FNUS73 KPAH 200647 FWSPAH Spot Forecast for Southern Area Engine Training Academy...US Forest Service National Weather Service Paducah KY 147 AM CDT Wed May 20 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 CDT on May 20. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Another round of showers and thunderstorms will continue to move through this morning. The heaviest rainfall will be focused across southwest Indiana and western Kentucky. After a brief lull Wednesday night into Thursday, additional rain chances return Thursday night and continue through the holiday weekend. Mixing heights will be limited the next several days, struggling to get above 3000 feet. Therefore, dispersion looks to be poor. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Showers and chance of thunderstorms. Temperature.........67 at forecast start...Max 73. RH..................97 percent at forecast start...Min 81 percent. Surface winds (mph).North winds around 5 mph increasing to 6 to 7 mph. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM Sky cover.......MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY Weather cov.....DEFNTE DEFNTE LIKELY DEFNTE LIKELY CHANCE Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE Temp............67 67 71 71 71 71 RH..............97 97 90 93 90 87 Surface wind....NW 1 N 2 N 3 N 3 N 5 N 7 Surface wnd gst.5 5 7 9 10 13 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of thunderstorms early in the evening. Chance of showers early in the evening, then slight chance of showers late in the evening. Temperature.........Min 59. RH..................Max 100 percent. Surface winds (mph).North winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the northeast around 5 mph in the late evening and overnight. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky cover.......CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE Tstm cov........CHANCE Temp............71 67 65 64 63 61 RH..............81 93 93 93 93 97 Surface wind....N 7 N 6 NE 5 NE 3 NE 3 NE 3 Surface wnd gst.13 12 9 8 7 8 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of showers late in the morning. Temperature.........Max 74. RH..................Min 71 percent. Surface winds (mph).Northeast winds around 5 mph increasing to 6 to 7 mph early in the morning. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY Weather cov..... S CHC Weather type....NONE NONE RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............60 62 66 69 71 73 RH..............100 93 84 81 79 73 Surface wind....NE 5 NE 6 NE 7 NE 7 NE 7 NE 7 Surface wnd gst.9 10 12 13 14 14 $$ Forecaster...WITTEN Requested by...Cody Daniels Type of request...OTHER .TAG 2613585.7/PAH .DELDT 05/20/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL lindsey.curtin@usda.gov,charles.daniels@usda.gov