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FNUS73 KJKL 131859
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR CANEY RX...USFS DANIEL BOONE NF CUMBERLAND RD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
259 PM EDT FRI MAR 13 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EDT ON MARCH 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
..STRONG WINDS ON SUNDAY
DISCUSSION.
A DRY COLD FRONT WILL STALL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FIRE AREA ON
SATURDAY WITH THE BRUNT OF THE COLDER AIR REMAINING TO THE NORTH.
THIS WILL LEAD TO A RELATIVELY MILD AND DRY DAY WITH LIGHT WINDS
VEERING FROM NORTHWEST TO EAST AT AROUND 5 MPH OR LESS AND
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BOTTOMING OUT BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT.
ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY, A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
PULL MILD AND SOMEWHAT MORE HUMID AIR NORTH OVER THE AREA ON
STRENGTHENING WINDS BEFORE ITS COLD FRONT ARRIVES AROUND DAWN ON
MONDAY. THE EARLY WEEK COLD FRONT WILL BRING POTENT PUSH OF COLDER
AIR AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR A LITTLE SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...36.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST 2 TO 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST
2 TO 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN SHIFTING
TO THE EAST 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (1900 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO POOR (22000
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................3 TO 30.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........4 8 22 26 39 35 40 25 32 35 43 43
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............38 37 36 38 41 46 49 52 55 57 59 60
RH..............59 61 64 57 50 42 34 28 25 24 24 24
APARNT TMP (F)..38 37 36 38 41 46 48 52 55 57 59 60
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NE NE E E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 6 6
RIDGE WIND DIR..NW NW NW NE NE E E E E E E E
RIDGE WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 3 3 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.5 1.0 1.6 1.9 2.3 2.8 3.2 3.6 3.7 3.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N NE NE NE NE E SE S SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 7
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
ADI.............3 7 4 7 12 11 14 16 18 25 26 30
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 3 2 5 8 8 9 11 13 18 19 22
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...60.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING, THEN BECOMING
SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
AROUND 7 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 14 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (22200 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (5000
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................4 TO 31.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........39 31 39 45 35 23 22 22 21 33 45 57
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............60 57 55 52 51 50 48 47 47 47 47 48
RH..............25 33 38 43 42 44 47 51 56 60 68 71
APARNT TMP (F)..60 57 55 52 51 48 46 46 46 45 45 45
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE S
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 5 3 3 5 5 3 3 5 5 6
20 FT WIND GUST.8 9 8 7 8 9 9 8 8 8 9 10
RIDGE WIND DIR..E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE S
RIDGE WIND SPD..6 7 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.2 1.2 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE E E E E E E SE SE S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 9 10 13 13 14 13 12 12 12 13 14
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
ADI.............31 4 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9
VRATE KT-FT/1K..22 10 7 10 10 10 8 6 5 6 8 9
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...73.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 33 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 7 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO 24 TO 33 MPH
IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (9900 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
(154500 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................9 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 131 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........60 64 67 65 63 61 64 68 71 73 74 76
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
TEMP............49 50 52 55 59 63 66 69 71 73 73 73
RH..............71 71 69 64 55 50 47 45 44 41 40 40
APARNT TMP (F)..47 48 52 55 59 63 66 69 71 73 73 73
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 8 9 10 12 13 14 14 14 14
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 13 17 21 24 27 30 32 33 33 33
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
RIDGE WIND SPD..7 7 7 9 10 12 13 14 14 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.0 3.6 4.8 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 15 16 20 24 28 30 32 33 33 33 31
LVORI...........3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............9 18 22 38 68 88 108 131 105 107 106 101
VRATE KT-FT/1K..10 12 14 26 52 72 96 134 155 160 162 155
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR GD GD VGD EXL EXL EXL EXL
FORECASTER...GEERTSON
REQUESTED BY...BROCK CAMPBELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2605676.0/JKL
.DELDT 03/13/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL BROCK.CAMPBELL@USDA.GOV
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