821
FNUS73 KPAH 191221
FWSPAH
SPOT FORECAST FOR SUNKLANDS WEST...MDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
721 AM CDT THU MAR 19 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CDT ON MARCH 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
AREAS OF HIGH CLOUDS THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO MOSTLY SUNNY
SKIES. RH VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 30-35% THIS AFTERNOON. MIXING
HEIGHTS WILL RISE TO AROUND 4900FT THIS AFTERNOON, WITH THE 1700FT
HEIGHT BEING REACHED BETWEEN 12 AM AND 1 PM.
WINDS AT 20FT WILL BE LIGHT FROM THE WEST THIS MORNING THEN SHIFT TO
THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER, THEY WILL LIKELY BECOME VARIABLE AT
TIMES. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE FROM THE WEST THIS MORNING AROUND 5-10
MPH THEN SHIFT TO THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 7-15 MPH.
OVERALL CONDITIONS FOR SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BE FAIR TO POOR DUE TO
LIGHT 20FT AND TRANSPORT WINDS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........47 AT IGNITION...MAX 78.
RH..................71 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS WEST AT 2 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 8 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 4900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5 TO 14
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN INCREASING TO AROUND
15 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /2100 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR
/58500 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MC MC PC PC PC MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............47 51 59 64 68 73 76 77 78 76
RH..............71 68 53 48 44 35 32 31 30 33
20 FT WIND DIR..NW W W SW SE SE S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 2 1 1 3 6 6 8 7
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 9 9 9 10 10 12 12 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.5 1.0 1.6 3.0 3.8 4.5 4.9 4.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W S S S SW S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 7 6 5 5 7 10 14 14 15
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 2 2 4 6 18 34 54 59 53
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50.
RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS AROUND 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 9
MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2100 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC MCR PC PC PC MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............75 72 66 63 60 59 58 56 55 54 52 51
RH..............33 43 50 56 62 64 69 74 77 80 86 86
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S SW SW SW W W
20 FT WIND SPD..7 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 8 8 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S SW SW SW W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 9 10 12 12 12 13 10 10 9 9 9
VRATE KT-FT/1K..12 3 3 4 4 4 5 3 3 2 2 2
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 84.
RH..................MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 9 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (83500 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............51 50 52 58 65 71 76 80 83 84 84 82
RH..............86 89 83 72 60 51 42 36 33 31 31 33
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 8 9 10 12 12 13 14 14 14 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.9 1.5 2.4 3.4 4.5 5.4 5.6 4.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 12 12 13 13 12 12 13 15 16 17 15
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 2 3 5 10 15 24 37 57 78 84 53
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD FR
FORECASTER...SNYDER
REQUESTED BY...KEELEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2606516.0/PAH
.DELDT 03/19/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL MIKE.KEELEY@MDC.MO.GOV
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