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FNUS73 KJKL 290955 AAC
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR POWDER MILL RX...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
555 AM EDT SUN MAR 29 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 EDT ON MARCH 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
..LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS TODAY
DISCUSSION
AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT FURTHER EAST OF
THE OH VALLEY AND APPALACHIANS TODAY. RECOVERIES ON THE RIDGES WERE
ONLY FAIR TO POOR THIS PAST NIGHT. TEMPERATURES FURTHER MODERATE
TODAY AS SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW KICKS IN, BUT DEWPOINTS WILL BE
SLOWER TO INCREASE. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN MINIMUM HUMIDITIES SIMILAR
TO WHAT OCCURRED ON SATURDAY OR AROUND 20 PERCENT AT THE BURN
SITE. ALSO, SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST GUSTS WILL REACH THE 15 TO 25 MPH
RANGE FROM MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. HUMIDITIES MODERATE ON
MONDAY.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............19 INCREASING TO 27.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...35.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 2 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTH 14 TO
20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (200 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD (76200
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................1 EARLY INCREASING TO 102 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........1 5 6 9 12 6 7 8 22 22 30 39
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............36 35 37 42 49 54 58 61 64 65 66 67
DEWPOINT........19 18 21 23 25 26 27 27 28 26 26 27
RH..............50 49 52 46 39 34 30 27 25 23 22 22
APARNT TMP (F)..36 35 37 39 47 54 58 61 64 65 66 67
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 2 5 5 7 9 8 9 9 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 8 12 14 16 17 20 18 20 20
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..2 3 3 6 6 8 10 9 10 10 10 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.9 1.7 2.6 3.7 4.5 5.0 5.1 5.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 5 9 14 18 20 18 17 17 18 17
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............1 3 5 9 18 41 57 82 68 73 75 102
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 0 0 3 12 27 44 59 68 76 80 78
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS LATE.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............31 INCREASING TO 42.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...66.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 17
TO 18 MPH OVERNIGHT.
VENT RATE...........FAIR (38400 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (1300
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................54 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 3 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........42 47 38 40 50 49 59 74 71 76 78 86
WEATHER COV..... SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20
TEMP............66 64 62 60 59 59 58 58 57 57 56 56
DEWPOINT........29 31 33 34 34 34 35 36 38 40 42 44
RH..............25 29 33 37 39 39 42 44 49 53 59 64
APARNT TMP (F)..66 64 62 60 59 59 58 58 57 57 56 56
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW S S S S S S S SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 5 3 3 5 3 5 5 3 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.17 13 9 9 10 12 13 14 14 14 14 15
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW S S S S S S S SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..8 6 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 7 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.1 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 10 8 7 8 9 12 15 17 18 18 17
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............54 7 4 3 5 4 8 10 8 12 12 12
VRATE KT-FT/1K..38 9 1 1 2 2 2 4 5 5 7 7
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............47 INCREASING TO 53 IN THE LATE MORNING AND
EARLY AFTERNOON.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...71.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 TO 23 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (6400 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD (62500
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................11 EARLY INCREASING TO 58 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........80 84 83 82 75 73 72 71 71 66 61 55
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 30 20 30 30 30 30 20 20 20
TEMP............55 55 56 57 58 60 62 65 67 68 70 71
DEWPOINT........45 47 48 49 51 52 53 55 53 52 50 50
RH..............69 74 74 75 77 75 72 70 61 57 49 47
APARNT TMP (F)..55 55 56 57 58 60 62 65 67 68 70 71
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 9 9 8 7
20 FT WIND GUST.16 17 15 15 16 16 17 18 18 18 18 17
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 10 10 9 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.3 1.8 2.0 2.7 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 16 15 14 14 15 17 21 23 23 22 21
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1
ADI.............11 17 16 16 21 27 34 47 58 58 57 53
VRATE KT-FT/1K..8 7 6 9 16 23 31 49 65 66 67 63
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD
FORECASTER...GREIF
REQUESTED BY...BROCK CAMPBELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2608078.1/JKL
.DELDT 03/29/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL BROCK.CAMPBELL@USDA.GOV,KYKIC@FIRENET.GOV
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