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SPOT FORECAST FOR RAYMOND ATHEY...OFFICE OF KENTUCKY NATURE PRESERVES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
417 PM EDT WED APR 8 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON APRIL 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL HELP TEMPERATURES CLIMB
INTO THE UPPER 70S. SUNNY SKIES AND BREEZY WINDS WILL HELP DRY
AIR DROP RH VALUES INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S AS MIXING HEIGHTS CLIMB
TO NEAR 5,700 FEET.
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........59 AT IGNITION...MAX 77.
RH..................34 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH
LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 5600 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (22600 KNOT-FT) AT IGNITION.
MAX...GOOD (50300 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................33 TO 65.
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........7 3 3 4 4 3 3 2
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............59 63 66 68 71 72 73 74
RH..............34 30 29 31 30 31 30 29
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 9 8 7 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 12 11 9 8 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.8 2.5 3.3 4.0 4.9 5.6 5.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SW SW SW S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 21 18 15 12 10 10 10
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............33 48 53 50 55 59 65 65
SDSPL KT-FT/100023 33 41 43 40 44 50 50
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 49.
RH..................MAX 61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MARGINAL (36800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (0 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................50 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 4 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............72 70 68 65 62 59 57 55 53 52 51 49
RH..............31 35 40 40 44 49 51 55 57 56 54 52
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST. 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 10 10 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.1 2.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 9 9 9 10 12 13 13 14 15 15 16
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2
ADI.............50 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 11
SDSPL KT-FT/100037 17 3 0 1 3 3 4 4 5 5 5
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 78.
RH..................MIN 36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 13 TO 16
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (78400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................11 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 99 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........6 10 14 13 12 11 15 20 24 25 27 28
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............49 50 51 55 60 66 70 73 75 77 78 78
RH..............48 42 61 57 53 48 46 43 41 39 36 36
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 4
20 FT WIND GUST.10 11 8 9 9 10 11 11 11 11 10 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.1 1.7 2.7 3.8 4.8 5.9 6.5 6.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW SW W W SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 16 16 17 18 20 18 17 16 15 14 13
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............11 17 16 18 26 44 62 79 90 98 99 98
SDSPL KT-FT/10004 4 6 10 17 30 43 57 67 76 78 70
FORECASTER...KDW
REQUESTED BY...ZACH BEYER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2609628.0/LMK
.DELDT 04/08/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL ZACHARY.BEYER@KY.GOV
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