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FNUS73 KPAH 091434
FWSPAH
SPOT FORECAST FOR RED SHALE G...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
934 AM CDT THU APR 9 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
MINIMUM HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE AROUND 35% WITH SOUTHWEST
WINDS GUSTING UP TO NEAR 25 MPH. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL REACH 1700 FEET BEFORE
IGNITION TIME, WITH AFTERNOON HEIGHTS CLIMBING ABOVE 5000 FEET. DISPERSION
WILL BE FAIR TO GOOD.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........70 AT IGNITION...MAX 78.
RH..................44 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 12 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 8
MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 5900 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 TO 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /52000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
/93700 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR CLR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............70 72 75 76 77 77 77
RH..............44 41 37 36 35 35 33
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 8 8 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.25 23 22 21 18 17 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.6 3.2 4.4 5.1 5.6 5.9 5.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.23 22 21 20 18 18 18
VRATE KT-FT/1K..52 61 79 87 90 94 90
VENTRATE CAT....FR GD GD GD GD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 56.
RH..................MAX 69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4900 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............76 73 68 66 64 64 62 62 61 60 58 58
RH..............36 41 49 50 54 54 56 58 60 60 67 64
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 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.15 13 13 13 13 14 15 15 15 15 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 14 13 15 16 15 17 18 18 17 16 17
VRATE KT-FT/1K..35 6 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 7 7 7
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80.
RH..................MIN 42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY
IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 TO 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 9
TO 15 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (84600 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR PC PC PC PC PC PC MC MC MC MC
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............58 57 59 64 69 72 75 77 78 79 79 78
RH..............67 69 67 58 53 49 45 43 43 42 44 47
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 16 17 18 20 20 20 18 16 14 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.7 1.4 2.0 2.7 3.7 4.7 5.3 5.3 4.9 3.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 18 20 23 25 24 23 21 17 15 12 9
VRATE KT-FT/1K..7 8 11 28 45 56 73 85 81 67 49 29
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD FR PR
FORECASTER...TREVINO
REQUESTED BY...BEN SCHMALL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2609803.0/PAH
.DELDT 04/09/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL DAVID_JONES@FWS.GOV,BENJAMIN_SCHMALL@FWS.GOV
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