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FNUS73 KLMK 211133
FWSLMK
SPOT FORECAST FOR HILLSIDE RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
633 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EST ON FEBRUARY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
COOL TEMPERATURES AND PARTLY SUNNY SKYCOVER EXPECTED
TODAY. MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS, THOUGH THERE IS A 20% CHANCE FOR ISOLATED,
LIGHT RAIN OR RAIN-SNOW MIX LATER THIS AFTERNOON, AFTER 3PM. THOSE
PRECIPITATION CHANCES END BY 7PM, WITH DRY WEATHER EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.
LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. COLDER TEMPERATURES FOR TOMORROW,
WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES LIKELY REMAINING AT OR BELOW FREEZING.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN
SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH RAIN-SNOW
MIX POSSIBLE.
TEMPERATURE.........34 AT IGNITION...MAX 45.
RH..................72 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 2 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /5300 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...MARGINAL
/31500 KNOT-FT/.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................8 TO 31.
TIME (EST) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM
SKY (%).........62 45 54 72 82 81
WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSN
TSTM COV........
TEMP............34 37 41 43 43 41
RH..............72 64 53 49 49 57
20 FT WIND......N 2 N 2 NW 3 NW 4 NW 4 NW 4
20 FT WIND GUST.4 5 6 6 7 7
MIX HGT (FT)....800 1400 2100 2500 2600 2200
TRANSPORT WIND..N 8 N 8 N 9 NW 12 N 14 N 13
LVORI...........3 2 2 2 1 2
ADI.............8 15 23 25 31 26
SDSPL KT-FT/10005 10 17 25 32 24
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT). SCATTERED
SPRINKLES EARLY IN THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 25.
RH..................MAX 75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE
IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6300 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................5 TO 8.
TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........75 45 29 21 8 9
WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
TEMP............39 36 34 32 29 28
RH..............59 69 69 72 75 68
20 FT WIND......NW 3 NW 3 NW 3 NW 4 NW 4 NW 5
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 7 8 9 10
MIX HGT (FT)....1800 1100 700 700 1100 1600
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 12 NW 10 NW 12 NW 13 NW 13 NW 14
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 4 3
ADI.............8 5 5 6 6 6
SDSPL KT-FT/100018 10 7 8 12 19
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 34.
RH..................MIN 45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20 TO 28 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (38200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (120400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................49 TO 85.
TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........41 51 61 73 77 74
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
TEMP............26 25 27 29 32 32
RH..............71 62 60 51 45 47
20 FT WIND......NW 6 NW 8 NW 8 NW 10 NW 11 NW 11
20 FT WIND GUST.11 14 16 17 18 18
MIX HGT (FT)....2200 3000 3800 4500 4900 4900
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 20 NW 23 NW 25 NW 28 NW 28 NW 26
LVORI...........3 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............56 55 68 80 84 80
SDSPL KT-FT/100038 60 83 107 118 113
FORECASTER...CJP
REQUESTED BY...RYAN OTTO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 02/21/26
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