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FNUS73 KPAH 092305
FWSPAH

Spot Forecast for Bean Ridge Unit 4...USFS
National Weather Service Paducah KY
605 PM CDT Sun Mar 9 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on March 10.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Afternoon humidity levels will drop to around 30% with fair
dispersion. Mixing heights will start off poor but will rise to
around 3,500-4,000 ft by the afternoon. Tuesday will see slightly
higher humidity levels, around 40% and similar dispersion and
mixing heights.


.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........45 at ignition...Max 69.
RH..................62 percent at ignition...Min 32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Winds west at 2 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /1600 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...fair
                    /44400 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......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
Temp............45  51  58  61  66  67  68  69  68
RH..............62  54  42  39  33  33  33  32  34
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..2   2   3   5   5   6   6   7   6
20 FT wind gust.5   6   8   9   10  12  13  14  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.5 1.5 2.3 3.0 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.6   7   8   8   9   12  14  14  14
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2   3   11  16  24  35  44  44  42
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 44.
RH..................Max 79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 6 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3600 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............66  62  59  57  54  53  52  51  50  49  47  46
RH..............37  44  49  53  59  59  61  63  66  68  74  76
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.12  12  13  14  14  14  15  15  15  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
Transp wind dir.SW  S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W
Transp wind spd.12  10  12  13  15  15  15  15  15  14  14  13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..11  4   4   4   5   5   6   5   5   5   4   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 42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 6 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 13 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (48300 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 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............44  44  46  50  55  59  64  67  69  70  70  69
RH..............79  76  73  69  64  57  50  45  43  43  44  46
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   6
20 FT wind gust.13  13  13  14  14  14  14  14  14  14  14  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.4 1.9 2.3 2.9 3.3 3.3 2.5
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.13  13  14  16  17  17  17  16  16  16  16  14
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3   4   6   9   15  21  27  33  42  48  47  29
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  PR

$$
Forecaster...SHAWKEY
Requested by...Cody Mann
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2505479.0/PAH
.DELDT 03/10/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL cody.mann@usda.gov