FNUS73 KPAH 131336 FWSPAH Spot Forecast for Fralick Hollow...Kentucky Division of Forestry National Weather Service Paducah KY 836 AM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 CDT on April 13. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Sunshine will be increasing as clouds start to break, helping south winds warm temperatures. Mixing heights will already have reached the critical 1700 FT AGL threshold by the planned burn ignition time and are forecast to continue rising to around 4000 FT AGL by mid afternoon. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Becoming partly sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon. CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........72 at forecast start...Max 81. RH..................64 percent at forecast start...Min 53 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Winds southwest around mph at forecast start...otherwise Southwest winds around 10 mph with gusts to around 29 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms if they occur late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Fair /47700 knot-ft/ at forecast start. Max...good /96400 knot-ft/. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MC MC MC MC PC MC PC PC PC Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............72 73 74 76 79 79 80 80 81 RH..............64 63 62 60 56 56 54 54 53 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..9 9 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 20 FT wind gust.29 26 25 24 25 26 26 25 24 Vrate kt-ft/1K..48 72 83 74 89 96 94 95 89 Ventrate Cat....FR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD GD .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........Min 68. RH..................Max 78 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 7 to 8 mph with gusts to around 26 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the evening. Smoke dispersal.....Good (64000 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (9100 knot-ft) late in the night. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......PC PC PC PC PC MCR PC PC PC PC PC PC Weather cov.....SCH Weather type....RW Tstm cov........SCH CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............79 78 76 73 72 72 71 71 71 70 70 69 RH..............56 58 60 66 68 68 71 71 71 71 71 73 20 FT wind dir..SW SW S S S S S S S SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT wind gust.22 22 20 22 26 24 21 26 25 25 25 25 Vrate kt-ft/1K..64 11 10 9 10 12 12 11 11 11 11 10 Ventrate Cat....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........Max 85. RH..................Min 44 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 8 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph early in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (9600 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to very good (107300 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to good (80300 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to very good (132400 knot-ft) in the afternoon in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............69 68 70 73 76 79 81 83 84 85 85 84 RH..............73 78 73 68 64 58 54 51 48 46 45 44 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 9 8 20 FT wind gust.25 18 20 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 21 Vrate kt-ft/1K..10 14 29 53 80 97 107 113 126 132 122 80 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR FR GD GD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD GD $$ Forecaster...WFO PADUCAH Requested by...Stephen Hammond Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2610170.0/PAH .DELDT 04/13/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL stephend.hammond@ky.gov,wesley.dement@ky.gov,matthew.strong@ky.gov,andrew.leonard@ky.gov