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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
222 PM EST FRI FEB 27 2026
DISCUSSION.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO
THE REGION TODAY LEADING TO DRY WEATHER TODAY. ABOVE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED TODAY AND AGAIN TOMORROW AS HIGHS WILL
CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S TODAY AND LOW TO UPPER 60S
ON SATURDAY. A MOSTLY DRY COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS
THE REGION LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING; HOWEVER,
RAIN CHANCES WILL BE ISOLATED AND CONFINED TO LOCATIONS ALONG AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROCKCASTLE TO PIKE COUNTIES. DRY WEATHER
CONTINUES FOR SUNDAY BEHIND THE PASSING COLD FRONT; HOWEVER,
BETTER CHANCES FOR WETTING RAIN ARRIVE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
EARLY MORNING MONDAY WHICH WILL USHER AN ACTIVE PATTERN WITH
MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS THROUGH NEXT WEEK.
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-104-106>109-111-119-280915-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT-
MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-LEE-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FLEMINGSBURG, CAMARGO, JEFFERSONVILLE,
MOUNT STERLING, OWINGSVILLE, MOREHEAD, IRVINE, RAVENNA,
CLAY CITY, STANTON, FRENCHBURG, SANDY HOOK, WEST LIBERTY,
PAINTSVILLE, CAMPTON, SALYERSVILLE, BEATTYVILLE, AND INEZ
222 PM EST FRI FEB 27 2026
TONIGHT SAT SAT NIGHT SUN
CLOUD COVER CLEAR CLEAR PCLDY PCLDY
CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 0 20 0
PRECIP TYPE NONE NONE RAIN NONE
TEMP (24H TREND) 32-43 (+12) 63-66 (+7) 37-47 47-50
RH % (24H TREND) 67-100 (+1) 28-50 (+11) 74-100 49-58
20FTWND-AM(MPH) LGT/VAR NW 2-6 G13
20FTWND-PM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR LGT/VAR N 2-6 G13
PRECIP DURATION 1
PRECIP BEGIN
PRECIP END
PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 3800 3000
TRANSPORT WND (MPH) W 9 N 13
VENT RATE (KT-FT) 30400 33000
ADI EARLY 4 30 4 29
ADI LATE 9 42 10 45
MAX LVORI EARLY 4 5 4 5
MAX LVORI LATE 6 3 5 3
REMARKS...RANGES OF MIN T OVER 8 DEGREES & RANGES OF MAX
RH OVER 10% INDICATE THE LIKELIHOOD OF THERMAL BELTS. ADI IS
ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION INDEX BY LAVDAS. LVORI IS LOW VISIBILITY
OCCURRENCE RISK INDEX.
KYZ068-069-080-084>088-114-116-280915-
ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-LAUREL-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
OWSLEY-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BRODHEAD, MOUNT VERNON, MCKEE, ANNVILLE,
LONDON, STEARNS, WHITLEY CITY, CORBIN, WILLIAMSBURG,
BARBOURVILLE, MIDDLESBORO, PINEVILLE, CUMBERLAND, HARLAN,
BOONEVILLE, AND MANCHESTER
222 PM EST FRI FEB 27 2026
TONIGHT SAT SAT NIGHT SUN
CLOUD COVER MCLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY
CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TEMP (24H TREND) 31-44 (+9) 64-69 (+8) 39-48 53-56
RH % (24H TREND) 67-100 (0) 31-51 (+13) 74-100 51-74
20FTWND-AM(MPH) LGT/VAR W 2-6 G15
20FTWND-PM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR LGT/VAR N 2-6 G15
PRECIP DURATION
PRECIP BEGIN
PRECIP END
PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 4300 3000
TRANSPORT WND (MPH) W 10 W 15
VENT RATE (KT-FT) 38700 39000
ADI EARLY 2 31 3 35
ADI LATE 6 51 9 44
MAX LVORI EARLY 4 5 5 5
MAX LVORI LATE 6 2 6 3
REMARKS...RANGES OF MIN T OVER 8 DEGREES & RANGES OF MAX
RH OVER 10% INDICATE THE LIKELIHOOD OF THERMAL BELTS. ADI IS
ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION INDEX BY LAVDAS. LVORI IS LOW VISIBILITY
OCCURRENCE RISK INDEX.
