550
FNUS73 KPAH 200438
FWSPAH
SPOT FORECAST FOR HAMBY RX...KY DEPT. OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1138 PM CDT THU MAR 19 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
SUNNY SKIES ARE EXPECTED WITH VERY GOOD MIXING AND HUMIDITY
DRAW DOWN. RH VALUES WILL DROP TO AROUND 35% THIS AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHTS WILL CLIMB TO AROUND 5100FT WITH THE 1700FT
HEIGHT BEING REACHED BETWEEN 10-11 AM.
TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SW THIS MORNING INTO EARLY
AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFT TO THE W AROUND 1 PM. TRANSPORT WIND
SPEEDS WILL BE AROUND 22-25 MPH. OVERALL, CONDITIONS FOR
SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BE FAIR THIS MORNING...BECOMING VERY
GOOD THIS AFTERNOON.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........67 AT IGNITION...MAX 81.
RH..................56 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 14
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 5100 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 22 TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /22700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...VERY
GOOD /106800 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............67 72 75 77 79 80 81 81
RH..............56 49 46 43 41 38 37 35
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..13 14 14 14 14 14 14 13
20 FT WIND GUST.26 25 24 24 23 22 22 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.9 2.8 3.8 4.7 5.1 4.7 3.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.23 24 24 25 25 24 23 22
VRATE KT-FT/1K..23 40 59 83 102 107 94 63
VENTRATE CAT....PR FR FR GD VGD VGD GD GD
FRIDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 58.
RH..................MAX 84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3800 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR PC MCR PC PC PC PC PC PC MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............79 75 73 69 68 67 65 65 63 63 61 60
RH..............39 46 49 59 61 65 70 70 75 72 78 81
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W
20 FT WIND SPD..10 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 3
20 FT WIND GUST.18 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 10 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W SW SW SW SW SW W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 15 15 15 16 16 17 15 14 13 12 10
VRATE KT-FT/1K..21 8 6 7 7 8 8 7 6 5 5 4
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 82.
RH..................MIN 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2700 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......PC MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............60 59 60 64 70 74 77 79 81 82 82 80
RH..............81 83 84 75 63 57 50 47 42 40 40 42
20 FT WIND DIR..W W SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.8 7 7 7 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.2 1.8 2.4 2.9 3.5 3.7 3.6 2.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W SW SW W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 7 7 8 8 7 7 8 9 10 9
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 3 3 4 9 13 14 18 24 30 32 21
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...SNYDER
REQUESTED BY...STEVE HAMMOND
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2606553.0/PAH
.DELDT 03/20/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL STEPHENDHAMMOND@KY.GOV
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