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FNUS73 KPAH 241305
FWSPAH

Spot Forecast for ACCA Grass...MISSOURI DEPT CONSERVATION
National Weather Service Paducah KY
805 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on August 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Minimum afternoon relative humidity will drop to 46% this
afternoon. Mixing may reach 5000 ft AGL, but light and variable
winds will create poor dispersion. Relative humidity will recover
to around 84% tonight. Tuesday will have a more persistent east
wind around 5 mph, but dispersion will remain poor. Relative
humidity will be slightly higher and mixing slightly lower than
forecast today.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........75 at ignition...Max 84.
RH..................62 percent at ignition...Min 46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Winds east at 1 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Light winds.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4800 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 3 mph shifting to the west
                    early in the afternoon, then shifting to the
                    north late in the afternoon shifting to the
                    northeast late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /9300 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...poor
                    /14500 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............75  78  79  82  83  83  84
RH..............62  56  54  49  47  47  46
20 FT wind dir..E   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..1   0   0   1   1   2   2
20 FT wind gust.3   3   3   3   3   3   5
Mix hgt (kft)...3.1 3.9 4.5 4.6 4.8 4.8 3.8
Transp wind dir.SE  W   W   W   NW  N   NE
Transp wind spd.3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..9   12  13  14  15  14  11
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 64.
RH..................Max 84 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 8 mph increasing to 7 to 8 mph
                    overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2200 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......PC  MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC  MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............82  79  78  73  71  70  69  68  67  67  66  66
RH..............49  58  58  68  71  73  76  76  78  78  78  78
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1
20 FT wind gust.5   5   5   6   6   5   5   3   3   3   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...2.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.5   6   7   7   7   8   8   8   7   7   7   7
Vrate kt-ft/1K..9   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 86.
RH..................Min 48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 7 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2000 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR PC  PC  PC  PC  MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............64  64  67  70  75  78  81  83  84  85  86  85
RH..............84  84  78  73  64  60  53  51  49  50  48  51
20 FT wind dir..NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.3   3   3   5   6   6   6   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.3 1.9 2.7 3.1 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.0
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.6   6   7   7   7   6   6   5   6   5   6   6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2   2   3   5   8   10  14  13  22  17  22  20
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...SPAETH
Requested by...Anthony B King
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2620366.0/PAH
.DELDT 08/24/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Anthony.King@mdc.mo.gov