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SPOT FORECAST FOR GREEN FORD ROAD BURN UNIT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
540 AM EDT SUN MAR 22 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EDT ON MARCH 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
THE BURN AREA WILL SEE A VERY WARM, DRY, AND BREEZY
AFTERNOON WITH GOOD VENTING AND SMOKE DISPERSION. LATER ON, LOOK
FOR A STRONG COLD FRONT TO PUSH INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH A POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS, SOME OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE. THIS WILL
BE FOLLOWED BY NOTICEABLY COOLER WEATHER ON MONDAY ALONG WITH A
PERIOD OF NORTHERLY TO EASTERLY WINDS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE
ANTICIPATED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT WINDS AND VENTING
ISSUES.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............54 INCREASING TO 60 IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...85.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 1 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 12
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 24
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (1000 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
(105200 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 EARLY INCREASING TO 101 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........3 5 4 3 2 2 7 8 4 8 9 14
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............55 55 55 63 70 74 78 81 83 85 85 84
DEWPOINT........54 54 54 59 61 62 62 61 59 59 58 58
RH..............96 96 96 87 73 66 58 51 44 41 40 41
APARNT TMP (F)..55 55 55 63 70 74 78 82 83 85 84 84
20 FT WIND DIR..N N SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 3 5 5 7 8 9 9 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 10 12 13 14 17 18 18 17 20 20
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..1 1 5 6 6 8 9 10 10 12 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 1.2 1.6 2.3 3.6 4.3 4.5 4.9 5.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 9 12 15 17 20 21 23 24 24
LVORI...........8 6 6 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............3 6 7 9 19 31 50 68 80 91 101 101
VRATE KT-FT/1K..1 1 1 4 13 21 34 61 77 90 105 108
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR GD GD GD VGD VGD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY
AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............57.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...84.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
20 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT SHIFTING
TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
AROUND 8 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
AROUND 16 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
VENT RATE...........GOOD (68700 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (2600
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................74 EARLY DECREASING TO 4 LATE IN THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........20 30 27 16 12 13 17 30 51 69 81 94
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC LKY CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 40 60 40
TEMP............84 82 78 75 74 73 73 71 70 68 65 62
DEWPOINT........58 58 59 59 58 58 58 57 56 57 57 56
RH..............41 44 52 58 57 59 59 61 61 68 75 81
APARNT TMP (F)..84 82 78 75 74 73 73 71 70 68 65 62
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W N
20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.17 16 15 15 17 17 18 18 20 20 17 17
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W N
RIDGE WIND SPD..10 9 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.9 1.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 15 10 10 10 13 14 15 16 16 16 16
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 4
ADI.............74 10 5 4 5 6 6 7 11 11 11 11
VRATE KT-FT/1K..69 19 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 7 11 13
VENTRATE CAT....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............54 DECREASING TO 33.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...60.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTH 8 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 18 TO 22 MPH DECREASING TO 18 TO 20 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (16900 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD (70200
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................12 EARLY INCREASING TO 96 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........95 91 91 81 75 59 36 25 13 11 10 8
WEATHER COV.....CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW
TSTM COV........SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............59 55 54 52 52 52 55 57 58 59 60 60
DEWPOINT........55 53 50 48 46 44 41 39 38 36 34 33
RH..............87 93 86 86 80 74 59 51 47 42 37 36
APARNT TMP (F)..59 55 54 52 52 52 55 57 58 59 60 60
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.17 17 17 17 17 16 16 15 15 15 15 15
RIDGE WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N
RIDGE WIND SPD..8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.2 2.4 2.6 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.9 4.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 21 22 22 21 20 18 18 18 18 20 20
LVORI...........4 4 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............12 32 37 39 42 42 62 70 74 81 92 96
VRATE KT-FT/1K..17 25 30 34 39 41 43 50 53 58 67 70
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR GD GD
FORECASTER...GREIF
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT SHEPHERD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2606538.4/JKL
.DELDT 03/22/26
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.EMAIL DWAYNE.ANDERSON@KY.GOV,SCOTT.SHEPHERD@KY.GOV,SAMANTHA.ROSE@KY.GOV,JEFFREY.WAGERS@KY.GOV
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