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SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCKCASTLE RIVER WMA...KENTUCKY DIVISION OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
702 AM EDT FRI MAR 28 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EDT ON MARCH 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
MID-LEVEL CLOUDS WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES
WILL DISSIPATE THIS MORNING, LEAVING SUNNY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON
WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF GRADUALLY INCREASING THIN HIGH
CLOUDS. OTHERWISE, DESPITE DEWPOINTS INCREASING THROUGH THE DAY
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE MUCH WARMER, RESULTING IN A MINIMUM
AFTERNOON RH SOMEWHERE IN THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE. SOUTHWEST
WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY BY LATE MORNING AND PERSIST INTO LATE
AFTERNOON. CLOUDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITH ONLY
MODERATE HUMIDITY RECOVERY. SATURDAY WILL BE WARM, AND BREEZY IN
THE LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON, BUT CLOUDS WILL BE MUCH MORE
PREVALENT RESULTING IN AFTERNOON MINIMUM RH VALUES AROUND 35
PERCENT.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............35 INCREASING TO 45.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...79.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 5 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 22 MPH INCREASING TO 23 TO 25
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (5800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO MARGINAL
(36900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
INCREASING TO GOOD (63000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (106300
KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO
EXCELLENT (140800 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO
EXCELLENT (132200 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................13 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 118 IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........30 6 14 34 44
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 10
TEMP............52 62 73 78 80
DEWPOINT........34 40 44 46 45
RH..............50 44 35 32 29
APARNT TMP (F)..52 62 73 78 79
20 FT WIND......S 3 SW 6 SW 10 SW 12 SW 10
20 FT WIND GUST.14 17 20 21 21
RIDGETOP WIND...S 5 SW 7 SW 12 SW 13 SW 12
MIX HGT (FT)....500 1100 3100 6400 7000
TRANSPORT WIND..S 13 SW 17 SW 23 SW 25 SW 24
LVORI...........2 2 1 1 1
ADI.............13 26 76 116 114
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 17 63 141 146
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR GOOD VYGD VYGD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............43.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...79.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 3 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 10
TO 14 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
VENT RATE...........GOOD (79300 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (4700
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................108 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 5 LATE
IN THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........59 73 77 69 54 67 60 67 73 81 75 84
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 10
TEMP............79 77 72 70 67 65 64 64 63 63 62 61
DEWPOINT........44 44 45 44 44 43 43 41 41 41 41 41
RH..............29 31 38 39 43 45 46 43 44 44 46 48
APARNT TMP (F)..79 77 72 70 67 65 64 64 63 63 62 61
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..8 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.17 14 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW SW S S S S S S S S S
RIDGE WIND SPD..9 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.4 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 13 12 10 10 12 13 13 13 13 14 14
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............108 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
VRATE KT-FT/1K..79 8 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
VENTRATE CAT....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............43 INCREASING TO 49 IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...78.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 21 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 5 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 22 MPH INCREASING TO 23 TO 26
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (6600 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO POOR (25600
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN INCREASING
TO FAIR (48400 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (78300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (103100
KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (120700
KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO
EXCELLENT (110200 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO GOOD
(83900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................6 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 112 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........90 89 88 78 74 69 63 63 62 64 66 68
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10
TEMP............61 61 60 62 65 69 72 74 76 77 77 78
DEWPOINT........41 41 42 45 47 48 49 49 51 50 49 49
RH..............48 48 51 54 52 47 44 41 42 39 37 36
APARNT TMP (F)..61 61 60 62 65 69 72 74 76 77 77 78
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 5 6 9 10 10 10 10 10 9
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 21 20 18
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
RIDGE WIND SPD..5 5 5 6 7 10 12 12 12 12 12 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.6 2.5 3.7 4.7 5.2 5.4 5.0 4.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 13 16 18 22 24 25 26 26 25 23
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............6 13 13 18 38 63 87 102 112 84 78 88
VRATE KT-FT/1K..7 8 8 13 26 48 78 103 121 123 110 84
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD VGD VGD VGD VGD GD
FORECASTER...CMC
REQUESTED BY...MIKE RICH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/28/25
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