Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Indianapolis, IN
Issued by NWS Indianapolis, IN
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Spot Forecast for Maumee Valley RX...USFS - United States Forest Service
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
332 AM EDT Thu Oct 1 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0730 EDT on October 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
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or concerns with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming southwest up to 5 mph with
gusts to around 12 mph in the late morning and
afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph early in the morning
becoming light, then becoming southwest 5 to 7
mph with gusts to around 20 mph in the late
morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 22
mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5000 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (90700 knot-ft) in the
afternoon increasing to excellent (95800
knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
ADI.................5 early in the morning increasing to 143 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM
Sky (%).........53 52 55 63 71 79
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............66 68 77 85 87 88
RH..............65 63 54 45 43 43
20 ft wind......S 3 S 5 SW 7 SW 8 SW 8 SW 6
20 ft wind gust.13 14 18 20 20 18
Eye level wind..S 2 S 3 SW 4 SW 5 SW 5 SW 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 11 12 12 11
Mix hgt (ft)....500 700 1700 4000 5900 5600
Transport wind..S 12 SW 14 SW 18 SW 22 SW 22 SW 20
ADI.............12 14 40 105 143 124
SDspl kt-ft/10005 9 27 76 111 96
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 65.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 4 mph early in the evening
becoming light.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph early in the
evening becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 16 mph shifting to the west
around 6 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (32600 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (2900 knot-ft) late in the
night.
ADI.................47 early in the evening decreasing to 4 late in
the night.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........86 100 100 100 100 100
Weather cov..... S CHC S CHC LIKELY
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........ S CHC S CHC
Temp............88 82 79 77 75 74
RH..............42 53 58 64 71 76
20 ft wind......SW 6 S 3 SW 3 SW 2 SW 2 W 2
20 ft wind gust.16 10 9 9 8 8
Eye level wind..SW 4 S 2 SW 2 SW 1 SW 1 W 1
Eye lvl wnd gst.10 6 5 5 5 5
Mix hgt (ft)....2300 700 500 500 500 600
Transport wind..SW 16 SW 10 SW 9 SW 8 SW 7 W 6
ADI.............47 5 4 7 6 5
SDspl kt-ft/100033 6 4 3 3 3
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then
showers likely in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........76 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming north up to 4 mph in the
late morning and afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 6 mph early in the morning
becoming light, then becoming north 5 to 6 mph
in the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and
erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early
in the morning.
Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 13 mph shifting to the north 13
to 16 mph late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2300 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (29700 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
ADI.................4 to 32.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky (%).........100 100 97 93 88 81
Weather cov.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE LIKELY CHANCE S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC
Temp............70 68 68 67 67 64
RH..............93 100 97 97 90 87
20 ft wind......W 2 NW 2 N 5 N 6 N 7 N 7
20 ft wind gust.8 9 13 16 16 17
Eye level wind..W 1 NW 1 N 3 N 4 N 4 N 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 8 10 10 10
Mix hgt (ft)....600 1000 1200 1400 1800 1700
Transport wind..NW 5 N 6 N 13 N 16 N 15 N 13
ADI.............4 7 18 26 27 22
SDspl kt-ft/10002 5 13 20 23 19
$$
Forecaster...Nield
Requested by...Craig Cochran
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 10/01/26
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