Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Paducah, KY
Issued by NWS Paducah, KY
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179 FNUS73 KPAH 181621 FWSPAH Spot Forecast for Unit 4...USFS National Weather Service Paducah KY 1121 AM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 CDT on September 18. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Light northeast winds generally under 5 mph today. Despite decent mixing, smoke dispersion will be rather poor due to the light winds. RH values are expected to lower into the 30-40 percent range this afternoon. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........82 at forecast start...Max 88. RH..................49 percent at forecast start...Min 32 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Winds northeast at 2 mph at forecast start...otherwise Light northeast winds. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /24300 knot-ft/ at forecast start. Max...poor /36200 knot-ft/. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth at forecast start...max 5. TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 Temp............82 87 88 RH..............49 37 34 20 FT wind dir..NW NE NE 20 FT wind spd..2 3 3 20 FT wind gust.6 7 6 Haines index....4 5 5 Vrate kt-ft/1K..24 35 36 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........Min 61. RH..................Max 93 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Light winds. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1100 knot-ft). Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky cover.......MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............82 76 73 69 67 65 RH..............43 56 64 73 78 84 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE N N N 20 FT wind spd..3 2 2 1 1 2 20 FT wind gust.5 3 2 2 Haines index....5 5 5 5 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 2 2 2 1 2 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........Max 90. RH..................Min 34 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Light winds. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1500 knot-ft). Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............61 66 79 86 89 90 RH..............93 81 56 40 35 34 20 FT wind dir..N N N W SW SW 20 FT wind spd..2 2 1 2 2 2 20 FT wind gust.3 2 3 5 5 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 2 4 16 24 19 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR $$ Forecaster...POULOS Requested by...Brandon Spradling Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2422675.0/PAH .DELDT 09/18/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL brandon.spradling@usda.gov