Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Paducah, KY
Issued by NWS Paducah, KY
219
FNUS73 KPAH 301315
FWSPAH
Spot Forecast for Inagheh 4/5...USFS
National Weather Service Paducah KY
815 AM CDT Fri Oct 30 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on October 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Dry conditions with high-cloud filtered sunshine and warming
temperatures are forecast at ignition. The critical 1700 FT AGL mixing
height may take closer to Noon CDT to be eclipsed, enroute toward
max heights nearing 5K FT AGL by mid afternoon.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........73 at ignition...Max 81.
RH..................48 percent at ignition...Min 41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Winds veering to southeast at 5 mph at
ignition...otherwise 5-10 mph.
Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL at ignition...rising to 4800 ft
AGL.
Transport winds.....Becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /5300 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...poor
/33500 knot-ft/.
TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......PC PC MC MC PC PC MC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............73 75 80 80 80 81 79
RH..............45 41 38 37 36 37 39
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 6 6 5 2
20 FT wind gust.7 7 7 9 9 7 5
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 2.9 4.2 4.6 4.8 4.1 2.4
Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.5 6 7 8 8 8 8
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 14 25 32 34 29 17
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 57.
RH..................Max 90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2800 knot-ft).
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC CDY CDY CDY CDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............76 72 66 64 63 63 62 62 61 60 61 59
RH..............45 55 70 75 78 81 81 81 84 84 78 83
20 FT wind dir..SE E E E E E E SE SE SE SE E
20 FT wind spd..2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2
20 FT wind gust.3 3 2 2 3 3 3 5 3 3 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E E E E SE
Transp wind spd.7 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 12 9 9 9
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 76.
RH..................Min 50 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Light winds.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 7 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2700 knot-ft).
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
Sky cover.......CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............59 57 64 72 75 75
RH..............83 90 78 57 50 52
20 FT wind dir..E E SE E SE E
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 2 3
20 FT wind gust.3 5 6 7 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 1.0 1.9 2.1 3.2
Transp wind dir.SE E SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.8 8 8 7 8 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 3 7 11 14 29
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
$$
Forecaster...WFO PADUCAH
Requested by...Brickner
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2624924.0/PAH
.DELDT 10/30/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL matthew.brickner@usda.gov