691
FNUS73 KJKL 061006
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCKCASTLE RIVER WMA BOLTHOUSE UNIT 1 & 2...KDF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
606 AM EDT TUE OCT 6 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EDT ON OCTOBER 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS
FORECAST. HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE APPALACHIANS WILL LEAD
TO MILD TEMPERATURES AND RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS TO THE BURN AREA
ON WEDNESDAY. A PASSING DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED WEAK COLD FRONT
MAY BRING A FEW CLOUDS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO THURSDAY MORNING
ALONG WITH A CHANGE IN DIRECTION OF 20 FOOT WINDS AND TRANSPORT
WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 6 TO 7 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 12 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (2200 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO FAIR (40100
KNOT-FT).
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........14 16 19 17 13 20 26 19 26 28 17
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG
TSTM COV........
TEMP............47 49 53 61 67 72 75 78 79 81 79
RH..............100 100 100 84 68 57 50 43 42 39 42
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 2 3 5 7 7 8 8 8 7
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 7 8 10 12 13 13 13 13 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.8 3.3 4.1 4.6 5.3 5.5 4.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 8 8 10 12 12 10 10 10 10
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 2 4 7 17 33 41 41 48 50 40
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG
OVERNIGHT. AREAS OF FOG OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 8 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (2400 KNOT-FT).
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........21 18 8 28 18 8 8 8 8 6 5 3
WEATHER COV..... PTY ARS ARS ARS ARS
WEATHER TYPE.... FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG
TSTM COV........
TEMP............78 74 69 66 63 61 60 58 56 55 53 52
RH..............43 50 61 73 81 87 90 96 100 100 100 100
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..6 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FT WIND GUST.10 7 6 6 6 5 5 3 3 3 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.1 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 8 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7
VRATE KT-FT/1K..15 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). AREAS OF FOG IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
8 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (1600 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO FAIR (38300
KNOT-FT).
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........3 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 3
WEATHER COV.....ARS ARS ARS PTY
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG FOG FOG
TSTM COV........
TEMP............52 51 50 56 62 68 71 75 78 80 81 82
RH..............100 100 100 96 81 68 59 50 45 41 39 38
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N W W NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 6 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.1 1.9 2.9 4.1 5.1 5.9 6.1 5.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW W W W NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 8 8
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 2 2 3 6 11 20 33 41 47 43 38
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR PR
FORECASTER...CMC
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT SHEPHERD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2623093.2/JKL
.DELDT 10/06/26
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