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Issued by NWS Paducah, KY

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FNUS73 KPAH 092058
FWSPAH

Spot Forecast for Hamby Rx...Ky Division of Forestry
National Weather Service Paducah KY
358 PM CDT Sun Mar 9 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on March 10.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Poor dispersal and a minimum humidity around 28% is expected
Monday. Mixing heights will be near 3700 feet and light winds
early in the morning will become west around 5pm by late morning.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........60 at ignition...Max 67.
RH..................36 percent at ignition...Min 28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Winds west at 3 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Light winds becoming west around 5 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......2600 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3700 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /15900 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...poor
                    /33600 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............60  64  66  66  67  66
RH..............36  30  28  28  28  30
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..3   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.7   8   8   9   10  8
Mix hgt (kft)...2.6 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.4
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.7   7   8   10  10  12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..16  21  26  33  34  34
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 43.
RH..................Max 76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 6 mph late
                    in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 13 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............62  58  54  52  50  48  48  47  47  46  45  44
RH..............35  42  48  52  58  60  60  63  63  68  70  73
20 FT wind dir..W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..3   2   3   3   3   5   5   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.8   6   7   7   8   9   10  12  12  12  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.8   9   8   9   9   10  12  13  13  13  13  13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5   4   3   3   3   4   4   5   5   5   5   4
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 72.
RH..................Min 36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 13 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (56700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............43     47     56     64     70     71
RH..............76     66     57     45     37     36
20 FT wind dir..SW     SW     SW     SW     SW     SW
20 FT wind spd..6      6      7      8      8      8
20 FT wind gust.13     13     14     15     15     14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4    0.6    1.3    2.1    3.0    3.3
Transp wind dir.SW     SW     SW     SW     SW     SW
Transp wind spd.13     14     17     20     20     18
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4      8      19     35     52     53
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   FAIR   FAIR

$$
Forecaster...TREVINO
Requested by...Wes Dement
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2505466.0/PAH
.DELDT 03/09/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL wesely.dement@ky.gov