451 FNUS73 KLMK 010000 FWSLMK Spot Forecast for Blue Otter...USDA Forest Service National Weather Service Louisville KY 700 PM EST Sat Feb 28 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1800 CST on February 28. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...A wavy frontal boundary will linger over the region this evening before sinking southeast of the area early tomorrow morning. Winds will be somewhat light and variable this evening before increasing from the N and NE Sunday morning in the wake of the front. While the lower levels remain fairly dry, very spotty light rain or sprinkles will be possible overnight as mid-level clouds overspread the region and lower slightly. Sunday looks dry with steady/stronger winds from the NE. The next chance for precipitation arrives Sunday night into Monday, where a messy mix of precip types are expected, mainly north of the WK/BG Parkways. Next week becomes increasingly warmer and active with on and off shower and storm chances through much of the week. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Isolated rain showers in the evening. Scattered sprinkles overnight. Temperature.........65 at ignition...Min 36. RH..................30 percent at ignition...Max 76 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds south at 2 mph at ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming north around 5 mph after 3 am. Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 7 to 8 mph shifting to the north 8 to 13 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /7000 knot-ft/ at ignition. Min...poor /1000 knot-ft/. LVORI...............3. ADI.................3 to 8. TIME (CST) 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM Sky (%).........78 80 87 69 54 53 Weather cov..... ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD SCTTRD Weather type....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............65 59 56 53 50 46 RH..............30 44 57 68 71 73 20 ft wind......S 2 W 2 W 3 N 4 N 6 N 6 20 ft wind gust. 4 4 6 11 11 Mix hgt (ft)....1200 200 500 600 700 1000 Transport wind..SW 7 W 7 W 7 NW 8 N 10 N 12 LVORI...........2 2 3 3 3 3 ADI.............3 3 3 4 7 8 SDspl kt-ft/10007 1 3 4 7 10 .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming partly sunny (65-75 percent). Temperature.........Max 49. RH..................Min 42 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph. Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 13 to 17 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (12700 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to marginal (34300 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............2. ADI.................19 to 49. TIME (CST) 5 AM 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM Sky (%).........22 32 47 61 66 67 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............41 38 41 45 48 49 RH..............76 73 67 55 47 42 20 ft wind......N 6 N 6 NE 7 NE 7 NE 6 NE 6 20 ft wind gust.11 12 13 11 11 11 Mix hgt (ft)....1200 1400 1700 2300 2900 3100 Transport wind..N 13 N 15 NE 17 NE 15 NE 13 NE 13 LVORI...........3 3 3 1 1 1 ADI.............19 26 37 43 45 49 SDspl kt-ft/100013 18 25 29 32 34 .SUNDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Scattered snow showers overnight. Temperature.........Min 31. RH..................Max 82 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 5 mph early in the evening becoming light. Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 13 to 17 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (16800 knot-ft). LVORI...............3. ADI.................6 to 12. TIME (CST) 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM Sky (%).........69 61 81 83 86 89 Weather cov..... SCTTRD SCTTRD Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE SNSHWR SNSHWR Tstm cov........ Temp............47 41 39 38 36 34 RH..............44 55 57 54 59 69 20 ft wind......NE 6 NE 2 NE 2 E 2 E 2 E 3 20 ft wind gust.12 8 8 8 9 10 Mix hgt (ft)....2200 1500 1400 1400 1500 1500 Transport wind..NE 13 NE 14 E 15 E 16 E 17 E 17 LVORI...........2 3 3 2 3 3 ADI.............8 6 7 7 8 12 SDspl kt-ft/100024 18 18 20 23 22 .MONDAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Scattered snow showers early in the morning. Scattered rain showers. Temperature.........Max 46. RH..................Min 64 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east around 5 mph in the late morning and early afternoon, then becoming light late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 15 to 23 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (14600 knot-ft). LVORI...............3. ADI.................21 to 34. TIME (CST) 5 AM 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM Sky (%).........90 90 88 90 92 93 Weather cov.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD Weather type....SNSHWR RNSN RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ Temp............32 32 35 38 42 44 RH..............78 82 78 79 73 73 20 ft wind......E 3 E 3 E 4 E 4 E 4 E 3 20 ft wind gust.10 10 11 11 9 8 Mix hgt (ft)....1400 1300 1200 1300 1300 1300 Transport wind..E 17 E 20 E 23 E 22 E 20 E 17 LVORI...........3 3 3 3 3 3 ADI.............27 29 34 32 29 25 SDspl kt-ft/100021 22 25 24 22 19 $$ Forecaster...EBW Requested by...Jeremy Kolaks Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2604354.0/LMK .DELDT 02/28/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL jeremy.kolaks@usda.gov,logan.scherschel@usda.gov,ryan.otto@usda.gov