827
FNUS73 KPAH 231830
FWSPAH
SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG RIVERS WMA - LAYMAN HILL...KDFWR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
130 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
MINIMUM HUMIDITY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE NEAR 30% WITH MIXING
HEIGHTS REACHING 1700 FEET NEAR TO JUST AFTER IGNITION TIME.
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN GOOD DISPERSION DURING
THE AFTERNOON.
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........59 AT IGNITION...MAX 73.
RH..................47 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS SOUTH AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 4200 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 21 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /27700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
/77000 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............59 63 67 70 72 73 73 72
RH..............47 43 37 35 35 35 38 41
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 6 7 7 7 6
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 14 15 15 15 14 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 2.3 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.2 4.0 3.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 21 21 21 21 21 21 20
VRATE KT-FT/1K..28 40 54 64 73 77 71 50
VENTRATE CAT....PR FR FR GD GD GD GD FR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 61.
RH..................MAX 70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH
IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16 TO 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6800 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............71 69 67 65 64 64 65 65 65 64 63 63
RH..............44 47 50 56 58 60 58 60 60 65 67 67
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 3 3 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.12 10 10 10 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 20 22 23 22
VRATE KT-FT/1K..27 11 7 8 11 12 14 16 18 20 20 17
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...TREVINO
REQUESTED BY...LUCAS POWELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2607303.0/PAH
.DELDT 03/23/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL LUCAS.POWELL@KY.GOV
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