731
FNUS73 KPAH 211132
FWSPAH
SPOT FORECAST FOR SHARP ROCK...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
632 AM CDT SAT MAR 21 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
RH VALUES WILL TICK SLIGHTLY HIGHER TODAY, BUT WILL STILL FALL
TO AROUND 31% THIS AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL REACH AROUND
3600FT, WITH THE 1700FT LEVEL BEING REACHED BETWEEN 12 AND 1 PM.
TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGH THE DAY.
THE LIGHT TRANSPORT WINDS AND MORE LIMITED MIXING WILL KEEP SMOKE
DISPERSION CONDITIONS GENERALLY POOR TODAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........66 AT IGNITION...MAX 84.
RH..................65 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /2400 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR
/24900 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............66 71 75 78 81 84 84 84
RH..............65 55 48 43 38 33 32 31
20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 3 5 5 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.7 6 6 6 7 8 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 1.2 1.6 2.3 2.7 3.3 3.6 3.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE S S SW W SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 3 3 5 6 8 8
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 4 5 7 11 16 25 22
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 62.
RH..................MAX 84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 16
TO 17 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3600 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR CLR CLR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............83 77 74 72 71 70 69 68 66 65 64 64
RH..............34 43 50 53 57 59 61 65 70 73 75 78
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.8 9 10 13 15 16 17 18 17 17 17 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 10 12 15 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 16
VRATE KT-FT/1K..5 4 4 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 85.
RH..................MIN 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
AROUND 13 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (71700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY COVER.......CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............63 64 70 77 83 85
RH..............81 75 66 54 43 40
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 12 13 13 10
20 FT WIND GUST.18 20 25 25 24 23
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 1.3 2.0 2.7 3.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 18 25 25 28 22
VRATE KT-FT/1K..7 10 29 44 65 65
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR FAIR GOOD GOOD
FORECASTER...SNYDER
REQUESTED BY...BRICKNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2606964.0/PAH
.DELDT 03/21/26
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.EMAIL MATTHEW.BRICKNER@USDA.GOV
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