654  
FNUS73 KLMK 091244  
FWSLMK  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR PERRYVILLE BATTLEFIELD RX FIRE...OFFICE OF KENTUCKY NATURE PRESERVES  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY  
844 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON SEPTEMBER 09.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
DRY WEATHER CONTINUES WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING A BIT  
BELOW NORMAL TODAY. OTHER THAN A FEW UPPER CLOUDS AT TIMES, LOOK FOR  
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND MAX TEMPERATURES REACHING THE LOW 80S. THINGS  
LOOK FAVORABLE FROM A MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MIXING HEIGHT  
PERSPECTIVE, HOWEVER OVERALL DISPERSION SUFFERS TODAY DUE TO LIGHT  
BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS. WEDNESDAY COULD BE SLIGHTLY MORE FAVRORABLE  
WITH MARGINAL DISPERSION, BUT WINDS WILL ONLY BE ABOUT 1 TO 3 MPH  
STRONGER THAN TODAY.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).  
TEMPERATURE.........73 AT IGNITION...MAX 82.  
RH..................46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 2 MPH AT  
IGNITION...THEN 2 TO 5 MPH OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......2200 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 6600 FT  
AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 6 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /8900 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR  
/26500 KNOT-FT/.  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................13 TO 34.  
 
TIME (EDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM  
SKY (%).........2 25 18 10  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............73 77 80 81  
RH..............46 39 36 34  
20 FT WIND......SE 2 SE 2 S 2 S 3  
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 6 5  
MIX HGT (FT)....2200 5800 6600 6200  
TRANSPORT WIND..S 5 SW 5 SW 5 S 3  
LVORI...........2 2 1 2  
ADI.............13 30 33 24  
SDSPL KT-FT/10009 23 27 19  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).  
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 53.  
RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 3 TO  
7 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1400 KNOT-FT).  
LVORI...............4.  
ADI.................2 TO 30.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........6 11 12 10 9 9 5 5 9 9 12 14  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............79 77 73 67 63 60 60 59 57 56 55 54  
RH..............36 40 44 56 65 72 69 75 80 80 83 86  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.9 1.8 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SE E SE SE SE SE SE S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 5 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 3  
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 6  
ADI.............30 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2  
SDSPL KT-FT/100024 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1  
   
WEDNESDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).  
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 85.  
RH..................MIN 33 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......6600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND  
5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE  
NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO MARGINAL (31400 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............4.  
ADI.................2 TO 41.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........16 13 11 8 13 21 34 26 18 16 15 13  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............54 53 55 61 71 77 79 81 83 84 85 84  
RH..............83 89 86 75 57 47 44 41 37 36 33 34  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SW SW W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3  
20 FT WIND GUST. 4 4 4 5 5 5 5  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 1.1 3.2 4.9 5.6 6.3 6.5 6.6 6.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW W NW NW NW NW NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6  
LVORI...........5 6 6 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............2 4 4 4 7 18 26 36 40 33 41 39  
SDSPL KT-FT/10002 1 1 2 4 13 20 28 31 26 31 31  
 

 
FORECASTER...BJS  
REQUESTED BY...JASON NALLY  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2521617.0/LMK  
.DELDT 09/09/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JASON.NALLY@KY.GOV  
 
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