142
FNUS73 KLMK 101458
FWSLMK
SPOT FORECAST FOR UNIT 20...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1058 AM EDT TUE MAR 10 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON MARCH 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
CONDITIONS TODAY WILL BE WARM AND DRY, WITH SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS
OF 5-10 MPH PERSISTING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM FORMING OVER THE PLAINS TODAY MOVES NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE
GREAT LAKES REGION BY TONIGHT. AN INITIAL ROUND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS
FORECAST FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT PASSING
THROUGH THE REGION. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND SHIFT TO THE
WEST/NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE BECOMING CALM DURING THE DAY
ON THURSDAY. CONDITIONS OVERALL ON THURSDAY WILL BE DRY, COOL,
AND CALM.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........64 AT IGNITION...MAX 74.
RH..................100 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 7
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2900 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /19100 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR
/46200 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (EDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........80 76 73 54 49 49 51
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............64 66 68 70 72 73 73
RH..............100 93 87 84 76 73 76
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.11 11 11 13 13 13 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.6 2.8 2.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 16 17 18 18 18 18
SDSPL KT-FT/100019 24 30 36 41 46 46
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 65.
RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 21 MPH
OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE EVENING. GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 TO 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (42500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (16400 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........47 40 47 49 66 75 76 85 88 86 88 90
WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO SCT SCT SCT SCT NUM
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ ISO ISO ISO SCT SCT SCT SCT
TEMP............74 72 71 70 70 69 69 69 69 69 69 68
RH..............74 79 79 81 84 87 87 87 87 87 87 90
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.12 11 11 12 12 13 14 14 14 15 15 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.4 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 15 14 15 17 20 20 20 20 21 22 23
SDSPL KT-FT/100034 24 16 18 24 31 31 30 30 34 38 43
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74.
RH..................MIN 73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 24 TO 30 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 33
TO 38 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (40700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (128400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (107300
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........86 90 84 81 82 82 81 79 78 81 85 88
WEATHER COV.....DEF NUM DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCT SCT CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
TEMP............67 67 67 66 67 69 71 72 73 73 72 69
RH..............93 90 90 93 90 87 81 79 73 73 73 76
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 16 17 17 18 20 20 20 20 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.0 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.7 3.3 3.8 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.1 3.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.24 24 25 25 25 26 30 35 38 38 36 33
SDSPL KT-FT/100043 41 43 50 61 75 99 128 150 146 127 107
FORECASTER...BEN
REQUESTED BY...CASEY MEFFORD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2605309.0/LMK
.DELDT 03/10/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL CASEY_MEFFORD@FWS.GOV
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