463 FNUS73 KPAH 281340 FWSPAH Spot Forecast for EP Grassland...USDA USFS National Weather Service Paducah KY 740 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... Mostly sunny conditions this morning will give way to increasing clouds by later afternoon. Light easterly winds this morning will become southerly by midday. Transport winds will likely remain below 15 mph along with only decent mixing, so dispersion should be fair at best. Minimum RH's are forecast to fall into the 30 to 35 percent range this afternoon. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........58 at ignition...Max 74. RH..................49 percent at ignition...Min 32 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Winds east at 5 mph at ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 7 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest 7 to 14 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /10400 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...poor /35500 knot-ft/. TIME (CST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR PC MCR MCR MCR PC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............58 62 67 70 72 74 72 70 RH..............49 42 38 35 32 33 36 39 20 FT wind dir..E SE SE S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..3 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.10 12 12 13 14 15 15 14 Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.6 1.9 2.3 2.8 3.2 2.5 1.1 Transp wind dir.E SE S SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.10 7 7 8 12 13 14 10 Vrate kt-ft/1K..10 9 12 16 28 36 30 10 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (35-45 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........Min 44. RH..................Max 71 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Southwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the north 6 to 7 mph overnight. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 13 mph shifting to the north 10 to 15 mph overnight, then increasing to around 17 mph early in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2600 knot-ft). TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC PC PC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............68 66 63 62 60 59 58 56 55 54 50 47 RH..............47 48 56 58 60 62 64 66 66 66 71 71 20 FT wind dir..S S SW SW SW W NW NW N N N N 20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 20 FT wind gust.14 14 14 13 13 13 12 14 15 16 17 18 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.0 Transp wind dir.S S SW SW SW SW W NW N N N N Transp wind spd.10 12 13 10 12 12 10 10 15 15 15 17 Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 4 4 4 5 4 3 5 9 12 11 15 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent) then becoming cloudy (85-95 percent). Slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. CWR.................0 percent. Temperature.........Max 52. RH..................Min 44 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 7 to 8 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph early in the morning. Mixing height.......2600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 15 to 22 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (16400 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 CDY 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............46 44 44 45 47 49 50 51 52 52 51 50 RH..............65 68 62 58 51 48 46 44 44 44 46 50 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 20 FT wind gust.18 18 20 21 21 21 20 20 20 20 20 18 Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.2 1.9 Transp wind dir.N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Transp wind spd.18 21 22 21 20 17 16 15 16 17 17 16 Vrate kt-ft/1K..16 21 24 26 29 29 31 33 36 37 33 27 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR $$ Forecaster...POULOS Requested by...Francis Moll Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2604311.0/PAH .DELDT 02/28/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL francis.moll@usda.gov