Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Paducah, KY

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FNUS73 KPAH 111448
FWSPAH

Spot Forecast for RXB TA50...Fort Campbell Forestry
National Weather Service Paducah KY
948 AM CDT Tue Mar 11 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on March 11.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Full sunshine and dry moisture levels will drive RH values down to
around 20-25% this afternoon. However, mixing heights winds will be
limited, reaching around 3700 ft this afternoon. The 1700 ft mixing
height will be reached between 11 AM and 12 PM. Transport winds will be
from the southwest around 15-20 mph. The limited mixing will keep the
conditions for smoke dispersion poor around ignition time, becoming fair
to good in the afternoon. RH values will recover to around 70% tonight.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........60 at ignition...Max 77.
RH..................44 percent at ignition...Min 22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Winds southwest at 8 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Southwest winds 8 to 12
                    mph.
Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3700 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 15 to 21 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /16900 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
                    /66100 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............60  65  69  72  74  76  77  76
RH..............44  38  32  29  27  23  22  23
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..8   9   10  10  12  12  12  10
20 FT wind gust.17  18  18  18  20  20  18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.4 2.2 2.7 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.2
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.16  15  18  20  20  20  21  20
Vrate kt-ft/1K..17  18  35  45  55  59  66  54
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  GD  FR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Min 50.
RH..................Max 71 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 13 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5800 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............73  67  64  61  60  58  58  57  57  55  53  52
RH..............26  34  38  42  44  47  47  51  51  57  61  63
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.13  12  12  12  13  14  14  14  14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.14  13  14  14  15  16  16  16  17  16  15  14
Vrate kt-ft/1K..9   6   6   7   7   8   8   8   9   8   7   6
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Temperature.........Max 77.
RH..................Min 29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 6 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 13 to 21 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (81100 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............51  50  53  58  63  68  71  74  76  77  77  75
RH..............68  71  64  55  48  40  36  33  31  29  29  31
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   7   9   10  10  12  12  12  10  9
20 FT wind gust.13  13  14  16  18  20  18  18  18  18  18  17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.3 2.0 2.8 3.6 4.3 4.6 4.4 3.3
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S
Transp wind spd.14  13  13  15  17  18  20  20  20  21  20  17
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6   6   6   13  19  32  47  61  74  81  75  50
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD  FR

$$
Forecaster...SNYDER
Requested by...Luke Sobralski
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2505879.0/PAH
.DELDT 03/11/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL luke.t.sobralski@army.mil