FNUS73 KPAH 030859 FWSPAH Spot Forecast for Doniphan Pile...USDA Forest Service National Weather Service Paducah KY 259 AM CST Tue Feb 3 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CST on February 03. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Can't completely rule out a brief period of drizzle this morning before 10 AM. Otherwise, today will be mostly cloudy and mild with high temperatures approaching 50 this afternoon. Winds will be light and rather variable this morning (although westerly component is favored), before becoming northerly and increasing a bit this afternoon. Mixing heights remain below 3000 feet this afternoon, but decent transport winds will allow fair dispersion. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of drizzle in the morning. Temperature.........37 at ignition...Max 49. RH..................85 percent at ignition...Min 56 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Winds west at 3 mph at ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming north 6 to 8 mph late in the morning. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 2700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 7 to 8 mph shifting to the north 9 to 17 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /1600 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...fair /40200 knot-ft/. TIME (CST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......CDY CDY CDY CDY MC MC MC MC MC MC Weather cov.....SCH CHC Weather type....DZL DZL Tstm cov........ Temp............37 40 44 46 48 48 49 49 48 46 RH..............85 82 73 65 56 60 56 56 56 60 20 FT wind dir..W W NW NW N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..2 2 3 6 7 7 8 8 8 7 20 FT wind gust.6 6 8 9 10 12 13 15 14 14 Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.6 1.0 1.6 2.2 2.7 2.7 1.7 0.7 Transp wind dir.SW W NW N N N N N N N Transp wind spd.7 8 9 10 13 15 17 17 16 14 Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 2 5 9 18 28 40 40 23 8 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR PR PR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Temperature.........Min 27. RH..................Max 85 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......North winds 6 to 7 mph. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 12 to 14 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4700 knot-ft). TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......MC MC MC MC MC PC PC PC MC MC MC MC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............44 40 38 37 36 34 33 32 32 30 29 29 RH..............65 73 76 75 72 75 78 78 75 81 81 81 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 20 FT wind gust.14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 1.3 1.4 0.9 0.8 1.1 Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N N N N Transp wind spd.13 14 14 14 14 12 12 13 14 14 13 14 Vrate kt-ft/1K..7 7 6 7 7 5 5 14 16 11 9 13 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR $$ Forecaster...POULOS Requested by...Levi Heikkila Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2601527.0/PAH .DELDT 02/03/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL levi.heikkila@usda.gov