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FNUS73 KJKL 071030
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR WIDOW BRANCH...KDFWR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
530 AM EST SAT MAR 7 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EST ON MARCH 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION.
TODAY WILL START DRY WITH BREEZY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS
AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL INCREASE IN
COVERAGE AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS
COULD CREATE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. AHEAD OF THE FRONT,
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO AROUND 75 DEGREES. SOUTH TO
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL ADVECT MOISTURE INTO THE REGION AHEAD OF
AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THEREBY KEEPING MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ELEVATED AROUND 48 PERCENT. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE
ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE WHOLE DAY WITH 20 FT WINDS GUSTING TO 29
MPH THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR VENT RATES TO
INCREASE FROM POOR TO EXCELLENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). RAIN LIKELY AND
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............56.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...75.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 29 MPH
EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 23
TO 29 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR INCREASING TO EXCELLENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................13 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 86 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EST) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........38 35 32 30 28 26 24 37 50 64 71
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 40 60 70
TEMP............59 62 64 66 69 72 74 74 75 75 72
DEWPOINT........57 57 57 58 57 56 55 55 55 55 55
RH..............93 84 78 75 66 57 51 51 50 50 55
APARNT TMP (F)..59 62 64 66 69 72 74 74 75 75 72
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 10 13 14 15 15 15 15 15 14
20 FT WIND GUST.18 21 24 26 28 29 29 29 28 26 24
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..9 10 12 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.4 1.8 2.3 3.1 3.9 4.6 4.7 4.9 5.0 3.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 16 20 24 25 28 29 29 28 28 23
LVORI...........5 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............15 29 45 66 61 75 85 86 84 84 60
VRATE KT-FT/1K..10 19 31 49 68 93 116 119 117 119 71
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR FR GD GD VGD VGD VGD VGD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). RAIN AND CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN RAIN
LIKELY OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............56.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...69.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 7 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 17 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 9
MPH.
VENT RATE...........MARGINAL.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................6 TO 23.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........82 94 88 88 89 85 82 78 81 84 87 89
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........CHC SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).80 90 90 80 70 70 70 70 60 60 50 50
TEMP............69 66 65 63 62 61 61 60 60 59 59 58
DEWPOINT........56 57 57 57 57 56 56 56 56 56 56 55
RH..............63 73 75 81 84 84 84 87 87 90 90 90
APARNT TMP (F)..69 66 65 63 62 61 61 60 60 59 59 58
20 FT WIND DIR..SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W
20 FT WIND SPD..12 10 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.22 20 18 18 17 16 15 15 15 15 15 14
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W
RIDGE WIND SPD..13 12 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.1 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW W
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 13 14 14 15 13 10 9 9 9 9 9
LVORI...........2 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
ADI.............23 11 12 12 10 8 7 6 6 6 6 6
VRATE KT-FT/1K..31 7 10 12 16 12 8 6 7 7 8 9
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
THROUGH THE DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............53 DECREASING TO 48 IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...63.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 5 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 13 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................13 TO 33.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........90 92 91 90 89 84 78 73 61 49 38 35
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 50 50 50 50 50 30 30 30 30 30
TEMP............58 57 57 58 58 59 59 60 61 62 63 62
DEWPOINT........55 54 54 53 53 52 50 49 49 48 47 47
RH..............90 90 90 83 83 78 72 67 65 60 56 58
APARNT TMP (F)..58 57 57 58 58 59 59 60 61 62 63 62
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 3
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 10 9
RIDGE WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
RIDGE WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.5 2.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W NW NW NW W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 10 12 13 12 12 12 9 8 7 6
LVORI...........5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 1 2 2
ADI.............13 16 16 18 21 22 25 27 23 33 30 18
VRATE KT-FT/1K..10 12 13 15 17 20 25 30 25 23 21 12
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...VORST
REQUESTED BY...LEE KAIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2605001.0/JKL
.DELDT 03/07/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL LEEK@KY.GOV
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