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FNUS73 KJKL 081003
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCKCASTLE RIVER WMA BOLTHOUSE UNIT 1 & 2...KDF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
603 AM EDT THU OCT 8 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EDT ON OCTOBER 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
A DRY COLD FRONT PASSAGE THIS MORNING WILL BRING LIGHT
NORTH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY TODAY. THESE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO A LIGHT
EASTERLY WIND FRIDAY AS THE SURFACE RIDGING BEGINS TO PASS EAST OF THE AREA.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 6 TO
9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (2000 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO MARGINAL
(34000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO FAIR (41600 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........6 11 7 1 0 1 3 3 3 3 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............55 56 59 66 71 75 78 79 79 80 79
RH..............86 80 75 61 51 41 32 28 26 23 23
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N NE NE N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 0 1 2 5 5 6 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.2 3 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 10 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 1.1 1.9 3.2 4.4 4.9 5.1 5.2 4.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.W NW N NE NE N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 6 6 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 8
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 2 2 8 15 26 35 40 41 42 34
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
AROUND 6 MPH OVERNIGHT.
VENT RATE...........POOR (19000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (1600
KNOT-FT).
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........3 2 0 1 17 15 12 19 10 25 15 3
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............78 74 67 64 62 60 58 57 56 55 54 53
RH..............25 29 47 52 58 64 67 69 69 72 74 77
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FT WIND GUST.8 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N NE NE NE NE E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6
VRATE KT-FT/1K..19 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 6 TO 9 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (1800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO POOR (27500
KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
MARGINAL (36400 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........10 12 11 25 24 26 29 32 16 13 13 22
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............53 52 51 56 64 70 75 78 81 82 82 83
RH..............74 74 77 72 56 42 33 29 25 24 25 24
20 FT WIND DIR..N E E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..0 1 1 2 2 2 5 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.3 5 5 6 6 8 9 10 10 10 10 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.8 2.8 3.4 4.0 4.8 5.2 3.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E SE SE E
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 6 6 8 8 9 9 8 8 8
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 2 2 2 4 12 20 27 32 34 36 28
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...CMC
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT SHEPHERD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2623093.3/JKL
.DELDT 10/08/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL SAMANTHA.ROSE@KY.GOV,SCOTT.SHEPHERD@KY.GOV,DWAYNE.ANDERSON@KY.GOV
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