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FNUS73 KJKL 051120
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR LONG BOTTOMS UNITS 3-4...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
620 AM EST THU MAR 5 2026
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION.
A BOUNDARY WAVERING NEAR OR NORTH OF THE OH RIVER WILL
RESULT IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.
THESE WINDS COULD BE GUSTY AT TIMES TODAY, PARTICULARLY AS THE
NOCTURNAL INVERSION MIXES OUT AND WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. THE
PATTERN FAVORS WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER THAN
TYPICAL DEWPOINTS FOR EARLY MARCH. THERE ARE PERIODIC
PRECIPITATION CHANCES AT TIMES THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK. SOME
STRONGER TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY WITH CHANCES
FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS PEAKING AS COLD FRONT CROSSES THE
COMMONWEALTH.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 46 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 55.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 75.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 25 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 7 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 4900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 TO 25 MPH.
VENT RATE...........GOOD (66000 KNOT-FT) EARLY, PEAKING AT EXCELLENT
(106800 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON, TO FAIR
(39500 KNOT-FT) AFTER 1600.
LVORI...............1 TO 3.
ADI.................49 TO 77.
TIME (EST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........52 54 64 70 70 61 66 68
WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 20 20 10 10
TEMP............66 69 71 73 75 75 74 75
DEWPOINT........56 56 56 56 55 55 54 54
RH..............70 63 59 55 50 50 50 48
APARNT TMP (F)..66 69 71 73 75 75 74 75
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..10 12 12 12 12 12 10 9
20 FT WIND GUST.23 24 25 25 25 24 22 21
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..12 13 13 13 13 13 12 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 3.6 4.4 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.0 2.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.25 25 25 25 24 21 18 16
LVORI...........3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............59 66 73 77 71 64 68 49
VRATE KT-FT/1K..66 80 97 107 101 78 65 40
VENTRATE CAT....GD GD GD VGD VGD GD GD PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) TO MOSTLY CLOUDY
(50-60 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........AROUND 87 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 54.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 74.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH 2 TO 7 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH 3 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH 6 TO 13 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (20000 KNOT-FT) EARLY DECREASING TO POOR
(1400 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2 TO 5.
ADI.................3 TO 9.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........69 48 46 44 46 43 48 55 37 39 44 38
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............74 70 68 66 64 64 63 61 60 60 59 59
DEWPOINT........53 53 54 54 54 55 54 55 55 54 54 54
RH..............48 55 61 65 70 73 72 81 84 81 83 83
APARNT TMP (F)..74 70 68 66 64 64 63 61 60 60 59 59
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..7 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.15 13 13 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW SW S SW SW SW SW S S S S
RIDGE WIND SPD..8 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW S S S SW SW S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 7
LVORI...........2 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5
ADI.............9 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
VRATE KT-FT/1K..20 7 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1300.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 47 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 57.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 79.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 3 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 5400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 7 TO 18 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (2000 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO TO FAIR
(45900 TO FAIR (47800 KNOT-FT) TO GOOD
(75400 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5 EARLY, 1 LATE.
ADI.................7 EARLY, PEAKING AT 66 TO 99 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........38 36 41 33 25 24 24 24 22 21 20 20
WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO ISO
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ ISO ISO ISO
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 20 20 10
TEMP............59 59 61 65 69 74 75 77 79 79 78 75
DEWPOINT........55 55 55 57 59 59 59 59 58 58 58 58
RH..............87 87 81 75 70 59 58 54 49 49 50 55
APARNT TMP (F)..59 59 61 65 69 74 75 77 79 79 78 75
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S SW SW SW S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 8 7
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 9 10 13 14 15 16 16 16 16 15
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S S S S SW SW SW S S S
RIDGE WIND SPD..5 5 5 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 9 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.8 1.7 2.2 3.2 4.0 4.7 4.3 4.9 5.4 4.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW SW S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 10 13 15 17 17 18 18 17 15 13
LVORI...........5 5 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............7 8 11 28 41 67 66 74 72 73 99 68
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 3 7 19 28 48 59 75 69 73 71 46
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD FR
FORECASTER...JP
REQUESTED BY...XAVIER SINGLETON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2604632.0/JKL
.DELDT 03/05/26
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