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FNUS73 KJKL 030254
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR SAND HILL ROAD...KY-DBF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1054 PM EDT THU APR 2 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 2300 EDT ON APRIL 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OFF THE OUTER BANKS
WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS. A
FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS OR EVEN A BRIEF THUNDERSTORM ARE POSSIBLE ON
FRIDAY BUT THE WILDFIRE AREA IS FAVORED TO REMAIN DRY. A COLD
FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION ON SATURDAY BRINGING WETTING RAIN
SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............55.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...69.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
16 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 17 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (6800 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................13 TO 15.
TIME (EDT) 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........63 66 65 70 66 65 64
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 10 10 10 10
TEMP............68 69 68 66 66 67 65
DEWPOINT........56 56 55 55 55 55 55
RH..............65 63 63 68 68 65 70
APARNT TMP (F)..68 69 68 66 66 67 65
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 8 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 16 16 16 16
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S S S S S
RIDGE WIND SPD..10 10 10 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 15 16 17 17 16
LVORI...........3 2 2 3 3 3 3
ADI.............13 13 13 14 15 15 14
VRATE KT-FT/1K..8 7 8 8 10 10 9
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............57.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...82.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 21 MPH
FROM 1100 ONWARD.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 9 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 24 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (10600 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
(101300 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................12 INCREASING TO 90.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........72 83 67 80 77 61 53 54 52 45 46 42
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 30 20 20 20 20 20 30 20 20 20
TEMP............65 65 65 66 69 72 75 78 80 82 82 82
DEWPOINT........55 56 56 57 58 59 59 58 58 58 57 57
RH..............70 73 73 73 68 64 58 50 47 44 43 43
APARNT TMP (F)..65 65 65 66 69 72 75 78 81 82 82 82
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.18 18 18 18 20 21 21 21 21 20 18 17
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.8 0.8 1.2 2.1 3.0 4.0 4.9 5.3 5.6 6.0 5.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 15 15 18 22 22 24 24 22 21 20 17
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............14 12 13 28 56 71 67 74 69 90 88 76
VRATE KT-FT/1K..11 11 11 19 40 58 84 104 101 102 103 87
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD VGD VGD VGD VGD GD
FRIDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1800.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MAX HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............56.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...82.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 6 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 18 MPH.
VENT RATE...........GOOD (80200 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (4000
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................56 DECREASING TO 5.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........56 38 29 19 27 35 34 34 33 36 38 41
WEATHER COV.....SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW
TSTM COV........SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............82 80 77 76 73 72 70 68 67 67 66 65
DEWPOINT........57 56 56 56 56 56 56 57 57 57 57 57
RH..............43 44 48 50 55 57 61 68 70 70 73 75
APARNT TMP (F)..82 80 77 76 73 72 70 68 67 67 66 65
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.15 13 12 9 9 9 9 10 12 13 13 14
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW S S S S S S S S S S S
RIDGE WIND SPD..8 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.0 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 13 12 12 10 13 13 13 14 15 14 13
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
ADI.............56 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 8
VRATE KT-FT/1K..80 10 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 6
VENTRATE CAT....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, THEN SHOWERS AND A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............59.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...79.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 17 MPH BECOMING
SOUTHWEST 12 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 23 MPH AFTER
1200. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 7 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 22
TO 25 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (6900 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
(105500 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................6 INCREASING TO 93.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........39 37 35 35 36 36 39 43 67 67 67 67
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 70 70 70 70
TEMP............65 65 65 67 70 72 74 77 79 78 77 77
DEWPOINT........57 58 58 59 60 61 61 60 60 59 59 58
RH..............75 78 78 75 71 68 64 56 52 52 54 52
APARNT TMP (F)..65 65 65 67 70 72 74 77 79 78 77 77
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 7 9 12 12 12 12 12 12 13
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 15 17 20 22 22 23 23 23 23 23
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..7 7 7 8 10 13 13 13 13 13 13 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.6 1.5 2.4 3.3 3.6 4.2 4.5 4.8 5.3 5.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 14 18 22 23 24 24 24 25 25 24
LVORI...........4 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............6 14 14 35 60 78 86 93 71 76 80 77
VRATE KT-FT/1K..7 7 8 24 45 66 76 89 95 106 117 117
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD VGD VGD VGD
FORECASTER...GEERTSON
REQUESTED BY...IC-T BLANKENSHIP
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 04/03/26
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.EMAIL KYKIC@FIRENET.GOV
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