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FNUS73 KPAH 231325
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Spot Forecast for Hound RX...USFWS
National Weather Service Paducah KY
825 AM CDT Mon Jun 23 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on June 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
High pressure will keep the heat and humidity up with heat indices
rising into the triple digits this afternoon. With the exception of
the remote possibility that an isolated shower or storm develops in the
heat of the afternoon, winds will be generally light from the south.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Slight chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........86 at ignition...Max 93.
RH..................72 percent at ignition...Min 52 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Winds southwest at 6 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise South winds 5 to 6 mph.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5200 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /26500 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...fair
                    /41600 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC  MCR
Weather cov.....                        SCH SCH
Weather type....                        RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH SCH
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............86  88  91  91  92  92  93  92
RH..............72  66  60  58  54  54  52  56
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   7   6   7   6
20 FT wind gust.13  12  10  9   9   9   10  12
Mix hgt (kft)...2.9 3.5 4.2 4.8 5.2 5.1 4.8 3.3
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  9   9   8   9   9   9   10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..27  28  33  34  42  41  38  29
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  PR  PR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 76.
RH..................Max 91 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2400 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............90  89  86  83  81  80  79  79  78  77  77  77
RH..............58  61  68  74  79  82  85  85  88  87  90  90
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..7   6   5   3   3   3   3   5   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.12  12  10  10  9   9   8   8   7   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.12  9   10  9   9   9   9   9   8   8   8   7
Vrate kt-ft/1K..14  5   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   3   3   2
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 92.
RH..................Min 60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph
                    early in the afternoon, then becoming light
                    late in the afternoon becoming south around 5
                    mph late in the afternoon becoming light. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 6 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1800 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....    SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............76  78  80  83  86  88  89  90  90  90  90  90
RH..............90  91  88  77  70  66  64  60  60  60  60  60
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   3   5   5   5   5   5   6   6   5   6   5
20 FT wind gust.7   7   7   7   7   7   6           7   7   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 1.0 1.9 2.6 3.2 3.7 4.2 4.6 4.7 4.4 3.3
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S
Transp wind spd.6   5   5   6   5   5   5   6   6   5   5   5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2   2   4   9   10  13  17  21  23  21  18  12
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...WFO PADUCAH
Requested by...Ben Schmall
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2516445.0/PAH
.DELDT 06/23/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL david_jones@fws.gov,benjamin_schmall@fws.gov