529  
FNUS73 KJKL 231020 AAC  
FWSJKL  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR FERN BLUFF RX...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
620 AM EDT THU OCT 23 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EDT ON OCTOBER 23.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS  
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.  
   
DISCUSSION  
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER FOR  
TODAY INTO FRIDAY. FOR TODAY, THE HEATING OF THE DAY WILL LEAD TO  
AN INCREASE IN WINDS AND TRANSPORT WINDS FROM LATE MORNING INTO  
THE AFTERNOON WHEN WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 16 MPH IN THE  
AFTERNOON. WINDS SLACKEN TONIGHT WITH FROST DEVELOPING LATE AS  
HIGH PRESSURE NEARS THE AREA. SIMILAR HUMIDITIES, BUT LIGHTER  
WINDS AND POORER DISPERSION IS ANTICIPATED ON FRIDAY NEARER TO THE  
CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN  
THE MORNING.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.  
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............33 DECREASING TO 30 IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIN APPARENT TEMP...33.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 15  
TO 18 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.  
VENT RATE...........POOR (300 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD  
(73800 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................4 EARLY INCREASING TO 112 IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........1 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 4 3 3  
WEATHER COV.....ARS  
WEATHER TYPE....FST  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............37 39 40 45 50 53 55 57 58 58 57  
DEWPOINT........32 33 33 35 34 34 33 32 30 31 29  
RH..............82 79 76 68 54 48 43 38 34 36 34  
APARNT TMP (F)..33 37 37 42 48 53 55 57 58 58 57  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W W W W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 5 6 6 7 7 8 9 8 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.8 7 8 10 12 13 14 15 15 16 14  
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW W W W W W W W W W W  
RIDGE WIND SPD..6 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 10 9 8  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.6 1.7 2.3 3.0 4.6 5.3 5.1 4.7 4.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 8 13 16 18 18 18 18 17 15  
LVORI...........4 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............4 5 8 27 47 67 100 112 76 93 79  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 0 4 19 32 47 74 85 80 69 58  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD FR  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST  
AFTER 3 AM.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34.  
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............31.  
MIN APPARENT TEMP...35.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING  
BECOMING LIGHT.  
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 2 TO 7 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 12 MPH.  
VENT RATE...........MARGINAL (34100 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR  
(100 KNOT-FT).  
LVORI...............4.  
ADI.................48 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 1 LATE.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM  
SKY (%).........2 2 3 2 2 5  
WEATHER COV..... AREAS  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE FROST  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............55 48 44 41 38 36  
DEWPOINT........29 33 33 33 32 32  
RH..............37 56 65 73 79 85  
APARNT TMP (F)..55 47 44 41 38 36  
20 FT WIND......W 6 W 3 W 2 W 2 SW 1 W 1  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 7 5 3 2 2  
RIDGETOP WIND...W 7 W 5 W 3 W 3 SW 2 W 2  
MIX HGT (FT)....3400 100 100 100 BLW100 BLW100  
TRANSPORT WIND..W 12 W 5 W 3 W 3 SW 3 SW 3  
LVORI...........1 3 3 3 4 5  
ADI.............48 2 1 2 2 2  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..34 1 0 0 0 0  
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR  
   
FRIDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). WIDESPREAD FROST EARLY.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.  
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............32.  
MIN APPARENT TEMP...34.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 2 TO 5 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 2 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 7 TO  
12 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.  
VENT RATE...........POOR (100 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO TO  
MARGINAL (33400 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............4.  
ADI.................1 EARLY INCREASING TO 47 IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM  
SKY (%).........6 1 1 12  
WEATHER COV.....AREAS AREAS  
WEATHER TYPE....FROST FROST NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0  
TEMP............35 36 51 56  
DEWPOINT........32 33 33 30  
RH..............89 89 50 37  
APARNT TMP (F)..35 36 51 56  
20 FT WIND......W 1G2 W 1G2 W 2G6 W 3G8  
RIDGETOP WIND...W 2 W 2 W 3 W 5  
MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 700 2900 4000  
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 3 W 6 NW 12 NW 8  
LVORI...........6 5 1 1  
ADI.............1 6 42 41  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 4 30 30  
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR POOR  
 
 
FORECASTER...GREIF  
REQUESTED BY...BROCK CAMPBELL  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2524108.3/JKL  
.DELDT 10/23/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
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