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FNUS73 KJKL 201450
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG SWAG RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
950 AM EST TUE JAN 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EST ON JANUARY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
OUR VERY COLD AIR MASS WILL GIVE WAY TO BRIEF WARM-UP AT
MIDWEEK. HOWEVER, MOISTURE STREAMING NORTH AND NORTHEAST AND OVERRIDING
THE LINGERING COLD AIR WILL PROBABLY LEAD TO PRECIPITATION LATE
WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. BY THEN, IT SHOULD BE WARM ENOUGH FOR
IT TO FALL AS RAIN. THE RAIN WILL INITIALLY FALL INTO DRIER SURFACE
AIR, WHICH WILL DELAY THE ONSET, AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL PROBABLY
BOTTOM OUR AROUND 35% ON WEDNESDAY.
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN RAIN LIKELY BY EVENING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............10 INCREASING TO 28.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...20.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 14
TO 21 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (600 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO POOR (8100
KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................7 TO 28.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........41 58 61 58 49 44 60 68 77 85 94 97
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60
TEMP............28 29 30 33 36 38 41 44 43 42 41 40
DEWPOINT........9 10 11 12 14 15 17 20 23 26 28 30
RH..............44 44 44 41 40 38 37 38 45 53 59 67
APARNT TMP (F)..20 20 22 26 30 34 37 41 41 43 42 41
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..8 10 12 12 13 13 14 14 13 13 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.16 17 20 21 22 23 23 23 23 23 22 21
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..9 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 12 13 15 16 17 20 21 18 16 14 14
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
ADI.............7 13 14 16 18 19 23 28 24 20 16 15
VRATE KT-FT/1K..1 1 1 2 3 6 15 19 16 13 11 8
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). RAIN LIKELY IN
THE EVENING, THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............33 INCREASING TO 35 OVERNIGHT.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...32.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
20 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 13 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (500 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................5 TO 11.
TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........99 89 90 86 84 84
WEATHER COV.....LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).60 40 40 40 20 20
TEMP............39 39 38 38 38 37
DEWPOINT........31 32 34 35 36 36
RH..............73 76 85 89 92 96
APARNT TMP (F)..39 34 35 34 34 32
20 FT WIND......SW 9 SW 9 SW 8 SW 7 SW 6 SW 6
20 FT WIND GUST.20 17 16 14 13 12
RIDGETOP WIND...SW 10 SW 10 SW 9 SW 8 SW 7 SW 7
MIX HGT (FT)....300 100 100 100 100 200
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 13 S 12 SW 8 SW 7 SW 7 W 7
LVORI...........3 4 4 6 6 7
ADI.............11 10 7 5 5 5
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 1 1 1 1 1
VENTRATE CAT....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
FORECASTER...HAL
REQUESTED BY...XAVIER SINGLETON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2600610.0/JKL
.DELDT 01/20/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL XAVIER.SINGLETON@USDA.GOV
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