981
FNUS73 KJKL 120345 AAA
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR KYS - STAR GAP...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1145 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1800 EDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE
AREA AT TIMES THROUGH THE WEEK, WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF RAIN
FOR THE AREA AS A WHOLE BEING THROUGH THURSDAY. TIMES OF HEAVY
RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE, WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED INCIDENTS OF
FLOODING. IN ADDITION, A FEW STRONGER STORMS COULD HAVE DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AGAIN LATE.
CHANCE OF PCPN......100 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............67.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...71.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 9 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 8 TO 10
MPH OVERNIGHT.
VENT RATE...........POOR (700 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................2 TO 18.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........99 99 100 100 100 90 80 70 65 70 75 80
WEATHER COV.....DEF LKY CHC LKY CHC SCH SCH CHC CHC LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........DEF LKY CHC LKY CHC SCH SCH CHC CHC LKY
CHC OF PCPN (%).100 70 30 60 30 20 20 10 10 30 40 60
TEMP............68 67 69 69 69 69 69 70 71 71 70 70
DEWPOINT........66 66 66 66 67 67 68 68 69 69 69 69
RH..............93 97 90 90 93 93 97 93 93 93 97 97
APARNT TMP (F)..68 67 69 69 69 69 69 70 71 71 70 70
20 FT WIND DIR..W W NW S S S S S S SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.12 10 8 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW SW S SE S S SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E SE SE E E E SE S S S SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 9 5 7 12 15 15 13 10 9 8 8
LVORI...........3 4 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 5 6 6
ADI.............18 4 2 3 5 7 6 6 5 8 4 4
VRATE KT-FT/1K..11 4 1 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 1 1
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY
AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING,
THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.
MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............71 INCREASING TO 74 IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...94.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 5 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 17
TO 22 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
VENT RATE...........POOR (800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD
(50200 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................3 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 118 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........83 89 88 80 68 47
WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TSTM COV........CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE
CHC OF PCPN (%).70 60 50 40 40 40
TEMP............69 69 72 77 82 85
DEWPOINT........69 69 72 74 75 75
RH..............100 100 100 90 79 72
APARNT TMP (F)..69 69 72 77 89 94
20 FT WIND......SW 2 SW 3 SW 3 SW 5 W 5 W 5
20 FT WIND GUST.6 7 9 12 12 12
RIDGETOP WIND...SW 5 SW 5 W 5 W 6 W 7 W 6
MIX HGT (FT)....100 200 1100 2100 4300 3000
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 7 SW 7 W 14 W 20 W 22 W 20
LVORI...........8 6 4 4 3 3
ADI.............3 7 20 55 118 74
VRATE KT-FT/1K..1 2 13 37 81 50
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR POOR GOOD FAIR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY.
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. PATCHY
FOG.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............73 DECREASING TO 70 EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...94.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
AROUND 2 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 3 TO 5 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
VENT RATE...........MARGINAL (29000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR
(500 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................43 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 2 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM
SKY (%).........42 41 45 37
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR FOG
TSTM COV........CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 50 30 10
TEMP............85 77 73 72
DEWPOINT........75 74 72 71
RH..............72 90 97 97
APARNT TMP (F)..94 77 73 72
20 FT WIND......W 3G10 SW 2G6 S 2G5 SW 2G5
RIDGETOP WIND...W 5 SW 3 SW 3 SW 2
MIX HGT (FT)....2100 600 200 200
TRANSPORT WIND..W 16 W 10 W 5 S 3
LVORI...........3 6 7 8
ADI.............43 5 2 2
VRATE KT-FT/1K..29 5 1 1
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR POOR
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG IN THE
MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY.
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86.
MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............71 INCREASING TO 75 LATE IN THE MORNING.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...94.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 5 MPH INCREASING 8 TO 10 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (200 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO MARGINAL
(29600 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............7.
ADI.................2 TO 42.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........44 54 60 57 65 73 72 70 69 65 60 56
WEATHER COV.....CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RNF RNF RNF RNF RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 40 40 40 40
TEMP............71 69 71 71 74 77 79 81 83 84 85 85
DEWPOINT........70 69 71 71 73 74 75 76 76 76 75 75
RH..............97 100 100 100 97 90 88 85 80 77 72 72
APARNT TMP (F)..71 69 71 71 74 77 79 87 91 93 94 94
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 6 6 7 8 9 10 12 12 10 9
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W
RIDGE WIND SPD..2 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 6 6 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.8 1.0 1.4 2.2 2.6 2.8 3.1 3.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SW W W W NW N NW SW S
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 3 3 5 7 8 6 3 2 5 8 10
LVORI...........10 9 9 7 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3
ADI.............2 4 4 5 7 11 11 10 7 13 29 42
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 0 0 1 5 7 8 7 5 11 21 30
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...GREIF
REQUESTED BY...GARY CLARKE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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