364  
FNUS73 KJKL 282014  
FWSJKL  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR LIZ WORLEY...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
314 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EST ON MARCH 01.  
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 IS DOMINATE ACROSS THE AREA;  
HOWEVER, A DRY COLD FRONT IS WORKING ACROSS THE AREA THIS  
AFTERNOON. THE FRONT ITSELF WILL BE A FOCUS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF  
ISOLATED PRECIPITATION CHANCES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY  
MORNING. BEHIND THE DEPARTING FRONT, ON SUNDAY, SURFACE HIGH  
PRESSURE WILL RETURN; HOWEVER, SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES,  
HIGHER MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONGER WINDS ARE  
EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY ARE FORECAST TO BE AROUND 57  
DEGREES WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 47 PERCENT. WINDS  
ARE FORECAST TO BE OUT OF THE THE NORTH-NORTHWEST THROUGHOUT THE  
DAY. WINDS AND RIDGETOP WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE UNDER 10 MPH.  
TRANSPORT WINDS WILL START OUT OF THE WEST IN THE MORNING BUT WILL  
THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS ARE  
EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 7 TO 12 MPH.  
   
SUNDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.  
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............44 DECREASING TO 39 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...57.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
NORTH 6 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 8 TO  
9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......2200 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 10 TO 12  
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
VENT RATE...........POOR.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................7 TO 29.  
 
TIME (EST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........46 48 49 53 57 61 64 66 69 62  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............50 51 53 54 55 56 57 57 57 54  
DEWPOINT........44 45 46 45 43 42 41 39 38 37  
RH..............80 80 77 71 64 59 55 51 49 52  
APARNT TMP (F)..48 51 53 54 55 56 57 57 57 54  
20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NW N N N N N N N  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 8 9 9 8 9 9 9 9  
RIDGE WIND DIR..W NW NW N N N N N N N  
RIDGE WIND SPD..7 8 8 9 9 8 9 9 9 9  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.7 0.9 1.4 1.8 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.8  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W NW NW N N N N N N  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 12 12  
LVORI...........4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2  
ADI.............7 8 13 16 19 21 27 27 29 27  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 5 8 12 16 20 20 19 21 18  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
SUNDAY NIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN  
OVERNIGHT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38.  
MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............34 DECREASING TO 31 OVERNIGHT.  
MIN APPARENT TEMP...35.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.  
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHEAST 7 TO 8 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 12 TO 15 MPH.  
VENT RATE...........POOR.  
LVORI...............3.  
ADI.................8 TO 10.  
 
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........55 48 52 56 60 64 68 73 78 84 90 91  
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 30 30 30 30  
TEMP............52 49 48 46 45 44 43 42 41 41 40 39  
DEWPOINT........36 35 34 33 33 32 31 31 31 31 31 31  
RH..............54 58 58 60 62 62 62 65 67 67 70 73  
APARNT TMP (F)..52 47 45 43 41 40 39 38 36 36 35 35  
20 FT WIND DIR..N NE NE NE NE NE NE E NE NE NE NE  
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.8 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7  
RIDGE WIND DIR..N NE NE NE NE NE NE E NE NE NE NE  
RIDGE WIND SPD..8 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E  
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 13 13 13 14 14 15 15 14 13 13 13  
LVORI...........2 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3  
ADI.............8 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 9 8 8 8  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..16 14 15 16 18 17 17 17 15 13 12 11  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
MONDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.  
MIN HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............33 INCREASING TO 43.  
MIN APPARENT TEMP...34.  
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
RIDGETOP WIND.......EAST AROUND 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST  
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 9 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 9 TO  
10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
VENT RATE...........POOR.  
LVORI...............4.  
ADI.................12 TO 17.  
 
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........92 93 91 89 88 89 89 90 90 90 90 90  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 40 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50  
TEMP............39 38 39 40 42 44 47 49 51 53 54 54  
DEWPOINT........31 31 33 34 35 37 38 40 41 42 43 44  
RH..............73 76 79 79 76 76 71 71 68 66 66 69  
APARNT TMP (F)..35 34 35 36 38 41 44 47 51 53 54 54  
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E E SE SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.9 14 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12  
RIDGE WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E E SE SE  
RIDGE WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E SE SE SE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 15 13 12 10 10 9 9 9 9 10 9  
LVORI...........3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3  
ADI.............17 17 15 14 13 14 13 14 14 14 17 12  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..11 10 9 9 9 10 9 10 10 10 11 8  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
 
 
FORECASTER...VORST  
REQUESTED BY...WALDEN  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2604232.1/JKL  
.DELDT 03/01/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL EDDIE.WALDEN@USDA.GOV  
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