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FNUS73 KJKL 250940
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR ELK PEN RX...KENTUCKY FISH AND WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
540 AM EDT TUE AUG 25 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EDT ON AUGUST 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
HIGH PRESSURE HAS BROUGHT LESS HUMID AIR TO THE STATE.
HOWEVER, TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE BY MID-WEEK AND A SERIES OF
PASSING WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL BRING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. FOR TODAY WE
WILL HAVE A FOGGY START BUT THEN IT DRIES OUT BY LATE MORNING WITH
RH GETTING DOWN TO NEAR 40 PERCENT BY MID AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT
WINDS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............55.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...79.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHEAST 1 TO 3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 2 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 3 TO
8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (0 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO POOR (13200
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE MORNING.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................2 TO 35.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........0 1 2 3 5 4 3 3 3 11
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............57 61 66 71 74 76 78 79 79 79
DEWPOINT........53 54 55 55 56 56 57 55 54 55
RH..............86 78 68 57 53 50 48 44 42 44
APARNT TMP (F)..57 61 66 71 74 76 78 79 79 79
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E N N NE NE N N
20 FT WIND SPD..2 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 5 5 5 3 3 5 5 5
RIDGE WIND DIR..E E E E NE NE NE NE N N
RIDGE WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 2
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.6 1.6 2.1 2.6 3.6 4.0 4.1 4.3 4.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 5 8 10 9 8 6 5 3 3
LVORI...........6 4 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 2
ADI.............2 5 17 29 33 35 29 24 21 19
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 3 12 19 22 24 20 17 15 13
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MAX HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............57 DECREASING TO 54 OVERNIGHT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...77.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHEAST 1 TO 3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 3 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (100 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................1 TO 14.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........7 16 20 18 19 8 7 7 8 12 29 50
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............77 75 71 70 67 66 66 65 63 64 64 64
DEWPOINT........55 57 59 57 56 55 55 55 54 54 54 54
RH..............47 54 66 63 68 68 68 70 72 70 70 70
APARNT TMP (F)..77 75 71 70 67 66 66 65 63 64 64 64
20 FT WIND DIR..N N NE NE E E E E SE E SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 6
RIDGE WIND DIR..N N NE NE E E E E SE E SE SE
RIDGE WIND SPD..1 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.4 1.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE N N NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
LVORI...........2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............14 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
VRATE KT-FT/1K..10 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............56 INCREASING TO 61 IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...82.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHEAST AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
6 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (100 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO POOR (24000
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................1 TO 37.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........42 50 52 47 39 35 35 40 48 31 26 46
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............63 64 64 65 69 74 77 79 81 82 82 81
DEWPOINT........54 54 55 58 60 61 62 62 61 60 60 61
RH..............72 70 73 78 73 64 60 56 51 47 47 51
APARNT TMP (F)..63 64 64 65 69 74 77 79 82 82 82 82
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 5 3 2
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 7 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 8
RIDGE WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 2 3 3 5 5 6 5 3
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.8 2.3 3.0 3.5 4.4 4.8 4.9 5.1 5.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 2 2 5 7 8 8 7 6 6 6 6
LVORI...........3 3 3 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............1 2 2 4 19 31 35 37 35 35 37 37
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 0 0 3 13 21 24 26 24 25 26 26
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...GREIF
REQUESTED BY...JOHN HAST
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 08/25/26
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