840  
FNUS73 KLMK 201001  
FWSLMK  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR INDIAN BEAN RX...LANDOWNER  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY  
501 AM EST TUE JAN 20 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EST ON JANUARY 20.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
TODAY WILL BE COLD WITH LIGHT WINDS FROM THE  
SOUTHWEST. SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST ACROSS KENTUCKY AND  
TENNESSEE TODAY. SKIES WILL RANGE FROM PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY,  
WITH A GOOD PORTION OF THE DAY LOOKING MOSTLY SUNNY. THE AFTERNOON  
LOOKS DRY, WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES DIPPING BELOW 30 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S THIS AFTERNOON.  
A LIGHT MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY, WHILE  
THURSDAY LOOKS QUIET AND DRY. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND COLDER ONCE  
AGAIN FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM COULD  
BRING HEAVY SNOW TO CENTRAL KENTUCKY OVER THE WEEKEND.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).  
TEMPERATURE.........6 AT IGNITION...MAX 27.  
RH..................66 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE  
SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3700 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 14 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /6200 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR  
/44000 KNOT-FT/.  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................8 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 49 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........2 2 3 3 3 6 7 18 21 11  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............6 9 12 16 19 21 24 25 26 27  
RH..............66 57 50 42 37 34 30 29 32 32  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 8 9  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.6 2.4 2.9 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.2 2.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 10 13 14 14 14 14 13 12 10  
LVORI...........3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2  
ADI.............8 22 35 43 47 48 49 45 38 29  
SDSPL KT-FT/10006 15 26 35 40 42 44 40 32 22  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).  
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 19.  
RH..................MAX 53 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH  
EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2700 KNOT-FT).  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................4 TO 18.  
 
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........18 15 7 2 3 3 4 20 14 12 6 41  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............25 23 21 21 20 21 20 21 21 22 23 24  
RH..............36 41 45 45 47 47 49 49 49 49 52 50  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 6 6 6 8 8 9 10 11 11 12 13  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 10 12 13 13 14 14 15 16 17 20  
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2  
ADI.............4 4 5 5 6 8 9 9 10 11 12 18  
SDSPL KT-FT/100011 5 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 8 10 12  
   
WEDNESDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SNOW IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SNOW EARLY IN  
THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 40.  
RH..................MIN 49 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 18 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 22 TO 31 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (15000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (59400 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................24 TO 63.  
 
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........55 76 85 90 90 92 91 89 88 88 87 83  
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE.... SN SN SN SN SN SN SN RS RS RN RN  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............25 27 29 31 33 36 37 37 38 39 40 39  
RH..............50 53 53 58 63 59 67 79 82 82 79 85  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 10 10 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.14 15 16 17 17 18 18 18 17 16 15 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.1 1.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.22 24 26 30 31 31 31 30 29 28 25 23  
LVORI...........2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4  
ADI.............24 30 38 49 57 60 63 62 60 57 50 41  
SDSPL KT-FT/100015 20 28 40 49 55 59 59 59 55 47 35  
 

 
FORECASTER...EBW  
REQUESTED BY...JOSEPH MANN  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2600565.0/LMK  
.DELDT 01/20/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JCONRAD.MANN@GMAIL.COM  
 
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