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FNUS73 KPAH 151244
FWSPAH

Spot Forecast for TA26...DoD Ft Campbell
National Weather Service Paducah KY
744 AM CDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on October 15.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Patchy daybreak fog will lift and disperse within the hour. However,
it will take until between 10 and 11 AM for the inversion to erode
enough to allow mixing heights to exceed the critical 1700 FT AGL.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........60 at ignition...Max 81.
RH..................79 percent at ignition...Min 38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Winds east at 3 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 7 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /2200 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...fair
                    /45700 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............60  62  69  74  78  80  81  81  81  79
RH..............79  75  61  51  43  39  38  38  38  41
20 FT wind dir..E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..3   6   6   6   7   7   8   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.8   9   10  12  13  14  15  15  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.6 1.2 2.2 2.7 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.5 2.7
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.7   7   8   10  10  12  13  14  14  15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2   4   9   20  24  35  40  46  43  35
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  PR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 54.
RH..................Max 93 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 8 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2800 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............76  70  66  64  62  62  59  58  57  56  56  55
RH..............46  59  68  75  81  81  90  90  93  93  90  90
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..7   6   5   5   3   3   2   2   3   3   3   5
20 FT wind gust.12  10  9   9   8   8   7   7   7   8   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 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  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.10  10  8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 79.
RH..................Min 36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming east 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 9 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (44700 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 CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............54  54  56  60  68  71  74  76  78  79  78  76
RH..............93  90  90  75  53  47  43  40  38  36  38  40
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..5   6   6   7   8   8   8   8   8   9   9   8
20 FT wind gust.9   10  12  13  14  15  16  16  16  16  15  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.4 3.0 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.4 2.4
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.9   9   13  16  17  17  16  15  14  14  13  12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3   3   6   14  23  36  43  44  45  43  37  25
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  FR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...WFO PADUCAH
Requested by...Sean Connelly
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2523646.0/PAH
.DELDT 10/15/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL sean.m.connelly6.civ@army.mil