


Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Paducah, KY
Issued by NWS Paducah, KY
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373 FNUS73 KPAH 301338 FWSPAH Spot Forecast for North Impact...DOD National Weather Service Paducah KY 838 AM CDT Tue Sep 30 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on September 30. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... High pressure will remain in control of the weather through Tuesday keeping mostly clear skies in place. The surface high is positioned to the north of the burn site, which will allow for a light east to northeast wind. Some gusts are possible with deeper afternoon mixing with gusts reaching near 15 mph. Afternoon RH values are expected to drop in the 30 to 40 percent range each day with good overnight recoveries to around 95 to 100 percent. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........70 at ignition...Max 89. RH..................68 percent at ignition...Min 34 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Winds north at 2 mph at ignition...otherwise Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph. Mixing height.......600 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 6700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 16 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /4200 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good /87700 knot-ft/. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR CLR MCR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............70 76 82 85 87 87 89 87 86 RH..............68 58 47 40 36 36 34 36 37 20 FT wind dir..N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..2 5 6 8 9 9 8 8 8 20 FT wind gust.9 10 13 14 15 16 16 15 14 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.3 4.7 6.1 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.5 5.1 Transp wind dir.NE NE NE E NE NE NE NE NE Transp wind spd.8 9 15 16 15 15 15 14 13 Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 11 61 85 86 87 88 78 56 Ventrate Cat....PR PR GD GD GD GD GD GD FR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........Min 60. RH..................Max 96 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening becoming light. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 10 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2400 knot-ft). TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......MCR CLR CLR CLR MCR CLR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............84 77 73 71 69 68 67 66 65 63 62 61 RH..............41 54 62 68 73 76 78 81 84 87 90 93 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..7 6 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 20 FT wind gust.13 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 7 7 6 Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E Transp wind spd.10 8 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 Vrate kt-ft/1K..10 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........Max 88. RH..................Min 39 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming east 5 to 6 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 6 to 9 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2000 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to fair (46300 knot-ft) in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR PC PC PC PC PC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............60 60 64 70 77 80 83 85 87 88 88 86 RH..............96 93 93 78 62 56 49 45 40 39 39 42 20 FT wind dir..NE NE E E E E E E E E E E 20 FT wind spd..2 2 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 20 FT wind gust.6 6 7 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 10 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 2.0 3.5 4.4 5.0 5.4 5.6 5.3 3.9 Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E E E E E Transp wind spd.6 7 7 8 8 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 2 2 5 14 28 31 35 43 46 43 31 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR PR $$ Forecaster...COOLEY Requested by...Sean Connelly Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2522761.0/PAH .DELDT 09/30/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL seanconnelly027@gmail.com,sean.m.connelly6.civ@army.mil