KYZ079-083-280915-
PULASKI-WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BURNSIDE, SOMERSET, AND MONTICELLO
222 PM EST FRI FEB 27 2026
TONIGHT SAT SAT NIGHT SUN
CLOUD COVER CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY
CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TEMP (24H TREND) 32-42 (+10) 67-70 (+9) 42-49 53-56
RH % (24H TREND) 73-100 (0) 33-48 (+6) 77-100 52-59
20FTWND-AM(MPH) LGT/VAR NW 2-6 G13
20FTWND-PM(MPH) LGT/VAR SW 2-6 LGT/VAR N 3-7 G13
PRECIP DURATION
PRECIP BEGIN
PRECIP END
PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 3800 2600
TRANSPORT WND (MPH) W 12 NW 12
VENT RATE (KT-FT) 38000 26000
ADI EARLY 2 29 3 28
ADI LATE 6 50 10 37
MAX LVORI EARLY 5 6 6 5
MAX LVORI LATE 7 3 6 3
REMARKS...RANGES OF MIN T OVER 8 DEGREES & RANGES OF MAX
RH OVER 10% INDICATE THE LIKELIHOOD OF THERMAL BELTS. ADI IS
ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION INDEX BY LAVDAS. LVORI IS LOW VISIBILITY
OCCURRENCE RISK INDEX.
KYZ110-112-113-115-117-118-120-280915-
FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PRESTONSBURG, WHEELWRIGHT, JACKSON,
HINDMAN, PIPPA PASSES, HAZARD, HYDEN, JENKINS, WHITESBURG,
COAL RUN, ELKHORN CITY, PIKEVILLE, AND SOUTH WILLIAMSON
222 PM EST FRI FEB 27 2026
TONIGHT SAT SAT NIGHT SUN
CLOUD COVER CLEAR CLEAR PCLDY PCLDY
CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 0 0 20
PRECIP TYPE NONE NONE NONE RAIN
TEMP (24H TREND) 30-42 (+7) 65-68 (+7) 42-48 50-53
RH % (24H TREND) 67-100 (+3) 28-42 (+6) 71-100 52-69
20FTWND-AM(MPH) LGT/VAR W 2-6 G13
20FTWND-PM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR LGT/VAR N 2-6 G13
PRECIP DURATION 1
PRECIP BEGIN
PRECIP END
PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 5000 3300
TRANSPORT WND (MPH) W 12 NW 13
VENT RATE (KT-FT) 50000 36300
ADI EARLY 2 40 4 36
ADI LATE 7 64 9 49
MAX LVORI EARLY 4 5 5 4
MAX LVORI LATE 6 2 5 3
REMARKS...RANGES OF MIN T OVER 8 DEGREES & RANGES OF MAX
RH OVER 10% INDICATE THE LIKELIHOOD OF THERMAL BELTS. ADI IS
ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION INDEX BY LAVDAS. LVORI IS LOW VISIBILITY
OCCURRENCE RISK INDEX.
FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7
SUNDAY NIGHT
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTH WINDS
LESS THAN 10 MPH.
MONDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
40S. NORTHEAST WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH.
MONDAY NIGHT
MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS AROUND 40.
NORTHEAST WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH.
TUESDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN. NOT AS COOL. HIGHS IN
THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
TUESDAY NIGHT
CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
WEDNESDAY
CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
SOUTH WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTH
WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH.
THURSDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
THURSDAY NIGHT
MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 50S. SOUTH WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH.
FRIDAY
PARTLY SUNNY. RAIN LIKELY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
SOUTHWEST WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH.
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