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FNUS73 KJKL 231145
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR RUBE WOODS...KY-DBF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
745 AM EDT THU APR 23 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 EDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
..VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON
DISCUSSION
WARM AND DRY WEATHER WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL PREVAIL TODAY, WITH AN AFTERNOON MINIMUM AROUND 25%.
A MODEST INCREASE IN MOISTURE WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT,
AND AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND WEAKENING COLD FRONT APPROACH,
WE CAN FINALLY EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TO ARRIVE FRIDAY NIGHT.
LATEST INDICATIONS ARE THAT AVERAGE AMOUNTS WILL ONLY BE
AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH, BUT AMOUNTS WILL BE VARIABLE. MORE
SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL MAY OCCUR EARLY NEXT WEEK.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............46.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...81.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 1 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5 TO
6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 14
TO 16 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
VENT RATE...........POOR (300 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
(117500 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 151 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........2 2 3 4 8 12 16 20 23 27
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............47 57 65 72 76 79 80 82 83 83
DEWPOINT........46 46 47 47 47 47 47 46 46 46
RH..............96 67 52 41 36 32 31 28 27 27
APARNT TMP (F)..47 57 65 72 76 79 79 80 81 81
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 5 5 6 6 5 6
20 FT WIND GUST.3 5 6 7 9 10 12 12 12 12
RIDGE WIND DIR..S SW W W W W W W W W
RIDGE WIND SPD..1 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.5 1.3 1.7 5.9 7.0 8.1 8.5 9.4 9.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 8 12 15 16 15 15 14 14 14
LVORI...........8 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 8 19 32 117 126 142 136 146 151
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 3 13 22 83 91 105 102 112 118
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR GD GD VGD VGD VGD VGD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............47.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...79.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 1 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND 1
MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 3 TO
6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
VENT RATE...........GOOD (76100 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (300
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................105 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 2 LATE
IN THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........21 14 8 9 10 12 12 13 13 14 15 16
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............80 79 73 68 64 61 59 57 54 53 50 50
DEWPOINT........46 47 47 47 47 48 48 48 48 48 48 49
RH..............30 32 40 47 54 62 67 72 80 83 93 96
APARNT TMP (F)..79 79 73 68 64 61 59 57 54 53 50 50
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W SW S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.9 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
RIDGE WIND DIR..W W W W SW S S S S S S S
RIDGE WIND SPD..5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
MIX HGT (KFT)...6.9 3.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 8 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 6
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 6 8
ADI.............105 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
VRATE KT-FT/1K..76 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VENTRATE CAT....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT), EXCEPT FOR A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............50.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...82.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 1 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 21
MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
VENT RATE...........POOR (400 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
(160400 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 194 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........15 13 12 12 13 14 21 29 36 39 41 43
WEATHER COV..... SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 20
TEMP............49 49 52 60 67 75 79 82 82 82 83 83
DEWPOINT........49 49 49 50 51 52 52 52 52 52 52 52
RH..............100 100 89 69 56 45 39 35 35 35 34 34
APARNT TMP (F)..49 49 52 60 67 75 79 81 81 81 82 82
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 3 5 6 7 7 7 7 6
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 3 6 8 10 12 13 14 14 14 14
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..1 1 3 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 1.1 4.3 5.4 7.5 8.6 8.8 8.9 8.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 7 10 15 18 18 20 20 20 21 21
LVORI...........9 9 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 6 7 10 21 100 123 155 169 171 183 194
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 0 1 5 14 69 86 128 147 149 160 144
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR GD GD VGD VGD VGD EXL VGD
FORECASTER...HAL
REQUESTED BY...CROSBY - IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 04/23/26
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