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FNUS73 KPAH 251318
FWSPAH
SPOT FORECAST FOR CHAMNESTOWN PILES...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
818 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON JUNE 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
..HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY
DISCUSSION
HEAT AND HUMIDITY CONTINUE TODAY WITH RH'S REMAINING ABOVE 50% THIS AFTERNOON.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS,
POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS 11 AM AND CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 6 PM. WINDS
WILL REMAIN WEAK TODAY, UNDER 7 KTS, WHICH COMBINED WITH MIXING
ONLY TO AROUND 4000 FEET WILL KEEP SMOKE DISPERSION POOR THROUGH
THE DAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 25 PERCENT IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........89 AT IGNITION...MAX 94.
RH..................65 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 2 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE
IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 4300 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /15400 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR
/29200 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR PC PC PC PC PC PC
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC
CWR.............0 0 0 20 20 20 20 30
TEMP............89 90 92 93 93 93 94 94
RH..............65 63 58 56 56 56 53 53
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW S S SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 7 7 7 8 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.1 3.7 4.3 3.7 3.9 4.2 4.2 3.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.W SW SW SW SW SW SW S
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 5 5 6 6 7 8 8
VRATE KT-FT/1K..15 15 17 19 19 25 29 25
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................18 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 75.
RH..................MAX 94 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2100 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......PC MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW
TSTM COV........SCH
CWR.............20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............93 92 88 85 83 81 81 79 79 77 76 75
RH..............56 60 65 76 76 82 80 86 83 89 90 94
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 5 5 5 3 3 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 7 7 6 7 8 7 6 7 7 6
VRATE KT-FT/1K..9 6 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 94.
RH..................MIN 49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (47700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......MCR PC MCR CLR MCR MCR PC PC PC PC PC PC
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............75 77 81 84 88 91 92 93 94 94 94 93
RH..............94 90 83 75 65 58 54 53 50 49 49 51
20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.9 1.7 3.0 3.9 4.6 5.2 5.8 6.0 5.7 4.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 5 8 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 2 6 16 27 35 40 41 45 48 46 33
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR PR
FORECASTER...POULOS
REQUESTED BY...JERRY WHITE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2516649.0/PAH
.DELDT 06/25/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL JERRY_WHITE@FWS.GOV
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