395
FNUS73 KPAH 260243
FWSPAH
SPOT FORECAST FOR DRY BRANCH...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
943 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 2200 CDT ON MARCH 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
SOUTH WIND SHOULD LARGELY PERSIST OVERNIGHT WITH RH RECOVERY TO
AROUND 60 TO 65 PERCENT. STRONGER SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW
AFTER SUNRISE WITH DEEP MIXING AND RH FALLING TO 40 TO 45 PERCENT.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........70 AT FORECAST START...MIN 63.
RH..................57 PERCENT AT FORECAST START...MAX 78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS SOUTH AT 7 MPH AT FORECAST
START...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /5200 KNOT-FT/ AT FORECAST START.
MIN...POOR /5200 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......PC PC MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............70 69 67 67 67 66 66 65
RH..............57 61 65 68 70 73 73 78
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.18 20 20 21 20 21 22 22
VRATE KT-FT/1K..5 6 6 8 8 7 7 6
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 84.
RH..................MIN 44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 29 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (104400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (111400
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............64 65 65 68 72 76 79 81 82 84 84 84
RH..............78 75 78 76 68 60 56 51 49 46 46 44
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 9 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.22 22 22 23 24 25 25 26 28 28 29 29
VRATE KT-FT/1K..7 8 9 27 38 45 53 63 80 91 104 111
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD VGD VGD
FORECASTER...GIBBS
REQUESTED BY...BRANDON SPRADLING
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2607962.0/PAH
.DELDT 03/25/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL BRANDON.SPRADLING@USDA.GOV
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