605
FNUS73 KLMK 010943
FWSLMK
SPOT FORECAST FOR HENDERSON TRACT...KDF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
543 AM EDT WED APR 1 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EDT ON APRIL 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
SOUTH WINDS CONTINUE TO LIFT HIGH TEMPERATURES INTO THE
LOW 80S. THIS IS ALSO BRINGING MORE MOISTURE INTO THE REGION, CAUSING
RH VALUES TO ONLY DROP INTO THE LOW 50S TODAY. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL
INCREASE TO NEAR 4,500 FEET UNDER PARTLY SUNNY SKIES.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........66 AT IGNITION...MAX 82.
RH..................79 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 23 MPH
IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON THEN 20
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6500 KNOT-FT) AT IGNITION.
MAX...GOOD (84700 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................8 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 64 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........68 60 53 54 56 57 58 60 61 64 66 69
WEATHER COV.....CHC SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
TEMP............66 66 66 68 71 74 77 78 79 80 80 80
RH..............79 81 81 78 73 69 62 58 56 52 52 52
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..4 5 5 6 8 9 9 9 8 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.6 10 11 14 16 15 15 14 13 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.6 2.3 3.1 3.8 4.3 4.5 4.2 3.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 13 15 17 20 21 21 21 22 22 21
LVORI...........4 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............8 14 14 20 30 41 50 56 59 64 62 55
SDSPL KT-FT/10007 6 8 14 24 39 55 69 78 85 80 66
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 65.
RH..................MAX 84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING THEN 21 MPH EARLY IN THE
MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (39900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................6 TO 39.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........62 55 48 46 44 42 39 37 34 36 38 40
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC CHC
TEMP............78 75 73 72 70 69 68 67 66 66 65 65
RH..............56 62 66 66 71 73 76 75 81 81 84 84
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.15 13 10 10 10 11 9 9 11 11 12 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.7 1.5 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 14 12 12 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 17
LVORI...........1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
ADI.............39 15 8 8 8 8 6 7 7 7 12 12
SDSPL KT-FT/100040 18 6 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 12 13
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 84.
RH..................MIN 44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 33 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 17 TO 26 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 31
TO 38 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (11300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (89300 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (205000
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................12 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 131 IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........39 37 36 35 35 34 39 43 48 50 53 55
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............65 65 65 68 71 74 77 79 81 82 83 83
RH..............84 84 84 81 73 69 60 54 51 47 46 44
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 10 10 11 12 14 14 13 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.13 14 16 18 20 22 21 22 23 22 22 22
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.8 1.0 1.6 2.4 3.3 4.2 5.0 5.7 6.4 6.7 6.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 18 22 26 31 33 35 35 37 38 37
LVORI...........4 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............12 13 21 37 56 78 94 106 112 124 131 125
SDSPL KT-FT/100012 11 16 30 55 89 122 151 171 204 222 205
FORECASTER...KDW
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT SHEPHERD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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