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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