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FNUS73 KLMK 080246
FWSLMK
SPOT FORECAST FOR RUSH ISLAND...OKNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1046 PM EDT WED OCT 7 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON OCTOBER 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
BY SUNRISE, A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. THIS WILL
SHIFT WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTH. SCATTERED UPPER-LEVEL
CLOUDS WILL MOVE SOUTH BY MID-MORNING AND THE REST OF THE DAY WILL
BE CLEAR.
IN THE AFTERNOON, WE WILL SEE PEAK MIXING UP TO 4800-5000FT. THIS
WILL ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES TO OVERACHIEVE AND WARM INTO THE LOW-
MID 80S. DRY AIR ALOFT WILL ALSO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE, WHICH
WILL BRING MINIMUM RH, IN THE PEAK OF THE AFTERNOON, INTO THE
23-27% RANGE. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BEGIN OUT OF THE NORTHEAST AND
THEN TAKE A MORE OF A NORTHERLY DIRECTION IN THE AFTERNOON AROUND
5-9KTS. THESE LIGHT WINDS WILL ONLY ALLOW FOR POOR TO FAIR
DISPERSION.
ON FRIDAY, WE WILL SEE SIMILAR CONDITIONS WITH AMPLE MIXING, CLEAR
SKIES, AND DRY RH.
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........73 AT IGNITION...MAX 84.
RH..................55 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 2 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1900 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 4600 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /18700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
MAX...MARGINAL /32900 KNOT-FT/.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................28 TO 45.
TIME (EDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........3 4 2 5 3 3 1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............73 76 79 82 83 83 84
RH..............55 42 35 29 26 25 26
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.9 2.4 3.3 4.1 4.6 4.6 4.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 10 9 9 8 8 7
LVORI...........2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............28 31 38 45 44 44 37
SDSPL KT-FT/100019 21 27 33 33 33 27
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54.
RH..................MAX 80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 6 TO
7 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1700 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 TO 16.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........1 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............81 77 73 67 63 61 60 58 57 56 55 54
RH..............29 33 44 54 62 65 67 72 72 74 77 80
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FT WIND GUST.5 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.2 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.N NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 7
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5
ADI.............16 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
SDSPL KT-FT/100011 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 88.
RH..................MIN 27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (46400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 60 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........0 1 0 0 2 3 5 7 9 9 10 10
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............54 54 54 59 66 74 79 83 85 87 88 87
RH..............77 77 77 69 58 48 38 32 30 28 27 29
20 FT WIND DIR..N E E E E E E E E E SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..0 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.1 2 4 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.9 1.1 2.1 3.1 3.8 4.8 5.8 4.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 10
LVORI...........4 4 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 8 7 8 11 14 28 39 47 51 60 52
SDSPL KT-FT/10002 3 2 3 7 9 19 28 34 39 46 38
FORECASTER...SRW
REQUESTED BY...ZACH BEYER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 10/07/26
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