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FNUS73 KJKL 221922
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR FERN BLUFF RX...USFS`
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
322 PM EDT WED OCT 22 2025
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 WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER FOR
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. FOR THURSDAY, THE HEATING OF THE DAY WILL
LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN WINDS AND TRANSPORT WINDS FROM LATE MORNING
INTO THE AFTERNOON AND WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 18 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON. WINDS SLACKEN ON THURSDAY NIGHT WITH FROST DEVELOPING
LATE AS HIGH PRESSURE NEARS THE BURN LOCATION. SIMILAR HUMIDITIES,
BUT LIGHTER WINDS AND POORER DISPERSION IS ANTICIPATED ON FRIDAY
NEARER TO THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE.
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN
THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 28 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 31 DECREASING TO AROUND 28 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 33.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 3 TO 9 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 14 MPH, THEN INCREASING TO 13 TO 18
MPH AFTER 1000.
VENT RATE...........POOR (1200 KNOT-FT) PEAKING AT GOOD (80000
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............4 EARLY, 1 LATE.
ADI.................7 EARLY, PEAKING NEAR 93 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........4 1 1 1 1 2 5 6 4 5
WEATHER COV.....ARS
WEATHER TYPE....FST
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............36 38 46 51 54 57 58 59 59 59
DEWPOINT........31 32 33 33 32 30 29 29 28 28
RH..............82 79 60 50 43 35 33 32 30 30
APARNT TMP (F)..33 34 43 51 54 57 58 59 59 59
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.8 9 10 13 14 15 17 17 18 16
RIDGE WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W
RIDGE WIND SPD..5 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.9 2.3 3.0 3.7 4.1 4.7 4.8 5.0 4.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 10 14 17 18 18 18 18 18 17
LVORI...........4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............7 12 41 64 84 91 89 84 86 93
VRATE KT-FT/1K..1 8 28 45 60 66 75 78 80 74
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD GD
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST AFTER
0200.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.
MAX HUMIDITY........AROUND 93 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 32.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 32.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 3 TO 7 MPH, BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 5 TO 8 MPH, BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 14 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (18800 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (700
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2 EARLY, 4 LATE.
ADI.................29 EARLY, DECREASING TO 2.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........3 3 5 3 2 4
WEATHER COV..... AREAS
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE FROST
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............57 49 45 40 37 35
DEWPOINT........30 33 34 34 32 31
RH..............35 54 65 79 82 85
APARNT TMP (F)..57 48 45 40 37 35
20 FT WIND......W 7 W 3 W 2 W 2 W 1 W 1
20 FT WIND GUST.13 6 5 3 2 2
RIDGETOP WIND...W 8 W 5 W 3 W 3 W 2 W 2
MIX HGT (FT)....1600 500 300 200 200 200
TRANSPORT WIND..W 14 W 8 W 6 W 5 W 5 W 5
LVORI...........2 2 3 4 4 4
ADI.............29 4 2 2 2 2
VRATE KT-FT/1K..19 4 1 1 1 1
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). WIDESPREAD FROST EARLY IN
THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 31 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 31.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 31.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST TO NORTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 4800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST TO NORTHWEST 3 TO 9 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (500 KNOT-FT) EARLY, INCREASING TO MARGINAL
(33200 KNOT-FT) TO FAIR (38600 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............7 EARLY, LATE.
ADI.................2 EARLY INCREASING 33 TO 51 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
SKY (%).........5 3 7 12
WEATHER COV.....WIDSPD AREAS
WEATHER TYPE....FROST FROST NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0
TEMP............33 36 52 57
DEWPOINT........31 32 32 29
RH..............92 85 46 34
APARNT TMP (F)..33 36 52 57
20 FT WIND......W 1G2 W 1G2 W 2G5 NW 3G8
RIDGETOP WIND...W 2 W 2 W 3 NW 5
MIX HGT (FT)....200 800 3200 4800
TRANSPORT WIND..W 5 W 5 W 8 NW 9
LVORI...........7 5 1 1
ADI.............2 4 33 51
VRATE KT-FT/1K..1 3 22 38
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR FAIR
FORECASTER...JP
REQUESTED BY...BROCK CAMPBELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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