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FNUS73 KJKL 140857
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR NEWTIE KING RX...NPS - BIG SOUTH FORK NRRA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
457 AM EDT SAT MAR 14 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 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.
DISCUSSION.
A DRY COLD FRONT WILL STALL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE
FIRE AREA TODAY 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 AROUND 30
PERCENT.
ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY, THAT STALLED FRONT WILL BECOME A
WARM FRONT AND MOVE NORTH OF THE FIRE AREA. ALONG WITH A STRONG
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM, MILD AND SOMEWHAT MORE HUMID AIR WILL SPREAD NORTH
OVER THE AREA ON STRENGTHENING GUSTY WINDS BEFORE ITS COLD FRONT
ARRIVES AROUND DAWN ON MONDAY. THE EARLY WEEK COLD FRONT WILL
BRING A POTENT PUSH OF COLDER AIR AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR A LITTLE
SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............34 INCREASING TO 38 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...37.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH AROUND 1 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 3 TO 5
MPH LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 6 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 7 TO 10
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (2100 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO FAIR
(42100 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 57 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........12 11 11 10 10 12 14 16 15 14 13
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............39 37 40 45 51 55 60 64 67 68 69
DEWPOINT........33 33 33 32 32 33 34 36 37 39 39
RH..............79 85 76 60 48 43 37 35 33 34 33
APARNT TMP (F)..39 37 40 45 51 55 60 64 67 68 69
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N E E E E SE SE S
20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 9 10
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S S E E E E SE SE S
RIDGE WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.3 1.5 2.2 2.8 3.3 3.9 4.4 4.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E SE SE S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 8 13 12 8 7 7 8 9 10
LVORI...........4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
ADI.............7 8 8 21 23 22 24 28 38 47 57
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 3 4 14 15 15 17 20 27 35 42
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............41.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...67.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH OVERNIGHT.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 3 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 18 MPH
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
VENT RATE...........MARGINAL (36200 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR
(3500 KNOT-FT) IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................51 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 4 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........10 8 5 6 8 9 14 18 23 32 41 50
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............67 65 61 57 56 54 53 52 52 53 52 53
DEWPOINT........40 40 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 42 42
RH..............37 40 48 55 57 61 64 66 66 64 69 66
APARNT TMP (F)..67 65 61 57 56 54 53 52 52 53 52 53
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SE SE SE SE S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 2 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 7 8
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 9 9 10 10 13 14 16 18 20 20
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S SE SE SE SE S S S S S S
RIDGE WIND SPD..5 5 3 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.6 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SE S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 9 8 8 9 10 12 12 15 16 17 18
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............51 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 12 21
VRATE KT-FT/1K..36 9 4 4 4 5 7 8 13 15 19 21
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............43 INCREASING TO 50 IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...71.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 31 MPH
INCREASING TO 37 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 9 TO 16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 18 TO 24 MPH INCREASING TO 38 TO 39 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (21800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
(174900 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................21 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 121 IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........52 54 56 59 61 64 68 73 77 78 80 81
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............54 54 55 57 60 63 65 68 70 70 71 71
DEWPOINT........42 43 44 45 48 49 50 51 52 52 52 52
RH..............64 66 66 64 64 60 58 54 53 53 51 51
APARNT TMP (F)..54 54 55 57 60 63 65 68 70 70 71 71
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 9 13 14 16 16 16 15 15 15 15
20 FT WIND GUST.22 23 24 25 31 35 37 36 36 36 37 37
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
RIDGE WIND SPD..9 10 10 14 14 16 16 16 15 15 15 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 1.4 1.4 1.8 2.5 3.2 3.9 4.5 5.1 4.4 4.4 5.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 20 20 24 29 35 37 38 39 39 39 38
LVORI...........2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............21 31 31 55 63 86 100 111 121 113 113 116
VRATE KT-FT/1K..22 24 24 38 64 97 124 149 175 148 150 164
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR GD GD VGD VGD EXL VGD VGD EXL
FORECASTER...GINNICK
REQUESTED BY...GARY SHREFFLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2605641.1/JKL
.DELDT 03/14/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL ROBERT_VICK@NPS.GOV,GARY_SHREFFLER@NPS.GOV
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