473
FNUS73 KPAH 011255
FWSPAH

Spot Forecast for Turpen Rx...Forest Service
National Weather Service Paducah KY
755 AM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Mixing heights will make their way above the critical 1700 FT AGL
threshold between 9 and 10 AM, when the temperature rises above 44
degrees at the site. Mixing heights should be approaching 2000 FT AGL
by ignition. Winds will continue to veer, and should be east at
ignition, veering toward southeast over the course of the afternoon.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........47 at ignition...Max 65.
RH..................58 percent at ignition...Min 38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Winds east at 6 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Southeast winds 6 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3300 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 14 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /25900 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...fair
                    /46100 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......PC  PC  PC  PC  MCR MCR MCR PC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............47  50  54  57  62  64  65  65
RH..............58  53  47  43  39  38  38  40
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   7   7   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.12  13  14  14  16  16  16  17
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 2.3 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.2 3.1
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.15  14  15  16  15  15  15  17
Vrate kt-ft/1K..26  27  35  40  39  43  42  46
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR

$$
Forecaster...WFO PADUCAH
Requested by...Kyle Osborne
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508576.0/PAH
.DELDT 04/01/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kosborne@blm.gov