FNUS73 KPAH 181101 FWSPAH Spot Forecast for Southern Area Engine Training Academy...USFS National Weather Service Paducah KY 601 AM CDT Mon May 18 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 CDT on May 18. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Breezy from the southwest today again with RH falling to about 40 to 45 percent. Showers and thunderstorms are poised to get going by this afternoon and there will likely be activity around til early evening. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Temperature.........70 at forecast start...Max 88. RH..................70 percent at forecast start...Min 46 percent. Surface winds (mph).South winds 8 to 14 mph. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY Weather cov..... S CHC S CHC Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ S CHC S CHC Temp............70 75 82 85 86 86 RH..............70 68 56 52 47 47 Surface wind....S 8 S 10 S 14 S 13 S 14 S 12 Surface wnd gst.15 18 22 21 22 20 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (35-45 percent). Temperature.........Min 71. RH..................Max 79 percent. Surface winds (mph).South winds 7 to 9 mph shifting to the around 5 mph early in the evening, then increasing to 6 to 9 mph in the late evening and overnight. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky cover.......MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............86 80 76 76 75 73 RH..............49 59 64 62 64 71 Surface wind....SW 9 S 5 S 6 S 7 S 8 S 8 Surface wnd gst.18 10 10 13 15 16 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Chance of showers through the day. Chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Temperature.........Max 88. RH..................Min 55 percent. Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 9 to 12 mph. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY Weather cov..... S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE Weather type....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE Temp............73 74 80 84 85 85 RH..............73 76 65 59 57 57 Surface wind....S 9 S 10 S 12 SW 12 SW 10 SW 10 Surface wnd gst.17 18 20 20 20 17 $$ Forecaster...GIBBS Requested by...Cody Daniels Type of request...OTHER .TAG 2613585.5/PAH .DELDT 05/18/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL charles.daniels@usda.gov,lindsey.curtin@usda.gov