Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Louisville, KY
Issued by NWS Louisville, KY
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FNUS73 KLMK 301304
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Spot Forecast for Clay Rx...KDFWR
National Weather Service Louisville KY
904 AM EDT Fri Oct 30 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on October 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...Winds from the NE are developing this morning as a
cold front sinks south through the region. These NE winds will
increase to 5-10 mph late this morning through the afternoon
hours, helping to pull somewhat drier air into the region. RH
values are forecast to bottom out below 30 percent this afternoon.
Skies will remain mostly sunny with only scattered thin high
clouds streaming overhead at times. The atmosphere remains quite
dry throughout the lower to mid levels.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). Patchy fog late in the
morning.
Temperature.........56 at ignition...Max 73.
RH..................75 percent at ignition...Min 27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northeast at 3 mph at
ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming
northeast around 5 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /4600 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...poor
/28400 knot-ft/.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................8 to 40.
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........16 10 4 4 6 9 11 6 7
Weather cov.....PTY
Weather type....FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............56 60 63 68 70 72 73 73 72
RH..............75 65 54 40 35 32 31 29 27
20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT wind spd..3 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 4
20 FT wind gust.5 9 9 7 6 6 7 7 7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.1 1.5 2.1 2.6 3.0 3.2 3.1 2.8
Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Transp wind spd.8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10
LVORI...........5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............8 11 18 24 34 38 40 40 36
SDspl kt-ft/10005 7 12 17 24 27 28 28 25
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
Temperature.........Min 45.
RH..................Max 74 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 10 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2000 knot-ft).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................5 to 27.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........2 9 19 21 18 30 18 29 36 48 60 70
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............70 66 61 57 55 53 52 50 49 49 49 48
RH..............28 33 41 47 51 57 59 66 71 68 68 74
20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
20 FT wind gust.6 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 6
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 1.1 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E
Transp wind spd.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............27 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 8
SDspl kt-ft/100018 10 4 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
Temperature.........Max 70.
RH..................Min 37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east around 5 mph in the
late morning and early afternoon, then becoming
light late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3800 knot-ft).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................8 to 27.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........66 72 75 83 69 89 88 82 89 81 81 88
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............48 47 47 49 55 60 64 66 68 68 69 68
RH..............74 71 71 74 66 55 46 42 37 40 40 44
20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
20 FT wind gust.7 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.1
Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.12 13 13 13 14 14 14 13 12 10 9 8
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............8 13 13 13 18 23 27 27 25 18 14 11
SDspl kt-ft/10004 4 5 7 12 15 18 18 17 15 11 8
$$
Forecaster...EBW
Requested by...Jacob Stewart
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2624920.0/LMK
.DELDT 10/30/26
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.EMAIL jacob.stewart@ky.gov