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FNUS73 KJKL 251202
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR BALD KNOB...NPS - BISO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
802 AM EDT WED MAR 25 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 EDT ON MARCH 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY, BRINGING
WARMING TEMPERATURES AND A SLOW MOISTURE RECOVERY. HOWEVER, HUMIDITY
LEVELS ARE STILL FAVORED TO FLIRT WITH CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THIS
AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO PICK UP TO BETWEEN 5
AND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 15 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH
AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH DEEP MIXING WILL RESULT IN
MUCH BETTER DISPERSION PARAMETERS THAN YESTERDAY. THURSDAY WILL
TREND WARMER, MORE HUMID, AND BREEZIER AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............29 INCREASING TO 36.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...73.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WIND 5 TO 8 MPH BECOME SOUTH SOUTHWEST 8
TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 16 MPH AFTER 1100.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 6 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 TO 18 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (4900 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
(95300 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................11 INCREASING TO 82.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........56 38 36 32 22 23 27 31 55 45 47
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............49 51 52 56 59 63 67 70 71 73 71
DEWPOINT........29 30 30 31 33 35 36 37 37 37 38
RH..............46 44 43 38 37 35 32 30 29 27 30
APARNT TMP (F)..48 51 52 56 59 63 67 70 71 73 71
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 6 7 8 8 9 8 9 9 10
20 FT WIND GUST.6 9 12 14 15 16 14 14 14 15 15
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..6 7 7 8 9 9 10 9 10 10 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.7 1.2 1.4 2.2 3.5 4.9 5.5 5.8 6.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 15 17 15 15 15 14 14 16 18
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............11 14 16 26 27 42 52 78 44 71 82
VRATE KT-FT/1K..5 5 9 17 18 29 46 58 67 82 95
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............38 INCREASING TO 48.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...71.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 18 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 7 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 17 MPH.
VENT RATE...........GOOD (68500 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (7300
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................92 DECREASING TO 5.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........50 43 40 32 30 26 20 16 17 23 29 35
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............71 69 66 63 61 59 59 58 58 57 57 57
DEWPOINT........38 40 40 42 43 44 45 46 47 47 48 47
RH..............30 35 38 46 51 57 60 64 67 69 72 69
APARNT TMP (F)..71 69 66 63 61 59 59 58 58 57 57 57
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.16 16 14 13 14 14 16 16 16 17 17 18
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW S S S S S S S S S S
RIDGE WIND SPD..9 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.6 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S SW SW SW SW S
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 13 13 12 13 14 14 15 16 15 15 16
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............92 8 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 10 10 11
VRATE KT-FT/1K..69 11 11 9 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 9
VENTRATE CAT....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............48 INCREASING TO 54.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...80.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 26 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 17 TO 23 MPH INCREASING TO 26 TO 28
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (9800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
(105900 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................14 INCREASING TO 111.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........41 47 52 44 36 28 25 22 19 19 18 18
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............57 57 57 59 62 66 70 74 77 79 80 80
DEWPOINT........48 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 54 54 53 53
RH..............72 72 75 72 67 61 55 50 45 42 39 39
APARNT TMP (F)..57 57 57 59 62 66 70 74 77 79 80 80
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 9 9 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.18 18 18 21 24 26 25 26 24 24 23 23
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..9 10 10 10 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.7 1.1 1.6 2.2 3.1 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 18 17 21 23 23 26 28 28 28 28 26
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............16 14 19 30 48 60 86 100 108 109 111 107
VRATE KT-FT/1K..10 10 10 21 33 43 71 90 106 108 113 110
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD VGD VGD VGD VGD
FORECASTER...GEERTSON
REQUESTED BY...GARY SHREFFLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2607145.2/JKL
.DELDT 03/25/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL ROBERT_VICK@NPS.GOV,GARY_SHREFFLER@NPS.GOV
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