967 FNUS73 KPAH 281302 FWSPAH Spot Forecast for Handy RX...USDA USFS National Weather Service Paducah KY 702 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 30% this afternoon and winds will remain light but generally out of the south and southwest. Mixing heights will be modest around 3,600 ft, and coupled with the light winds makes for fair 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.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........60 at ignition...Max 73. RH..................44 percent at ignition...Min 33 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Winds east at 3 mph at ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming south around 5 mph late in the afternoon, then becoming light late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest 8 to 16 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /11100 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...fair /46400 knot-ft/. TIME (CST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......PC MCR PC PC MCR PC PC MC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............60 64 67 71 72 73 73 72 RH..............44 40 37 34 33 33 33 34 20 FT wind dir..E SE S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 3 3 5 5 3 20 FT wind gust.12 12 13 14 16 16 15 14 Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.8 2.3 2.7 3.2 3.6 2.8 1.4 Transp wind dir.E S S S SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.10 9 8 10 12 15 16 12 Vrate kt-ft/1K..11 14 16 25 32 46 39 14 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR FR PR PR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (35-45 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........Min 42. RH..................Max 68 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming north around 5 mph overnight. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 12 mph shifting to the north 13 to 18 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2900 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 PC MC PC PC PC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............69 67 64 63 61 60 58 56 55 52 48 46 RH..............39 42 46 50 53 55 59 62 61 63 68 68 20 FT wind dir..S S SW SW SW NW NW NW N N N N 20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 16 18 18 18 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.9 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW W W W NW N N N N Transp wind spd.9 10 12 12 12 10 10 13 14 14 17 18 Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 3 3 3 4 4 5 7 9 11 15 15 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........Max 54. RH..................Min 36 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 5 to 6 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph. Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 14 to 18 mph decreasing to 13 to 17 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (13800 knot-ft). TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......PC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............44 42 43 44 46 48 51 52 53 54 53 52 RH..............65 67 60 55 49 46 41 39 38 36 38 39 20 FT wind dir..N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.18 20 21 21 21 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.8 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.2 Transp wind dir.N NE NE NE NE NE NE E NE NE NE E Transp wind spd.17 17 18 18 17 16 14 13 14 16 17 17 Vrate kt-ft/1K..14 14 18 21 23 25 25 26 30 36 36 35 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR $$ Forecaster...HICKFORD Requested by...Francis Moll Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2604293.0/PAH .DELDT 02/28/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL francis.moll@usda.gov