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FNUS73 KJKL 131559
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SPOT FORECAST FOR BRUSHY CREEK RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1159 AM EDT FRI MAR 13 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EDT ON MARCH 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
..WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
..NEAR CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON
DISCUSSION.
AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING EAST
OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL SEND A COLD FRONT TOWARD
OUR AREA FROM THE NORTH NORTHWEST TODAY. STRONG SOUTHWEST
TO WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT,
WITH WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH EXPECTED TODAY OVER THE FIRE AREA.
THE WIND WILL CARRY IN MILDER AIR AND SOMEWHAT HIGHER DEW
POINTS. HOWEVER, THE COMBINATION WILL STILL ALLOW FOR
RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO DROP TO NEAR 25%.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............29.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...65.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 33 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 15 TO 16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 32 TO 36 MPH.
VENT RATE...........EXCELLENT (107300 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
EXCELLENT (138600 KNOT-FT) IN THE MID-AFTERNOON
DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (113400 KNOT-FT) LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................89 TO 106.
TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........18 16 4 10 14 21
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............56 60 63 64 65 65
DEWPOINT........28 30 28 28 31 31
RH..............34 32 26 26 29 28
APARNT TMP (F)..56 60 63 64 65 65
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..15 16 16 16 16 15
20 FT WIND GUST.32 33 33 33 32 30
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..15 16 16 16 16 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.7 4.1 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.33 36 36 35 32 32
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............89 100 106 102 94 91
VRATE KT-FT/1K..107 127 144 139 124 118
VENTRATE CAT....VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.
MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............33.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...37.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 29 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING
LIGHT.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 2 TO
3 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 18 TO 25 MPH DECREASING TO 7 TO 13 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST 6 TO 7 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
VENT RATE...........GOOD (75600 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (2200
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................88 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 (%).........21 9 2 2 4 3 7 6 3 6 11 12
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............64 60 57 54 51 50 47 44 43 42 40 38
DEWPOINT........32 33 34 34 34 35 35 35 35 34 33 32
RH..............30 36 42 47 53 57 64 71 73 75 76 79
APARNT TMP (F)..64 60 57 54 51 48 46 45 44 42 41 39
20 FT WIND DIR..SW W SW SW SW SW W W W W W NW
20 FT WIND SPD..13 10 7 6 5 5 3 2 2 2 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.29 24 20 15 13 12 10 8 6 5 3 3
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW W SW SW SW SW W W W W W NW
RIDGE WIND SPD..14 12 8 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.4 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.2 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W SW W W W W NW NW N
TRANSP WIND SPD.25 18 13 12 10 12 10 9 7 7 7 6
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 6
ADI.............88 12 6 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3
VRATE KT-FT/1K..77 33 21 17 10 7 6 5 3 3 3 2
VENTRATE CAT....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............31 INCREASING TO 36 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...34.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHEAST 2 TO 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 6 TO 9
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (2100 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO MARGINAL
(29200 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................3 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 49 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........20 13 12 14 22 15 20 20 18 24 16 13
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............36 35 35 39 44 50 55 60 63 65 68 69
DEWPOINT........32 32 30 31 31 30 31 32 33 35 36 37
RH..............86 87 82 75 60 47 41 35 32 33 31 31
APARNT TMP (F)..37 36 36 40 44 50 55 60 63 65 68 69
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE E E E E E SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 3 3 6 7 7 8 8 8 9 9
RIDGE WIND DIR..NE NE NE E E E E E SE SE SE SE
RIDGE WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.4 1.8 2.2 2.7 3.2 3.7 4.2 4.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.N NE E E E E E SE SE S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 7 9 7 7 6 6 6 8 9
LVORI...........7 7 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
ADI.............3 6 6 7 17 16 20 20 23 26 40 49
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 2 2 4 11 11 14 14 16 19 29 37
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...GEERTSON
REQUESTED BY...WALDEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2605495.1/JKL
.DELDT 03/13/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL EDDIE.WALDEN@USDA.GOV
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