178 FNUS73 KPAH 281122 FWSPAH Spot Forecast for Crossroads Rx...USFS National Weather Service Paducah KY 522 AM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CST on February 28. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... RHs for today have trended up slightly while winds have trended down. Min RH may not dip below 40% this afternoon and winds will remain light but generally out of the south and southwest. Mixing heights will not be that great, and coupled with the light winds makes for poor dispersion. A cold front is coming through late tonight and will switch the winds around to the northwest and they will pick up to around 15-20 mph. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent) then becoming mostly sunny (45-55 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........56 at ignition...Max 69. RH..................57 percent at ignition...Min 40 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Winds east at 2 mph at ignition...otherwise Light winds. Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 6 to 7 mph shifting to the southwest 7 to 14 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /6400 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...poor /35200 knot-ft/. TIME (CST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC MC PC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............56 60 64 67 68 69 68 67 RH..............57 51 46 42 40 40 43 45 20 FT wind dir..E SE S S S S SW S 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 20 FT wind gust.7 7 8 9 9 9 9 7 Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.7 2.0 2.4 2.8 3.2 2.2 1.0 Transp wind dir.SE S S SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.6 7 7 9 12 13 14 10 Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 10 12 20 28 35 27 9 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Slight chance of rain showers in the late evening and overnight. CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........Min 44. RH..................Max 79 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming west around 5 mph overnight, then shifting to the northwest after 3 am. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 15 mph shifting to the north 15 to 17 mph after 3 am. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2100 knot-ft). TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......MC MC MC MC MC MC PC MC MC MC PC MCR Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............65 62 61 60 58 58 58 56 55 54 50 47 RH..............48 56 58 62 64 64 64 69 69 71 77 79 20 FT wind dir..SW S S S SW SW SW SW W W NW N 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.7 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 12 12 13 14 Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.9 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W N N Transp wind spd.7 8 9 12 14 14 15 14 13 13 15 17 Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 2 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 9 14 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........Max 54. RH..................Min 43 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......North winds around 5 mph. Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 15 to 20 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (16800 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to fair (40800 knot-ft) in the afternoon. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............46 44 47 51 53 53 RH..............76 70 58 50 44 44 20 FT wind dir..N N N N NE NE 20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.14 14 14 15 15 13 Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.3 1.7 2.3 2.7 2.2 Transp wind dir.N N N N N NE Transp wind spd.18 20 17 17 17 16 Vrate kt-ft/1K..17 22 26 35 41 32 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR FAIR POOR $$ Forecaster...HICKFORD Requested by...Doug Phelps Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2604297.0/PAH .DELDT 02/28/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL douglas.phelps@usda.gov