165 FNUS73 KLMK 280823 FWSLMK Spot Forecast for Rainbow Lake...USFS National Weather Service Louisville KY 323 AM EST Sat Feb 28 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 EST on February 28. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Dry and sunny conditions with light winds are expected across the region today. Temperatures will warm into the mid-upper 60s with afternoon relative humidity values dropping into the 30-35 percent range. A frontal boundary will move through the region tonight brining a chance for some rain showers across the area. Some wintry weather will be possible across the region Monday morning. However, the weather pattern will become milder and more active next week. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). Temperature.........42 at ignition...Max 67. RH..................79 percent at ignition...Min 34 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 1 mph at ignition...otherwise Light winds. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 7 to 8 mph shifting to the northeast 5 to 9 mph in the late morning and early afternoon, then shifting to the southeast 6 to 7 mph early in the afternoon shifting to the south 7 to 8 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /2400 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...poor /25300 knot-ft/. LVORI...............3. ADI.................7 to 35. TIME (EST) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM Sky (%).........3 2 9 11 24 45 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............42 48 56 64 66 66 RH..............79 68 51 38 36 37 20 ft wind......W 1 NE 2 NE 2 E 2 S 2 S 2 20 ft wind gust.2 4 5 5 5 4 Mix hgt (ft)....400 900 1800 2700 3700 2700 Transport wind..NW 7 NE 8 E 8 E 5 S 7 SW 7 LVORI...........4 3 2 2 1 2 ADI.............7 10 18 15 31 23 SDspl kt-ft/10002 6 12 11 22 16 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Chance of rain showers overnight. Slight chance of rain showers overnight. Temperature.........Min 39. RH..................Max 82 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 12 mph shifting to the northwest 12 to 13 mph after 3 am. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (900 knot-ft). LVORI...............3. ADI.................2 to 6. TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........56 67 72 79 52 47 Weather cov..... CHANCE S CHC Weather type....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............65 58 55 55 53 49 RH..............40 53 64 66 74 80 20 ft wind......S 2 S 2 S 2 SW 2 W 2 NW 2 20 ft wind gust.4 4 5 5 6 7 Mix hgt (ft)....1400 200 500 400 500 700 Transport wind..SW 6 SW 6 S 8 SW 10 W 12 N 12 LVORI...........2 2 3 3 3 4 ADI.............3 3 4 5 5 5 SDspl kt-ft/10007 1 4 4 5 7 .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Temperature.........Max 50. RH..................Min 42 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north around 5 mph early in the morning. Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 13 to 16 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (11000 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to fair (44700 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............2. ADI.................17 early in the morning increasing to 63 in the afternoon. TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........39 40 51 55 71 75 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............44 40 43 47 49 50 RH..............79 76 65 51 46 42 20 ft wind......N 3 N 4 N 4 N 4 N 4 NE 4 20 ft wind gust.9 9 10 10 10 9 Mix hgt (ft)....1000 1300 1800 2700 3400 3500 Transport wind..N 13 N 15 N 16 N 15 N 15 N 14 LVORI...........3 3 3 1 1 1 ADI.............17 26 36 51 63 58 SDspl kt-ft/100011 17 25 35 45 42 $$ Forecaster...WFO LMK Requested by...Ryan Otto Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2604284.1/LMK .DELDT 02/28/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL ryan.otto@usda.gov