066
FNUS73 KLMK 091613
FWSLMK
SPOT FORECAST FOR KDFWR BRIAR RIDGE...KDFWR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1213 PM EDT THU APR 9 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON APRIL 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION... UPDATED TO CORRECT TRANSPORT WINDS
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST DURING
THE DAY TOMORROW. INITIALLY WE WILL SEE MOSTLY CLEAR AND SUNNY SKIES WITH
SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO UP TO 25 MPH. MIXING HEIGHTS DO INCREASE TO
AROUND 6000FT IN THE AFTERNOON. CURRENT FORECAST MINRH IS 35-40 BUT
IT IS POSSIBLE WE COULD SEE SOME MIXING THAT IT LOWERS SOME. AS THE
FRONT APPROACHES CLOUDS AND SHOWER CHANCES INCREASE TO AROUND 20-30% IN
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IT WILL BE WARM WITH HIGHS WARMING INTO THE
UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........63 AT IGNITION...MAX 78.
RH..................46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 8
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 6000 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 24 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /36 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...VERY GOOD /126
KNOT-FT/.
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................43 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 139 IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........14 9 14 19 24 25 27 29
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............63 68 72 75 77 78 78 78
RH..............46 42 39 38 39 38 38 39
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 7 7 7 7 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 1.9 2.9 4.2 5.5 5.8 6.0 5.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.23 24 24 23 22 21 21 20
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............43 59 87 115 136 135 139 127
SDSPL KT-FT/10000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FRIDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 56.
RH..................MAX 90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
AROUND 7 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT,
THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 8 TO 9 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................87 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 3 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........37 46 55 59 64 68 69 69 70 71 71 72
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH
TEMP............77 75 73 70 67 65 63 61 60 59 58 58
RH..............40 45 48 53 61 65 70 78 81 83 83 83
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W NW NW N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.8 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.2 2.2 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W NW NW NW N N N NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 14 10 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 9
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5
ADI.............87 9 7 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
SDSPL KT-FT/10000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FORECASTER...BTN
REQUESTED BY...MATT STEVENS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2609824.0/LMK
.DELDT 04/09/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL MATTHEW.STEVENS@KY.GOV
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