710
FNUS73 KPAH 300721
FWSPAH
SPOT FORECAST FOR CHASITY FIRE...UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE LBL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
221 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 CDT ON MARCH 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER DANGER WILL PERSIST TODAY, AND ESPECIALLY
TUESDAY DUE TO THE VERY DRY CONDITIONS. MOISTURE RECOVERY WILL BE
SLOW TO OCCUR, AND EVEN LOCATIONS WITH RH VALUES ABOVE 30% WILL
HAVE A HIGHER RISK THAN NORMAL. BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH WILL YIELD GOOD SMOKE DISPERSION THROUGH
TUESDAY. WETTING RAIN CHANCES RETURN WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AS
MULTIPLE DISTURBANCES IMPACT THE REGION. BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAINFALL, LOCALLY HIGHER IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........60 AT FORECAST START...MAX 76.
RH..................69 PERCENT AT FORECAST START...MIN 48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS SOUTH AT 13 MPH AT FORECAST
START...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /14300 KNOT-FT/ AT FORECAST START.
MAX...VERY GOOD /111400 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY COVER.......MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............60 62 66 70 74 76
RH..............69 70 65 61 53 50
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW S
20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 12 13 13 12
20 FT WIND GUST.17 20 22 26 25 25
VRATE KT-FT/1K..14 28 51 77 98 111
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR FAIR GOOD GOOD VYGD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 66.
RH..................MAX 81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (60100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (8200 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY COVER.......PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............76 74 71 70 68 68
RH..............48 53 59 61 70 73
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..10 8 8 9 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.22 17 16 17 17 18
VRATE KT-FT/1K..60 8 11 10 11 11
VENTRATE CAT....GOOD POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80.
RH..................MIN 47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 28
MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (13000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (111500 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO GOOD (79800 KNOT-FT)
EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO VERY GOOD
(121900 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY COVER.......MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............67 68 71 76 79 80
RH..............75 78 73 58 50 47
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..10 12 12 13 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.18 20 23 28 28 28
VRATE KT-FT/1K..13 27 47 83 112 116
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR FAIR GOOD VYGD VYGD
FORECASTER...WITTEN
REQUESTED BY...INCIDENT COMMANDER TRAINEE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 03/30/26
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