FNUS73 KPAH 191429 FWSPAH Spot Forecast for Patoka...U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE National Weather Service Paducah KY 929 AM CDT Thu Mar 19 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0925 CDT on March 19. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Fair smoke dispersion should develop by late afternoon with south winds increasing 5 to 10 mph and mixing heights building to 44000 ft. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Temperature.........54 at ignition...Max 69. RH..................66 percent at ignition...Min 42 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Winds south at 5 mph at ignition...otherwise South winds 5 to 9 mph. Ridgetop........... CWR.................0 percent. Mixing height.......900 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 14 mph. TIME (CDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM Sky cover.......MCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR CLEAR CLEAR Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 Temp............49 59 64 68 69 RH..............66 55 50 43 42 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..5 6 8 9 8 20 FT wind gust.8 8 9 Ridgetop wind...M M M M M Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 1.2 2.3 3.7 4.4 Transp wind dir.S SW S SW SW Transp wind spd.9 8 13 13 12 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent). Temperature.........Min 50. RH..................Max 89 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......South winds around 6 mph early in the evening becoming light, then becoming south around 5 mph early in the morning. Ridgetop........... CWR.................0 percent. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 8 to 16 mph. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky cover.......CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............67 62 55 53 51 51 RH..............47 58 72 74 80 83 20 FT wind dir..S SE SE S S S 20 FT wind spd..6 6 2 2 3 3 20 FT wind gust. 6 7 8 9 Ridgetop wind...M M M M M M Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S Transp wind spd.10 8 10 13 14 15 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Temperature.........Max 76. RH..................Min 52 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph. Ridgetop........... CWR.................0 percent. Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 16 to 23 mph shifting to the west 21 to 23 mph late in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............51 52 62 69 74 75 RH..............83 83 72 63 53 52 20 FT wind dir..S S SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..5 5 7 8 8 7 20 FT wind gust.10 12 14 16 16 15 Ridgetop wind...M M M M M M Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.7 1.5 2.3 3.6 4.3 Transp wind dir.S SW SW W W W Transp wind spd.16 18 23 21 21 23 $$ Forecaster...GIBBS Requested by...scott.crist Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2606533/PAH .DELDT 03/19/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL scott.crist@usda.gov