Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Louisville, KY
Issued by NWS Louisville, KY
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Spot Forecast for Unit 14 Perryville...Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves
National Weather Service Louisville KY
752 PM EDT Sun Aug 30 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 EDT on August 31.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...Expect hot and dry conditions with improving smoke dispersal during burn.
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Temperature.........88 at ignition...Max 92.
RH..................55 percent at ignition...Min 47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 5 mph at ignition...otherwise
Southwest winds 6 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 6600 ft
AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Marginal /35700 knot-ft/ at ignition.
Max...fair /46000 knot-ft/.
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................49 to 58.
TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........12 22 45 41 34 31
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............88 89 90 90 90 92
RH..............55 52 50 50 50 47
20 FT wind dir..W SW W SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..5 6 6 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.8 7 6 6 6
Mix hgt (kft)...4.0 5.2 6.1 6.6 6.5 5.8
Transp wind dir.W W W W SW SW
Transp wind spd.10 9 8 8 8 8
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............49 55 54 58 57 53
SDspl kt-ft/100036 42 43 46 46 41
.MONDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Temperature.........Min 73.
RH..................Max 82 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph early in the
evening becoming light.
Mixing height.......0 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (0 knot-ft).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 to 36.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........8 11 13 16 11 9 6 2 7 17 11 8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............91 89 86 80 78 76 75 75 74 74 74 74
RH..............47 50 55 67 71 76 79 79 79 79 79 79
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW S S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..4 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2
20 FT wind gust.6 6 4 4 2 4 4 4 4
Mix hgt (kft)...4.1 2.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.7 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 7
LVORI...........1 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
ADI.............36 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
SDspl kt-ft/100025 10 2 0 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Temperature.........Max 94.
RH..................Min 43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west around 5 mph late in
the afternoon, then becoming light late in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1200 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (47700 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 66 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........16 9 3 16 11 5 10 15 20 15 11 6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............74 73 74 77 82 88 91 92 93 94 94 94
RH..............79 81 82 76 67 55 50 47 46 44 43 43
20 FT wind dir..S S SW SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 3
20 FT wind gust.4 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.2 0.4 1.0 1.9 3.0 4.1 5.3 6.1 6.8 7.0 6.5
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.7 7 7 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 7 7
LVORI...........4 4 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 7 7 10 20 35 48 53 60 66 58 54
SDspl kt-ft/10002 1 2 7 13 24 33 37 43 48 42 39
$$
Forecaster...CG
Requested by...Quinn Towery
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2620952.0/LMK
.DELDT 08/30/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL quinn.towery@ky.gov