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FNUS73 KJKL 181347
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR HEMLOCK BRANCH...KY DIVISION OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
947 AM EDT SAT APR 18 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1000 EDT ON APRIL 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE FIRE AREA THIS
EVENING. IT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS, WITH
AVERAGE RAINFALL OF AROUND A HALF INCH EXPECTED. HOWEVER, THAT IS
THE ONLY RAIN OF SIGNIFICANCE FORESEEN DURING THE NEXT WEEK. THE
FRONT WILL BRING A DROP OF ABOUT 20 DEGREES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES
FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY, WITH WARMTH THEN RETURNING LATE NEXT WEEK.
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO NEAR CRITICAL LEVELS EACH AFTERNOON
FROM SUNDAY THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1700.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 24 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 6 TO 13 MPH.
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........43 52 53 60 68 71 74 78
WEATHER COV..... CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........ SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 10 0 10 10 40
TEMP............67 71 74 75 77 78 78 76
RH..............59 55 51 52 48 45 45 48
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 9 10 12 12 12 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.8 16 23 24 24 23 22 21
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..6 10 12 13 13 13 12 12
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2200. RAIN SHOWERS
THROUGH THE NIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 23
MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 28 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 6 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 8 TO
13 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........85 93 100 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 98 97
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY CHC SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 50 60 80 80 80 90 80 70 70 50 20
TEMP............74 71 69 66 63 58 53 50 47 45 44 43
RH..............51 59 66 73 81 86 93 93 93 96 93 93
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..9 7 6 6 6 7 8 9 10 12 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.20 17 16 20 23 25 26 28 28 26 24 22
RIDGE WIND DIR..W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
RIDGE WIND SPD..10 8 6 6 6 8 9 10 12 13 13 13
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST 9 TO 12 MPH.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........78 60 41 31 22 12 9 5 2 1 1 0
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............42 41 41 42 44 47 49 51 53 55 56 56
RH..............93 89 82 73 60 45 40 34 31 29 27 27
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.18 17 16 16 17 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
RIDGE WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
RIDGE WIND SPD..12 10 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 9
FORECASTER...GEERTSON
REQUESTED BY...NICK VALENTINE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 04/18/26
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.EMAIL NICK.VALENTINE@KY.GOV
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