FNUS73 KPAH 261337

FWSPAH



Spot Forecast for Area 13 piles...USFWS

National Weather Service Paducah KY

837 AM CDT Thu Jun 26 2025



Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on June 26. 

If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather

Service.



...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY...



.DISCUSSION...



Another hot and humid day, but afternoon RH's might briefly fall

below 50 percent today. An isolated shower or storm can't be ruled

out, mainly between 1 and 7 PM. Transport winds will be stronger

today out of the southwest, which combined with mixing above 5000

feet should allow decent smoke dispersion by this afternoon.



.REST OF TODAY...



Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). 

CWR.................0 percent. 

Temperature.........88 at ignition...Max 94. 

RH..................66 percent at ignition...Min 49 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........ 

 Slope/valley.......Winds southwest at 5 mph at 

                    ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming 

                    southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. 

Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5600 ft 

                    AGL. 

Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 12 mph. 

Smoke dispersal.....Poor /32000 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...fair 

                    /55600 knot-ft/. 



TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 

Sky cover.......MCR MCR PC  PC  MCR PC  MCR MCR 

Weather cov.....                                

Weather type....                                

Tstm cov........                                

CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   

Temp............88  89  90  92  93  93  94  92  

RH..............66  64  62  56  54  52  49  54  

20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  

20 FT wind spd..5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   

20 FT wind gust.8   9   10  12  12  12  13  13  

Mix hgt (kft)...3.2 3.8 4.3 5.2 5.3 5.6 5.4 4.6 

Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  

Transp wind spd.12  12  10  10  10  12  10  12  

Vrate kt-ft/1K..32  38  39  47  47  56  49  46  

Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR  



.TONIGHT...



Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming 

                    mostly clear (15-25 percent). 

CWR.................0 percent. 

Temperature.........Min 76. 

RH..................Max 87 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........ 

 Slope/valley.......Light winds. 

Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 12 mph. 

Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4000 knot-ft). 



TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 

Sky cover.......MC  PC  PC  MCR MCR PC  MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR MCR 

Weather cov.....                                                

Weather type....                                                

Tstm cov........                                                

CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   

Temp............92  89  87  84  82  81  81  80  79  78  78  77  

RH..............54  59  63  70  74  77  74  77  79  82  82  85  

20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  

20 FT wind spd..6   5   3   3   3   3   2   3   2   3   3   3   

20 FT wind gust.12  10  9   9   8   8   8   8   8   8   9   9   

Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 

Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  

Transp wind spd.10  9   9   9   9   9   12  12  12  12  12  12  

Vrate kt-ft/1K..15  5   4   4   4   4   5   5   5   6   6   6   

Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  



.FRIDAY...



Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Slight chance of 

                    showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. 

CWR.................0 percent increasing to 24 percent in the 

                    afternoon. 

Temperature.........Max 93. 

RH..................Min 51 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........ 

 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 6 mph in 

                    the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and 

                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in 

                    the afternoon. 

Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 16 mph. 

Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5800 knot-ft) early in the morning 

                    increasing to good (69000 knot-ft) in the 

                    afternoon. 



TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 

Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  

Weather cov.....                            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH 

Weather type....                            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  

Tstm cov........                            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH 

CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   20  20  20  20  20  

Temp............76  78  80  84  88  90  91  92  93  93  92  91  

RH..............87  85  82  72  66  60  56  54  52  51  52  54  

20 FT wind dir..S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  

20 FT wind spd..3   5   5   5   6   7   8   8   8   8   7   6   

20 FT wind gust.9   10  10  12  13  14  15  16  16  15  14  13  

Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 1.3 1.6 2.6 3.5 4.4 5.3 4.9 4.7 4.3 3.1 

Transp wind dir.SW  SW  W   SW  W   SW  W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  

Transp wind spd.12  12  15  14  15  15  14  14  16  16  15  14  

Vrate kt-ft/1K..6   6   17  20  34  46  54  64  69  66  56  38  

Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  GD  GD  GD  FR  PR  



$$

Forecaster...POULOS

Requested by...Ben Schmall

Type of request...PRESCRIBED

.TAG 2516729.0/PAH

.DELDT 06/26/25

.FormatterVersion 2.0.0

.EMAIL benjamin_schmall@fws.gov

