533  
FNUS73 KPAH 201710  
FWSPAH  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR FIELD BURN...OWNER  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
1110 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON FEBRUARY 21.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
AFTERNOON HUMIDITY ON SATURDAY WILL FALL TO AROUND 40%. GENERALLY  
LIGHT NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN MAINLY POOR DISPERSAL. INCREASING  
AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND GOOD TO VERY GOOD DISPERSAL CAN BE  
EXPECTED SUNDAY WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITY DROPPING TO NEAR 30%.  
   
SATURDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........37 AT IGNITION...MAX 46.  
RH..................56 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS NORTH AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE  
NORTH WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3100 FT  
AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 9 TO 15 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /20800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR  
/36000 KNOT-FT/.  
 
TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY COVER.......MC MC MC MC MC MC PC PC PC  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............37 39 40 42 44 45 46 45 44  
RH..............56 52 50 46 43 41 40 41 45  
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 14 14 15 15 14 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.7 3.0 3.1 2.6 1.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N  
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 15 15 15 14 13 12 9  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..21 23 26 30 34 36 34 25 16  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
SATURDAY NIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 24.  
RH..................MAX 65 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 9 TO 16 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (10900 KNOT-FT).  
 
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY COVER.......PC PC MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............42 40 38 36 34 33 31 30 28 27 26 24  
RH..............48 50 52 54 56 53 56 55 58 60 63 65  
20 FT WIND DIR..N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.13 13 14 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 12 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..11 13 19 24 23 21 18 16 15 14 12 11  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
SUNDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 42.  
RH..................MIN 30 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH  
EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 TO 23 MPH INCREASING TO 26 TO 32  
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON, THEN  
DECREASING TO AROUND 21 MPH LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (14000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (102600 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO GOOD (72100 KNOT-FT)  
EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO VERY GOOD  
(144400 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY COVER.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............24 26 29 32 35 37 39 41 42 42 41 39  
RH..............65 60 53 47 41 37 34 31 30 30 31 34  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 10 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.16 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 25 24 22  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.5 2.1 2.8 3.5 4.1 4.7 5.1 5.2 5.1 4.7 4.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 18 23 26 28 29 29 30 32 31 26 21  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..14 24 42 64 84 103 117 134 144 139 108 72  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR FR GD GD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD GD  
 
 
FORECASTER...TREVINO  
REQUESTED BY...JPZ  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2603338.0/PAH  
.DELDT 02/20/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JOEZINOZ@GMAIL.COM  
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