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FNUS73 KJKL 280947
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR FERN BLUFF RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
547 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EDT ON OCTOBER 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
LITTLE SENSIBLE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN IS
FORECAST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL
BRING SOME HIGH CLOUDS THIS MORNING BUT MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WILL
RETURN THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY AS SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE DOMINATES. DRY RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED DURING THE
AFTERNOON BOTH TODAY AND THURSDAY. HOWEVER, VENTILATION WILL BE
MARGINAL DUE TO FAIRLY WEAK TRANSPORT WINDS BOTH DAYS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............50 DECREASING TO 46 IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...74.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 2 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 5 TO
6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (1800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO MARGINAL (30700
KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................6 TO 42.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........82 81 80 60 33 16 11 8 3 1
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............50 52 56 61 66 70 72 73 74 73
DEWPOINT........48 49 52 51 48 47 46 46 45 46
RH..............93 89 86 70 52 44 39 38 35 38
APARNT TMP (F)..50 52 56 61 66 70 72 73 74 73
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 3 5 5 5 5 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.2 3 3 6 7 7 7 7 7 6
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..2 2 2 5 6 6 6 6 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.7 2.7 3.7 4.4 4.7 4.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7 6
LVORI...........6 6 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 2
ADI.............7 6 6 8 15 23 31 42 38 30
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 2 2 5 10 16 22 31 28 22
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG LATE.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............48 INCREASING TO 50.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...71.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
AROUND 1 MPH, THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND
2 MPH AFTER 4 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (1000 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................2 TO 6.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........1 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2
WEATHER COV..... PTY
WEATHER TYPE.... FOG
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............71 67 63 61 58 57 55 53 52 51 51 50
DEWPOINT........47 50 52 52 52 52 51 50 50 49 49 49
RH..............42 54 67 72 80 83 86 89 93 93 93 96
APARNT TMP (F)..71 67 63 61 58 57 55 53 52 51 51 50
20 FT WIND DIR..SW N N N N N N N N N N S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
20 FT WIND GUST.5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW N N N N N N N N N N S
RIDGE WIND SPD..3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 6 7 7 7
LVORI...........2 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 8
ADI.............6 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 2
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............50 DECREASING TO 45 IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...74.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 2 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 6 TO
7 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 8 TO
9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (2300 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO MARGINAL (29900
KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 TO 42.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG FOG FOG
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............49 49 48 51 57 63 67 71 73 74 74 74
DEWPOINT........48 48 48 50 52 49 45 45 45 45 46 47
RH..............96 96 100 96 83 60 45 39 37 35 37 38
APARNT TMP (F)..49 49 48 51 57 63 67 71 73 74 74 74
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.2 2 2 3 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.2 2.2 3.2 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW SW W W W W W SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8
LVORI...........8 6 8 6 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 7 7 7 8 13 22 36 42 36 36 33
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 2 2 2 5 9 15 25 30 26 26 24
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...GEERTSON
REQUESTED BY...SETH THOMPSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2624680.0/JKL
.DELDT 10/28/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL CONRAD.MCCLOSKEY@USDA.GOV,CASEY.LOVELL@USDA.GOV,SETH.THOMPSON2@USDA.GOV
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