909  
FNUS73 KPAH 220640  
FWSPAH  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTHERN AREA ENGINE TRAINING ACADEMY...US FOREST SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
140 AM CDT FRI MAY 22 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 CDT ON MAY 22.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN CHANCES ARRIVE THIS MORNING, AND CONTINUE  
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. DAILY RAIN CHANCES THEN PERSIST WELL INTO  
NEXT WEEK, BUT SATURDAY WILL FEATURE THE LOWEST CHANCES. TOTAL  
RAINFALL WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 3 INCHES BY THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT  
WEEK. WEAK FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP SMOKE DISPERSION POOR INTO THE  
WEEKEND DESPITE HIGHER MIXING HEIGHTS ON SATURDAY.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS THROUGH  
THE DAY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
TEMPERATURE.........62 AT FORECAST START...MAX 72.  
RH..................100 PERCENT AT FORECAST START...MIN 90 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTH AROUND 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN  
DECREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM  
SKY COVER.......CLOUDY MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY  
WEATHER COV.....LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE  
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR  
TSTM COV........S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE  
TEMP............62 64 68 69 70 71  
RH..............100 100 97 100 100 93  
SURFACE WIND....E 5 SE 3 SE 5 S 6 S 6 S 5  
SURFACE WND GST.8 8 10 13 12 10  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN  
SHOWERS LIKELY OVERNIGHT.  
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 62.  
RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM  
SKY COVER.......MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY  
WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY CHANCE  
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR  
TSTM COV........CHANCE CHANCE  
TEMP............71 70 67 66 66 64  
RH..............93 93 100 100 97 100  
SURFACE WIND....S 5 SE 3 S 3 S 3 S 3 SW 3  
SURFACE WND GST.9 7 8 8 8 8  
   
SATURDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
THROUGH THE DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 78.  
RH..................MIN 71 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE AROUND  
6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN DECREASING TO  
AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM  
SKY COVER.......CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY  
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE  
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR  
TSTM COV........ S CHC S CHC  
TEMP............64 65 69 73 76 77  
RH..............100 100 87 81 74 71  
SURFACE WIND....SW 5 SW 5 W 5 W 6 W 5 W 3  
SURFACE WND GST.8 8 10 12 10 8  
 
 
FORECASTER...WITTEN  
REQUESTED BY...CODY DANIELS  
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER  
.TAG 2613585.9/PAH  
.DELDT 05/22/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL LINDSEY.CURTIN@USDA.GOV,CHARLES.DANIELS@USDA.GOV  
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