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SPOT FORECAST FOR RAINBOW GAP AND BAKER BRANCH...KENTUCKY DIVISION OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
621 AM EDT THU MAR 27 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON MARCH 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
CLOUDS INCREASE ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AS MOISTURE
ALOFT SURGES INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT. DRY AIR AT THE LOW
LEVELS WILL INITIALLY CAUSE ANY INCOMING PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS
VIRGA, BUT EVENTUALLY SOME LIGHT SHOWERS COULD REACH THE GROUND BY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. SHOWER CHANCES INCREASE THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON FRIDAY BEFORE
TRENDING DOWNWARD. WETTING RAINS ARE NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS LIGHT
SHOWER ACTIVITY, AND IN FACT THE INCIDENT AREA IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE
LESS THAN 0.05" THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PERHAPS THE BIGGER STORY
WILL BE THE GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING
AND CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON DESPITE HIGHER MINIMUM AFTERNOON
HUMIDITY VALUES COMPARED TO THIS AFTERNOON.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............23.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...64.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 9 TO 13
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (1200 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO FAIR (47100
KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
GOOD (50200 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................6 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 68 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........30 23 19 19 11 12 28 47 58
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............40 46 51 55 58 61 63 62 64
DEWPOINT........24 25 25 23 22 22 24 25 25
RH..............52 43 36 29 25 22 22 24 22
APARNT TMP (F)..40 46 51 55 58 61 63 62 64
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 9 9 10 12 12 12 12
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW W W W
RIDGE WIND SPD..3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.8 2.4 3.5 3.9 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW SW W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 8 9 9 12 13 13 13
LVORI...........2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............6 6 25 39 43 59 68 67 49
VRATE KT-FT/1K..1 4 17 28 31 44 50 50 47
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING,
THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.
MAX HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............28 INCREASING TO 39.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...62.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 3 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 3 TO 8
MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 7 TO 14
MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
VENT RATE...........MARGINAL (35400 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR
(1300 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................50 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 (%).........58 64 78 79 77 71 63 64 62 72 68 50
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 10 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 20
TEMP............62 62 59 56 54 53 52 53 51 51 51 50
DEWPOINT........27 30 30 33 34 35 36 35 39 39 39 40
RH..............26 30 33 42 46 50 54 50 63 63 63 68
APARNT TMP (F)..62 62 59 56 54 53 52 53 51 51 51 47
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W S SE S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 7
20 FT WIND GUST.9 8 7 8 9 9 10 12 13 13 14 14
RIDGE WIND DIR..W W W S SE S S S S S S S
RIDGE WIND SPD..5 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.5 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W NW S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 7 7 7 7 8 9 10 12 12 14 13
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
ADI.............50 3 3 3 3 4 6 7 8 8 9 8
VRATE KT-FT/1K..35 5 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............40 INCREASING TO 43 IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...77.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 21 MPH
LATE IN THE MORNING.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 22 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 23
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (4300 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO MARGINAL
(29500 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (120300 KNOT-FT) LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO EXCELLENT
(95500 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................8 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 104 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........56 45 41 41 27 26 27 32 38 40 43 45
WEATHER COV.....SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
TEMP............51 52 52 55 59 64 69 72 75 76 76 77
DEWPOINT........39 39 38 39 40 41 42 43 43 43 43 43
RH..............63 61 59 55 49 43 37 35 32 31 31 30
APARNT TMP (F)..51 52 52 55 59 64 69 72 75 76 76 77
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9
20 FT WIND GUST.15 16 17 17 18 21 21 21 21 21 21 20
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..8 9 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.1 1.7 3.0 4.3 5.4 6.2 6.3 5.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 14 13 14 17 20 22 23 23 23 22 20
LVORI...........3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............8 14 13 11 23 43 70 89 99 104 100 85
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 5 5 6 16 30 57 86 109 124 120 96
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD VGD VGD VGD GD
FORECASTER...CMC
REQUESTED BY...TAYLOR YORK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/27/25
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