155 FNUS73 KPAH 300728 FWSPAH Spot Forecast for Beach Unit...Missouri State Parks - DNR National Weather Service Paducah KY 128 AM CST Tue Dec 30 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 CST on December 30. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Cold and sunny conditions are forecast today, with RH values forecast to fall to around 30% this afternoon. Mixing will be limited, with the 1700ft mixing height forecast to be reached 8 and 9 AM, and topping out around 2900ft. Winds at 20ft will be light from the W-NW around 5 mph, so conditions for smoke dispersion will be generally poor. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........20 at ignition...Max 40. RH..................71 percent at ignition...Min 31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Winds northwest at 3 mph at ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming west 5 to 6 mph late in the afternoon, then becoming light late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......700 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 2900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 12 mph shifting to the west 8 to 13 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /6100 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...poor /31500 knot-ft/. TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............20 22 22 26 29 32 36 37 38 40 39 37 RH..............71 68 68 57 51 43 35 35 34 31 34 38 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W SW SW 20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 5 3 3 5 5 6 7 6 5 20 FT wind gust.13 13 12 12 10 10 10 10 13 13 13 9 Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.8 1.3 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.1 0.8 Transp wind dir.N N N NW NW NW NW W W W W SW Transp wind spd.10 9 9 12 9 8 9 10 12 13 9 8 Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 6 10 17 15 14 18 23 28 32 17 6 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming mostly clear (15-25 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........Min 28. RH..................Max 78 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Light winds. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 9 to 13 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3200 knot-ft). TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......MC PC MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR MCR CLR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............34 33 32 32 31 30 30 30 30 30 29 30 RH..............47 53 53 53 56 58 60 66 63 63 69 69 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 20 FT wind gust.9 10 12 12 13 13 14 14 12 12 12 10 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 Transp wind dir.SW SW W SW W W W W W W W W Transp wind spd.9 12 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 10 Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........Max 49. RH..................Min 49 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Light winds. Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 9 to 15 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4000 knot-ft). TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC PC PC MCR MCR MCR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............30 30 32 36 39 42 45 47 48 49 47 45 RH..............69 78 75 67 62 57 53 51 49 50 56 60 20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 20 FT wind gust.9 9 9 9 10 10 12 12 12 12 10 8 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.5 1.9 2.2 2.6 2.9 2.9 2.1 1.1 Transp wind dir.W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W Transp wind spd.10 10 10 14 12 10 12 13 15 15 13 9 Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 5 7 14 15 18 22 29 37 37 23 9 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR $$ Forecaster...SNYDER Requested by...Harlee Scherrer Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2528110.0/PAH .DELDT 12/30/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Harlee.scherrer@dnr.mo.gov