932
FNUS73 KJKL 141906
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR POND RIDGE WILDLIFE RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
306 PM EDT WED OCT 14 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EDT ON OCTOBER 15.
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 IS EXPECTED TO STALL NORTH OF THE BURN AREA
LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY BEFORE RETURNING NORTH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS FROM THE CENTRAL U.S. INTO THE GREAT
LAKES. THAT SYSTEMS COLD FRONT WILL BARREL ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY,
LEADING TO SMALL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS
UP TO 25 MPH.
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF THUNDER...10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 3800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (16200 KNOT-FT) TO FAIR (38200 KNOT-FT).
TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........50 63 48 45 30 48
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............80 82 84 85 85 86
RH..............69 65 59 57 57 53
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 6 7 6
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 14 14 14 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.3 3.0 3.3 3.8 3.7 2.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W W SW W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 9 10 12 12 10
VRATE KT-FT/1K..16 24 29 38 38 24
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR FR FR PR
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-45 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF THUNDER...10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MAX HUMIDITY........AROUND 81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (2900 KNOT-FT).
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........45 26 14 16 13 15 14 26 33 23 34 27
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............85 82 79 75 73 72 72 71 70 70 69 68
RH..............55 58 64 74 79 81 79 81 81 78 78 78
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6
20 FT WIND GUST.10 8 8 10 12 12 13 13 13 13 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW S S SW S S SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 12 12
VRATE KT-FT/1K..8 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 5
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS MAINLY AFTER 1500.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 TO 10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH THROUGH 1000,
THEN WEST TO NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 24 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 4600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH THROUGH 1000, THEN
WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 19 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (4500 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO FAIR
(39600 KNOT-FT) TO GOOD (69100 KNOT-FT)
IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........17 19 5 4 9 14 23 33 42 49 56 63
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
TEMP............68 67 68 70 72 74 74 75 74 71 67 63
RH..............76 78 73 71 68 66 66 64 64 66 70 72
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 8 8 10 12 10 12 12 12 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.15 17 17 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 24 24
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 2.2 3.6 3.8 4.4 4.6 4.2 3.3 2.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 13 10 13 17 18 18 17 17 17 16
VRATE KT-FT/1K..5 5 7 8 25 53 61 68 69 62 48 40
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD FR FR
FORECASTER...JP
REQUESTED BY...EDDIE WALDEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 10/14/26
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.EMAIL EDDIE.WALDEN@USDA.GOV
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