235  
FNUS73 KJKL 062314  
FWSJKL  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK HOUSE RIVER WMA BARN UNIT...KDF  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
714 PM EDT MON APR 6 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON APRIL 07.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS  
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
A VERY DRY AIR MASS WILL BE IN PLACE TUESDAY  
THROUGH WEDNESDAY, WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY BOTTOMING OUT AT  
20-25% EACH AFTERNOON. MAINLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT NIGHT  
TIME WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR LARGE DIURNAL TEMPERATURES SWINGS.  
GOOD VENTILATION IS EXPECTED ON NORTHEAST WINDS ON TUESDAY,  
BUT A REDUCTION IN TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE A LIMITING FACTOR  
ON WEDNESDAY.  
   
TUESDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.  
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............29 DECREASING TO 25 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...58.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.  
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 TO 14 MPH.  
VENT RATE...........MARGINAL (34500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (52200 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............1.  
ADI.................49 TO 69.  
 
TIME (EDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........5 5 9 7 7 5 7  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............50 54 56 57 60 61 61  
DEWPOINT........31 30 29 28 27 26 25  
RH..............48 40 35 32 28 26 25  
APARNT TMP (F)..45 51 53 55 57 58 58  
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE N N N N N  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 8 7 8 8 8 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.13 14 13 13 13 13 13  
RIDGE WIND DIR..NE NE N N N N N  
RIDGE WIND SPD..7 9 8 9 9 9 8  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.9 3.5 4.1 4.7 5.0 5.2 5.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE N N N N N N  
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 12 12 12 12 12 10  
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............49 49 56 63 66 69 65  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..35 35 41 47 50 52 50  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR FR FR FR FR FR  
   
TUESDAY NIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.  
MAX HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............25.  
MIN APPARENT TEMP...35.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE  
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.  
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHEAST 2 TO 8 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.  
VENT RATE...........MARGINAL (29800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (300 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................2 TO 41.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........5 5 5 7 6 3 3 3 3 5 6 7  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............60 59 54 51 47 46 44 43 41 39 38 37  
DEWPOINT........25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 26 26  
RH..............26 27 32 36 41 43 47 49 52 57 62 65  
APARNT TMP (F)..59 56 54 48 46 42 40 41 39 38 36 35  
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E  
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 10 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5  
RIDGE WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E  
RIDGE WIND SPD..8 8 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.7 2.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E  
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5  
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3  
ADI.............41 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..30 18 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
WEDNESDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST  
EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.  
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............28 INCREASING TO 32 LATE IN THE MORNING.  
MIN APPARENT TEMP...33.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.  
RIDGETOP WIND.......EAST 1 TO 2 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 2 TO  
6 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5900 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 2 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 6 TO 8  
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
VENT RATE...........POOR (200 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO MARGINAL  
(33300 KNOT-FT).  
LVORI...............2.  
ADI.................2 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 46 IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........12 17 21 23 24 25 25 25 25 31 37 43  
WEATHER COV..... WID WID  
WEATHER TYPE.... FST FST  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............36 35 37 42 49 55 60 64 67 69 71 71  
DEWPOINT........26 27 27 28 30 31 32 32 33 33 34 34  
RH..............68 72 68 58 48 39 34 30 28 26 26 26  
APARNT TMP (F)..34 33 33 39 46 53 57 61 66 67 69 71  
20 FT WIND DIR..E N N N SE SE SE S S S S SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..1 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 3 3 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 3 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9  
RIDGE WIND DIR..E E E E SE SE SE S S S S SE  
RIDGE WIND SPD..2 1 1 1 2 2 5 5 5 5 6 6  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.8 1.1 2.3 3.6 4.8 5.2 5.5 5.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E S S S SW SW SW S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 2 5 6 8 7 7 6 6 7 7  
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............2 3 2 4 6 11 20 30 32 34 43 46  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 0 0 2 4 8 14 22 24 26 33 36  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
 

 
FORECASTER...HAL  
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT SHEPHERD  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2609221.0/JKL  
.DELDT 04/06/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL DWAYNE.ANDERSON@KY.GOV,SAMANTHA.ROSE@KY.GOV,SCOTT.SHEPHERD@KY.GOV  
 
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