945 FNUS73 KLMK 281102 FWSLMK Spot Forecast for Patoka Wetland...USFS National Weather Service Louisville KY 602 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.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). Temperature.........42 at ignition...Max 65. RH..................82 percent at ignition...Min 35 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 2 mph at ignition...otherwise Light winds. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 9 to 12 mph shifting to the east 7 to 12 mph in the late morning and early afternoon, then shifting to the south 6 to 7 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /4400 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...poor /20900 knot-ft/. LVORI...............3. ADI.................10 to 29. TIME (EST) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM Sky (%).........5 3 7 36 21 48 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............42 47 54 61 63 63 RH..............82 63 48 36 35 38 20 ft wind......N 2 NE 2 NE 2 E 2 SE 2 S 2 20 ft wind gust.5 6 6 5 5 4 Mix hgt (ft)....500 900 1600 2400 3500 2600 Transport wind..N 9 NE 12 NE 10 E 7 SE 7 S 6 LVORI...........4 2 2 2 2 2 ADI.............10 14 21 21 29 19 SDspl kt-ft/10004 9 14 15 21 13 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Slight chance of rain showers in the evening. Chance of rain showers late in the evening, then slight chance of rain showers overnight. Temperature.........Min 36. RH..................Max 79 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 5 to 12 mph shifting to the west 13 to 14 mph overnight, then shifting to the north around 13 mph after 3 am. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (800 knot-ft). LVORI...............3. ADI.................2 to 6. TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........61 74 75 68 50 40 Weather cov..... S CHC S CHC S CHC Weather type....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............62 57 54 52 50 45 RH..............43 53 66 71 77 79 20 ft wind......SW 1 S 1 S 2 SW 2 W 2 NW 2 20 ft wind gust.4 4 5 6 7 9 Mix hgt (ft)....1400 200 400 500 600 900 Transport wind..S 5 SE 6 S 9 SW 13 W 14 N 13 LVORI...........2 2 3 3 4 4 ADI.............2 3 4 6 6 6 SDspl kt-ft/10006 1 3 5 7 10 .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Temperature.........Max 47. RH..................Min 45 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north around 5 mph in the late morning and afternoon, then becoming light late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 14 to 17 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (13000 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to fair (45600 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............2. ADI.................20 early in the morning increasing to 64 in the afternoon. TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........35 35 51 58 71 76 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............40 37 40 43 46 46 RH..............76 75 67 55 47 45 20 ft wind......N 3 N 3 N 4 N 4 N 4 NE 4 20 ft wind gust.10 10 11 10 10 9 Mix hgt (ft)....1100 1300 1700 2500 3300 3400 Transport wind..N 14 N 16 N 17 N 16 N 16 N 15 LVORI...........3 3 3 1 1 1 ADI.............20 27 37 51 64 62 SDspl kt-ft/100013 18 25 35 46 44 $$ Forecaster...WFO LMK Requested by...Jason Hunt Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2604283.1/LMK .DELDT 02/28/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL jason.hunt@usda.gov