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FNUS73 KJKL 221245
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR SPICE LICK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
845 AM EDT WED APR 22 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 WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY WITH LOW
AFTERNOON HUMIDITY ANTICIPATED AS WELL. FAIR TO GOOD HUMIDITY
RECOVERY IS ANTICIPATED AT THE WILDFIRE LOCATION TONIGHT. WINDS WILL
BE GUSTY TODAY AS A DISTURBANCE PASSES. LIGHTER WINDS ARE FORECAST
FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 25 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 42.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 78.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 6 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP
TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST TO WEST 6 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 7300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 16 MPH, THEN WEST 14 TO 25 MPH
AFTER 0900.
VENT RATE...........POOR (400 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD
(61200 KNOT-FT) TO EXCELLENT (146200 KNOT-FT) IN
THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............6 EARLY, 1 LATE.
ADI.................6 EARLY, INCREASING TO 88 TO 181 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........39 38 36 35 29 24 18 19 19 20
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............47 54 60 67 72 73 76 78 78 78
DEWPOINT........44 43 44 44 44 43 42 42 41 41
RH..............89 66 55 43 37 34 30 28 27 27
APARNT TMP (F)..44 54 60 67 72 73 76 78 78 78
20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.8 10 14 16 17 18 18 20 21 22
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW W W W W W W W W W
RIDGE WIND SPD..6 6 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.4 1.1 1.4 2.8 5.6 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 12 18 24 25 25 24 22 22 22
LVORI...........6 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............6 11 26 44 88 160 181 165 168 169
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 4 17 29 61 123 146 134 137 139
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR GD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MAX HUMIDITY........AROUND 74 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............41 TO 46.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 78.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 3 TO 6 MPH THROUGH 2000, THEN LIGHT
AND VARIABLE.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST TO SOUTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 16 MPH THROUGH 2200, THEN SOUTHWEST
AROUND 5 MPH.
VENT RATE...........GOOD (78200 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (300
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............1 EARLY, 6 LATE.
ADI.................111 EARLY, DECREASING TO 2.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........18 17 15 11 7 4 2 1 1 1 1 1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............78 77 71 68 65 62 61 58 57 57 56 55
DEWPOINT........41 41 42 42 43 43 44 44 45 45 45 46
RH..............27 28 35 39 45 50 53 59 64 64 66 72
APARNT TMP (F)..78 75 71 64 61 57 55 53 51 51 50 48
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.16 9 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3
RIDGE WIND DIR..W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.6 2.9 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 W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 6
ADI.............111 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
VRATE KT-FT/1K..78 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VENTRATE CAT....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 25 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 47.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 80.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 2 TO 5 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST TO WEST 3 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 3 TO 14 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (300 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD
(69300 KNOT-FT) TO GOOD (8010 KNOT-FT) IN
THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............8 TO 9 EARLY, THEN 1 LATE.
ADI.................2 EARLY, INCREASING TO 93 TO 111 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........1 1 0 0 0 0 4 8 12 13 13 14
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............55 54 56 63 66 72 76 79 80 81 82 81
DEWPOINT........46 47 47 48 48 49 48 46 46 46 45 45
RH..............72 77 72 58 52 44 37 31 30 29 27 28
APARNT TMP (F)..47 47 48 58 66 72 76 79 79 80 80 80
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 3 3 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 3 6 7 8 9 10 12 12 12 12
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W
RIDGE WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 1.7 4.8 6.4 6.7 7.3 7.6 7.7 7.9 8.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 3 3 7 10 14 14 12 10 10 10 10
LVORI...........8 9 8 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............2 3 3 15 62 107 111 100 93 94 96 97
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 0 0 10 43 77 80 73 68 69 71 72
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD
FORECASTER...JP
REQUESTED BY...KY DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2611248.1/JKL
.DELDT 04/22/26
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