FNUS73 KPAH 181438 FWSPAH Spot Forecast for Little Grand Canyon SAR...USFS National Weather Service Paducah KY 938 AM CDT Mon May 18 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1000 CDT on May 18. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... A few showers and isolated storms may impact the SAR site this morning with another round possible this afternoon. The latest guidance suggests the next round will approach between 2 and 5 pm. It is somewhat of a challenging forecast as showers and storms could pop up outside of that time window. A couple strong storms are possible, but not expecting widespread severe weather today. The strongest storms will have the potential to produce frequent lightning, torrential downpours, gusty-erratic winds and small hail through late afternoon. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......60 percent. Temperature.........80 at forecast start...Max 85. RH..................68 percent at forecast start...Min 57 percent. Surface winds (mph).South winds 13 to 17 mph with gusts to around 29 mph. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC Chc of pcpn (%).30 40 50 60 60 60 60 50 Temp............80 81 82 83 84 84 85 83 RH..............68 67 65 63 61 61 57 60 Surface wnd dir.S S SW S S S S S Surface wnd spd.14 16 17 16 17 16 14 13 Surface wnd gst.28 28 28 29 28 28 26 24 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Showers likely and chance of thunderstorms early in the evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. Chance of pcpn......60 percent. Temperature.........Min 71. RH..................Max 84 percent. Surface winds (mph).South winds 10 to 14 mph. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......MC MC MC MC MC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC Weather cov.....LKY SCH SCH SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........CHC SCH SCH SCH Chc of pcpn (%).60 20 20 20 10 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 Temp............83 82 81 80 79 79 78 77 77 76 75 74 RH..............59 58 63 65 64 64 67 69 69 71 74 76 Surface wnd dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S Surface wnd spd.13 10 12 13 13 13 14 13 14 14 14 14 Surface wnd gst.23 20 21 23 21 21 21 22 22 22 23 23 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......70 percent. Temperature.........Max 87. RH..................Min 63 percent. Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 9 to 14 mph. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MC PC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC Weather cov..... SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY Chc of pcpn (%).10 20 20 30 30 30 50 70 70 70 70 70 Temp............74 74 72 76 79 82 83 83 85 83 82 81 RH..............76 76 84 76 69 67 65 65 63 67 69 72 Surface wnd dir.S S SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Surface wnd spd.14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 12 12 10 9 Surface wnd gst.23 22 23 24 24 24 23 23 22 21 20 18 $$ Forecaster...COOLEY Requested by...Brandon Spradling Type of request...SAR .TAG 2613918.0/PAH .DELDT 05/18/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL brandon.spradling@usda.gov