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FNUS73 KPAH 161540
FWSPAH

Spot Forecast for Triad NC B...Indiana DNR
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1040 AM CDT Wed Apr 16 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Light southerly winds today and deep mixing will yield fair
dispersion across the region as high pressure will be in control.
Despite lower mixing heights on Thursday, stronger southerly winds
will allow for good dispersion. RH values are lower this afternoon
and then gradually increase toward the weekend. While the chance
of a wetting rain will be low tonight into Thursday, a much
greater risk arrives Friday night through the weekend when there
is the potential for heavy rainfall across most of the region with
waves of showers and thunderstorms.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........54 at ignition...Max 65.
RH..................46 percent at ignition...Min 28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Winds northwest at 6 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming
                    northwest around 5 mph early in the afternoon,
                    then becoming light late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 6100 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /8300 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
                    /66800 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR PC  PC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............54  56  59  61  63  64  65  65  65
RH..............46  42  38  34  31  30  28  30  30
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   6   6   6   3   5
20 FT wind gust.7   8   10  12  12  13  10  9   8
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 2.0 3.7 4.9 5.6 5.9 6.1 6.1 5.6
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.8   9   14  15  14  13  12  12  9
Vrate kt-ft/1K..8   16  44  64  67  64  61  61  45
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  FR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 49.
RH..................Max 66 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southeast around 5 mph
                    after 3 am.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 7 mph shifting to the southeast.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1300 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............64  62  58  54  53  52  51  50  50  50  49  49
RH..............32  41  47  54  57  59  61  63  63  63  66  66
20 FT wind dir..W   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..3   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   5   5   6   6
20 FT wind gust.6   3       5   6   6   7   8   8   9   10  12
Mix hgt (kft)...3.0 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.W   S   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   SE  S   S   S
Transp wind spd.7   3   5   6   6   8   8   8   9   9   10  12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..18  1   2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...SHAWKEY
Requested by...Hillary Bulcher
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2510640.0/PAH
.DELDT 04/16/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL hbulcher@dnr.in.gov