806
FNUS73 KPAH 261649
FWSPAH
SPOT FORECAST FOR HQ RX...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1049 AM CST THU FEB 26 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CST ON FEBRUARY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ARE FORECAST THE REST OF THE DAY WITH RH VALUES
AROUND 50-55% THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE LIGHT
FROM THE NE AROUND 5 MPH, BUT WILL LIKELY BECOME VARIABLE AT TIMES.
WINDS AT 20FT WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE AS WELL. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL
RISE TO AROUND 3500FT BY MID-AFTERNOON. THE LIMITED MIXING AND LIGHT
WINDS WILL RESULT IN POOR SMOKE DISPERSION CONDITIONS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 57.
RH..................53 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS EAST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3500 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH BECOMING AROUND 5 MPH LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /11500 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR
/14000 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CST) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............55 56 57 57 57 56
RH..............53 51 53 53 53 53
20 FT WIND DIR..E E NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.8 6 6 6 6 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.3 2.7 3.1 3.5 2.5 1.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E NE NE NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 5 5 5 5 5
VRATE KT-FT/1K..12 11 13 14 10 6
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37.
RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 3 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5 TO 7
MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1200 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR CLR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............54 50 48 45 44 42 40 40 39 38 38 38
RH..............61 68 74 79 82 86 89 92 92 96 96 92
20 FT WIND DIR..NE E E SE SE SE S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE E E SE SE S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 3 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 68.
RH..................MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 16
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (68700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............37 39 43 51 54 58 63 65 66 68 66 66
RH..............92 89 86 71 61 51 39 34 33 31 32 32
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.6 7 9 10 13 14 15 15 16 16 15 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.9 3.2 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.9 3.5 1.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW W W W W SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 9 12 14 14 15 15 16 16 15 12
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 3 4 7 23 38 57 60 67 69 46 17
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD FR PR
FORECASTER...SNYDER
REQUESTED BY...DAVID_JONES@FWS.GOV
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2604126.0/PAH
.DELDT 02/26/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL DAVID_JONES@FWS.GOV
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