532
FNUS73 KLMK 132220
FWSLMK
SPOT FORECAST FOR UNIT 16...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
620 PM EDT FRI MAR 13 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MARCH 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
..WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
DISCUSSION
SATURDAY, NORTHEAST TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
STRENGTHEN AS THEY VEER TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST. BY SUNDAY, THEY WILL
BE OUT OF THE SOUTH AND VERY STRONG, AROUND 45 MPH. MIXING HEIGHTS
WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO IMPROVING FROM OVER 3,000 FEET TOMORROW TO JUST
UNDER 6,000 FEET SUNDAY. SMOKE DISPERSION WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.
SUNDAY NIGHT, A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A LINE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS.
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........38 AT IGNITION...MAX 55.
RH..................64 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 2 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3000 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 7 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 12
TO 13 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7100 KNOT-FT) AT IGNITION.
MAX...MARGINAL (31800 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................10 TO 45.
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........52 41 45 42 38 35 43 42
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............38 41 45 47 50 53 54 55
RH..............64 57 51 45 42 38 38 38
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.6 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.8 3.0 2.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 8 9 10 12 13
LVORI...........3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
ADI.............10 14 17 23 29 36 42 45
SDSPL KT-FT/10007 10 12 16 20 25 30 32
SATURDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48.
RH..................MAX 77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH IN
THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 13 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
AROUND 17 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7900 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................6 TO 37.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........47 42 45 36 36 32 40 47 55 58 62 65
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............55 53 51 50 49 48 48 48 48 48 48 49
RH..............40 45 50 52 52 54 54 56 58 63 71 74
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 8 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.3 1.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE E E E E E SE SE SE SE S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 17 17
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
ADI.............37 9 9 6 7 7 7 11 11 11 12 12
SDSPL KT-FT/100026 19 11 9 9 10 9 10 9 8 8 8
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 71.
RH..................MIN 57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 33 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 18 TO 26 MPH INCREASING TO 43 TO 47 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (92200 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (133700
KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................12 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 152 IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........68 72 75 76 78 79 80 81 82 81 79 78
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............50 51 52 55 58 61 64 67 69 70 71 71
RH..............77 77 77 77 75 72 67 63 61 59 57 57
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..4 5 6 7 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 11
20 FT WIND GUST.11 12 13 15 17 18 20 21 22 22 22 23
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 0.9 1.6 2.5 3.4 4.2 4.8 5.3 5.6 5.7 5.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 18 21 23 26 31 37 43 46 47 46 44
LVORI...........4 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............12 19 25 48 76 107 104 128 145 152 149 140
SDSPL KT-FT/10008 10 17 32 58 92 134 179 212 230 228 213
FORECASTER...KDW
REQUESTED BY...CASEY MEFFORD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2605707.0/LMK
.DELDT 03/14/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL CASEY_MEFFORD@FWS.GOV
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