946  
FNUS73 KLMK 131934  
FWSLMK  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY LEARN AND BURN...KDFWR  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY  
334 PM EDT FRI MAR 13 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0000 EDT ON MARCH 14.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
..WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
 
 
   
DISCUSSION
 
THE GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONG LOW  
PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER MICHIGAN WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE THIS EVENING  
AS THE LOW DEPARTS TO THE EAST TOWARDS ONTARIO. CONDITIONS ON  
SATURDAY WILL BE CALM, WITH MUCH LOWER MIXING HEIGHTS IN  
COMPARISON TO TODAY. ANOTHER STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL  
DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE MOVING TOWARDS THE  
MIDWEST/OHIO VALLEY ON SUNDAY. HIGHER MIXING HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED  
DUE TO WIDESPREAD SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS OF 30-40 MPH FORECAST, WITH  
A FEW ISOLATED AREAS OF HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. CHANCES FOR RAIN  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON  
BEFORE A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT.  
   
REST OF TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).  
TEMPERATURE.........46 AT IGNITION...MIN 36.  
RH..................63 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MAX 70 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 2 MPH AT  
IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 TO 12 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 9 MPH  
AFTER 3 AM.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /4600 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MIN...POOR  
/2800 KNOT-FT/.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................4 TO 5.  
 
TIME (EDT) MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........4 4 4 9 10 25  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............46 45 43 42 41 40  
RH..............63 63 62 62 65 64  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW N N N NE  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 4 4 4  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW N N N N N  
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 12 10 9 8  
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 3 3  
ADI.............5 5 5 5 4 4  
SDSPL KT-FT/10005 5 5 4 3 3  
   
SATURDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).  
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 63.  
RH..................MIN 39 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH IN  
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING  
AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 15  
TO 16 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO FAIR (47800 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................4 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 67 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........34 19 32 30 27 19 30 22 11 12 10 13  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............38 38 37 39 43 47 51 54 57 60 62 63  
RH..............70 67 70 67 60 51 46 45 40 39 39 41  
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE E E E E E E SE SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4  
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.9 2.4 2.8 3.2 3.5 3.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE E E E E E E SE SE S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 9 10 12 13 14 14 13 13 14 15 16  
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............4 10 11 12 18 26 34 38 44 55 64 67  
SDSPL KT-FT/10003 3 5 8 12 18 23 26 31 39 46 48  
   
SATURDAY NIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT).  
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 53.  
RH..................MAX 72 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE  
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5  
TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 12 TO 21 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MARGINAL (33300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (3100 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................48 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 5 LATE IN  
THE NIGHT.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........11 8 5 3 3 4 14 23 33 41 50 58  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............63 61 57 55 54 53 53 53 53 54 54 55  
RH..............44 50 57 61 64 66 69 69 71 71 71 72  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 10 11 11 11  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.6 1.4 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SE E SE SE SE S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 13 12 13 14 16 17 18 20 20 21 21  
LVORI...........1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3  
ADI.............48 6 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 18 19 19  
SDSPL KT-FT/100033 16 5 3 5 8 8 8 9 10 13 16  
   
SUNDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).  
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 71.  
RH..................MIN 57 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 22  
MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 25 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 21 TO 28 MPH INCREASING TO 43 TO 48 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (15400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (77900 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (208800  
KNOT-FT).  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................19 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 153 IN  
THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........64 71 77 78 79 80 82 84 86 86 86 86  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............55 56 56 58 61 63 65 67 69 70 71 71  
RH..............72 72 72 72 70 70 68 65 63 61 59 59  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 7 9 11 12 14 15 15 15 15 15  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 14 16 18 20 20 21 22 23 25 25  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 0.9 1.2 1.9 2.8 3.6 4.3 4.8 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 21 23 28 32 38 43 45 47 48 47 45  
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............19 21 35 65 74 100 122 136 147 153 150 142  
SDSPL KT-FT/100015 16 24 45 78 120 160 189 213 228 225 209  
 

 
FORECASTER...BEN  
REQUESTED BY...TAKYAN SISOUMANKHARA  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2605685.0/LMK  
.DELDT 03/13/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL T.SISOUMANKHARA@KY.GOV  
 
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