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FNUS73 KJKL 140911
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR WHITE OAK BURN UNIT...KDFWR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
511 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 SOME OF THE COLDER AIR REMAINING TO THE
NORTH. THIS WILL LEAD TO A SOMEWHAT 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 20 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.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........19 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............21 DECREASING TO 18 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...32.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST AROUND 2 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 3
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 5 TO 7
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (1600 KNOT-FT) INCREASING IN THE AFTERNOON
(13400 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 TO 28.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........23 29 31 34 36 39 28 45 40 34 29
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............34 32 34 39 41 46 50 53 56 58 58
DEWPOINT........23 23 23 22 21 20 19 17 17 19 18
RH..............64 69 64 50 44 35 29 24 21 22 21
APARNT TMP (F)..34 32 34 39 41 46 50 53 56 58 58
20 FT WIND DIR..W NW N N N NE NE E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.7 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7
RIDGE WIND DIR..W NW N N N NE NE E E E E
RIDGE WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 1.3 1.6 2.2 2.6 3.0 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N E SE E
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 6 7
LVORI...........3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............8 7 14 15 20 19 22 19 19 24 28
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 2 9 10 13 13 15 13 14 17 20
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............22 INCREASING TO 35.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...60.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND
SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH OVERNIGHT.
RIDGETOP WIND.......EAST 3 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 7 TO
10 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 8 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 14 TO 15
MPH OVERNIGHT.
VENT RATE...........POOR (20100 KNOT-FT) DECREASING IN THE EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT (2600 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 TO 29.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........27 25 23 17 12 6 7 8 9 15 22 28
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............60 58 54 51 50 48 48 47 48 48 46 48
DEWPOINT........20 21 23 23 23 24 26 30 33 35 36 37
RH..............21 23 30 33 34 39 42 51 56 60 68 65
APARNT TMP (F)..60 58 54 51 48 46 45 44 45 44 42 44
20 FT WIND DIR..E NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 6 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 9
20 FT WIND GUST.8 9 10 9 10 10 12 13 15 15 17 18
RIDGE WIND DIR..E NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
RIDGE WIND SPD..3 5 7 6 6 6 7 7 8 9 9 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.9 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E SE S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 9 9 9 8 9 12 15 14 15 15
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
ADI.............29 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 7 9 10 10
VRATE KT-FT/1K..20 7 4 3 3 3 5 8 15 15 17 18
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............39 INCREASING TO 42 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...73.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 29 MPH
INCREASING TO 30 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 12 TO 16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 28 TO 36 MPH
IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (16800 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
(165500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................10 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 110 IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........32 37 41 41 41 41 49 57 65 66 68 69
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............49 49 51 55 58 63 66 68 71 72 72 73
DEWPOINT........37 37 38 39 40 41 41 41 41 41 42 42
RH..............63 63 61 55 51 44 40 37 34 33 34 33
APARNT TMP (F)..45 45 51 55 58 63 66 68 71 72 72 73
20 FT WIND DIR..SE S SE S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 14 15 16 16 15 15 15 15 16
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 22 25 28 29 29 29 29 29 30
RIDGE WIND DIR..SE S SE S S S S S S S S S
RIDGE WIND SPD..12 12 12 14 15 16 16 15 15 15 15 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.4 1.5 1.7 2.6 3.2 4.0 4.7 5.5 4.9 4.9 5.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 16 18 28 30 32 33 35 36 36 35
LVORI...........2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............10 27 31 32 61 74 90 100 110 108 109 109
VRATE KT-FT/1K..17 19 21 27 62 83 113 137 166 151 153 161
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR GD GD VGD VGD EXL EXL EXL EXL
FORECASTER...GINNICK
REQUESTED BY...HUNTER VICKERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2605380.1/JKL
.DELDT 03/14/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL HUNTER.VICKERS@KY.GOV
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