE.........MISSING.
RH..................51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MAX 86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 4 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 4000 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /20800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MIN...GOOD
/56000 KNOT-FT/.
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................60.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM
SKY (%).........55
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR
TSTM COV........CHANCE
TEMP............75
RH..............48
20 FT WIND......W 4
20 FT WIND GUST.9
MIX HGT (FT)....4000
TRANSPORT WIND..W 16
LVORI...........1
ADI.............60
SDSPL KT-FT/100056
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING,
THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE
EVENING.
TEMPERATURE.........75 AT IGNITION...MIN 51.
RH..................51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MAX 86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 4 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY
IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHEAST 10 TO 13 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /20800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MIN...POOR
/700 KNOT-FT/.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................60 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 5 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........55 67 70 62 66 50 45 56 55 54 48 57
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC CHC
TEMP............75 73 71 66 64 62 61 59 58 57 55 53
RH..............48 51 57 70 75 78 78 80 77 77 77 80
20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NW N N N N NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.9 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.0 1.9 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.W NW NW N N N N NE NE NE NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 13 10 10 10 12 12 13 13 13 12 10
LVORI...........1 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
ADI.............60 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5
SDSPL KT-FT/100056 21 4 1 3 8 9 11 12 11 9 8
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 73.
RH..................MIN 55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6400 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................5 TO 18.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........50 49 53 35 34 49 56 53 50 47 51 50
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............53 52 51 53 56 59 62 64 67 69 71 71
RH..............80 83 86 83 80 75 70 67 61 59 55 57
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.3 2.7 3.0 3.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE E E E E E E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 9 9 8 8 7 6 6 5 5 5 5
LVORI...........4 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2
ADI.............5 9 10 9 11 12 12 15 14 16 17 18
SDSPL KT-FT/10007 6 7 7 8 8 8 10 9 11 12 12
FORECASTER...WFO LMK
REQUESTED BY...SHAWN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2609886.1/LMK
.DELDT 04/10/26
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