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FNUS73 KJKL 091009
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR LONGBOTTOMS 3/4...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
609 AM EDT THU APR 9 2026
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
THE AXIS OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN TO THE SOUTH
AND EAST OF THE LONGBOTTOMS 3/4 PROJECT AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS
WILL RESULT IN SOUTHERLY WINDS FOR TODAY AND ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES
WILL MODERATE, DEWPOINTS AND HUMIDITY WILL CHANGE LITTLE COMPARED
TO WEDNESDAY AS THESE LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL MAINTAIN A DOWNSLOPE
COMPONENT OFF OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EASTERN TN. FURTHER WARMING
OCCURS ON FRIDAY ON SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AS A COLD FRONT SAGS
TOWARD THE OH VALLEY. DEWPOINTS WILL CLIMB A BIT FOR FRIDAY, BUT
TEMPERATURES TREND HIGHER AND AFTERNOON HUMIDITY SHOULD INCREASE
ONLY SLIGHTLY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 20 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 34.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 6700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 3 TO 10 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (2100 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO POOR (18400
KNOT-FT) TO (26800 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3 EARLY, 1 LATE.
ADI.................7 EARLY, INCREASING TO 27 TO 38 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........35 13 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............46 50 56 62 66 71 72 73 76 76
DEWPOINT........35 34 34 33 33 33 34 35 35 35
RH..............65 54 43 33 29 25 25 25 22 22
20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S S SW SW SW S S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 10 13 13 12 12 12 10 9
RIDGE WIND DIR..SE S S S S SW SW SW S S
RIDGE WIND SPD..3 3 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.8 1.7 2.2 3.2 4.3 5.4 6.1 6.6 6.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 10 10 8 7 5 3 5 5
LVORI...........3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1
ADI.............7 8 22 28 33 37 34 27 36 38
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 6 15 20 22 26 22 18 26 27
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........AROUND 61 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............33 TO 38.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (20200 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (1200
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2 EARLY, 3 LATE.
ADI.................29 EARLY, THEN 2 TO 3.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........3 5 3 4 3 4 3 2 4 4 4 5
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............75 74 69 64 60 58 55 53 51 49 49 48
DEWPOINT........36 37 38 38 38 38 38 37 37 36 34 33
RH..............24 26 32 38 44 47 53 54 59 61 56 56
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SE S S S S S S S S SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S SE S S S S S S S S SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..6 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.1 1.9 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SE S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
ADI.............29 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
VRATE KT-FT/1K..20 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 22 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............32 TO 39.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO WEST 2 TO 8 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH TO WEST 3 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 6300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO WEST 7 TO 15 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (1800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO FAIR (39700
KNOT-FT) TO GOOD (51400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3 EARLY, 1 LATE.
ADI.................3 EARLY, 57 TO 67.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........4 4 6 3 4 5 6 9 12 16 20 24
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............47 47 48 54 61 66 69 73 75 77 78 78
DEWPOINT........32 32 32 33 35 36 37 37 37 37 38 39
RH..............56 56 54 45 38 33 31 27 25 24 24 25
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 7
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 8 12 14 15 15 15 15 15 14
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W
RIDGE WIND SPD..3 3 3 5 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.8 1.8 2.4 3.3 4.4 5.6 5.8 6.1 6.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SW SW SW W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 10 14 15 14 12 10 10 9 9
LVORI...........3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 6 7 11 33 45 57 64 67 64 66 64
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 2 2 7 21 31 40 47 50 49 51 50
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR
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