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FNUS73 KJKL 241015 AAC
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR RUBE WOODS...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
615 AM EDT FRI APR 24 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 EDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
AFTER A NIGHT OF MODERATE HUMIDITY RECOVERY,
TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL TODAY.
PATCHES OF LOW HUMIDITY ARE AGAIN EXPECTED IN THE BURN AREA.
HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE A MODEST INCREASE IN MOISTURE BOTH TODAY
AND TONIGHT, AND AS A WEAKENING COLD FRONT APPROACHES. WETTING
RAINFALL IS LIKELY THE AREA BY EVENING AND INTO THE NIGHT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............51.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...81.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 2 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 15
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (200 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
(110700 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................4 EARLY INCREASING TO 153 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........14 11 17 12 21 24 37 34 37 38
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............58 64 70 75 78 79 80 81 82 81
DEWPOINT........50 51 52 52 52 51 51 50 51 51
RH..............75 63 53 45 40 38 36 34 34 35
APARNT TMP (F)..58 64 70 75 78 79 80 80 81 80
20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 2 3 5 5 5 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 7 8 10 13 13 13 13 12
RIDGE WIND DIR..S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..2 2 3 5 6 6 6 7 7 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 1.7 5.1 6.8 7.3 8.4 8.9 8.5 7.6 7.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 7 12 14 15 15 15 15 15 14
LVORI...........3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............4 17 70 113 130 148 153 148 132 118
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 11 49 82 95 111 116 111 98 86
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR FR GD GD VGD VGD VGD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............52 INCREASING TO 57 OVERNIGHT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...80.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 1 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 1 TO
2 MPH OVERNIGHT, THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
1 TO 7 MPH OVERNIGHT.
VENT RATE...........GOOD (56300 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (200
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................80 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 1 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........34 33 45 48 54 59 64 64 71 86 92 98
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 20 20 20 30 30 40 40 40 50 60
TEMP............80 79 75 71 69 68 66 63 62 62 60 59
DEWPOINT........50 51 53 53 53 54 54 56 57 57 58 58
RH..............35 38 46 53 57 61 65 78 84 84 93 96
APARNT TMP (F)..80 79 75 71 69 68 66 63 62 62 60 59
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W N SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.10 9 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..6 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.5 2.2 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W NW NW NW W
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 9 7 6 5 3 2 1 1 2 5 7
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 6 5 6 8
ADI.............80 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 3
VRATE KT-FT/1K..56 18 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 3
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY
AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
MORNING, THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............60.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...72.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 2 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 5 TO
6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 TO 7 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (3600 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO MARGINAL
(32200 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................7 TO 42.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 98 98 93 89 85 81 77 72
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).70 60 60 50 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40
TEMP............60 60 60 61 64 65 66 68 70 71 72 71
DEWPOINT........59 59 59 61 61 62 62 62 61 60 59 58
RH..............96 96 96 100 90 90 87 81 73 68 64 63
APARNT TMP (F)..60 60 60 61 64 65 66 68 70 71 72 71
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW W W W W W W W W NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5 5 3
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW W W W W W W W W NW NW
RIDGE WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 6 6 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.6 1.9 2.5 3.8 4.4 4.7 5.1 5.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7
LVORI...........6 6 6 8 5 5 4 3 3 3 1 1
ADI.............7 8 8 9 13 14 18 26 30 33 38 42
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 5 5 6 9 10 12 19 22 24 28 32
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...GREIF
REQUESTED BY...CROSBY - IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2611443.2/JKL
.DELDT 04/24/26
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