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FNUS73 KJKL 051010
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCK CREEK WMA RX...KDF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
610 AM EDT SUN APR 5 2026
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
SHOWERS WILL END AROUND SUNSET AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
INTO THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE BUCK CREEK WMA RX PROJECT. THIS
HIGH WILL USHER IN A COLDER AND AIRMASS AND HUMIDITIES WILL TREND
DOWN THIS AFTERNOON DESPITE RECENT RAINFALL. PATCHY FROST IS
POSSIBLE AT THE BURN LOCATION TONIGHT. THIS HIGH WILL SHIFT
SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA ON MONDAY AND ALLOW A DRY COLD FRONT TO DROP
SOUTH ACROSS THE OH VALLEY AND COMMONWEALTH AND LEAD TO A BIT OF
AN INCREASE IN WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON WHILE HUMIDITY DROPS TO
AROUND THE 30 PERCENT MARK.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
RAIN SHOWERS ENDING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT DECREASING TO LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 39 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 46 DECREASING TO AROUND 40.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 62.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 TO 20 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (26500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (48300 KNOT-FT) TO GOOD
(76700 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5 EARLY, 1 LATE.
ADI.................14 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 56 TO
77 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........93 94 90 69 54 50 43 40 39 38 31 35
WEATHER COV.....CHC SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............50 47 47 47 47 50 54 56 59 60 61 62
DEWPOINT........47 45 42 41 40 39 38 39 39 39 39 39
RH..............89 93 83 79 76 66 54 53 47 46 44 43
APARNT TMP (F)..47 44 44 44 44 47 54 56 59 60 61 62
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 7 7 9 10 10 12 12 10
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 14 14 14 17 17 18 18 18 18
RIDGE WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W NW NW
RIDGE WIND SPD..8 8 8 8 8 8 10 12 12 13 13 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.0 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.7 3.1 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 16 14 13 15 16 17 18 18 20 20
LVORI...........5 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............14 30 42 37 30 48 56 62 69 71 76 77
VRATE KT-FT/1K..27 27 32 29 30 40 48 56 64 68 75 77
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). PATCHY FROST
AFTER 0300. AREAS OF FROST LATE.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 31.
MAX HUMIDITY........NEAR 100 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 36 DECREASING TO AROUND 31.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 31.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH THROUGH 2100, THEN
LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH 2200, THEN
LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 TO 17 MPH THROUGH 0000, THEN
NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
VENT RATE...........GOOD (53000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (800
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............1 EARLY, 10 LATE.
ADI.................60 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 2.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........22 18 18 17 17 15 11 10 8 5 4 3
WEATHER COV..... PTY PTY ARS
WEATHER TYPE.... FST FST FST
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............62 59 54 51 47 43 42 39 37 36 34 31
DEWPOINT........38 36 36 37 36 36 35 35 35 35 34 31
RH..............41 42 50 59 65 76 76 85 92 96 100 100
APARNT TMP (F)..62 59 54 51 46 43 42 39 37 36 34 31
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 7 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FT WIND GUST.18 16 15 12 9 8 7 6 5 3 3 3
RIDGE WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW NW NW NW
RIDGE WIND SPD..10 9 8 5 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.5 1.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 15 13 10 9 8 7 5 5 3 3 5
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 7 8 10 10
ADI.............60 10 7 5 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2
VRATE KT-FT/1K..53 21 7 5 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST BEFORE
1000.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 32 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 33 INCREASING TO AROUND 36.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 31.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE, THEN WEST 5 TO 9 MPH AFTER
1000.
RIDGETOP WIND.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE, THEN WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 6100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 10 MPH THROUGH 1100, THEN WEST
13 TO 21 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (600 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO FAIR (39100
KNOT-FT) TO EXCELLENT (103800 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............10 EARLY, 1 LATE.
ADI.................2 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING 53 TO 92 IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........4 5 6 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 7 8
WEATHER COV.....ARS ARS ARS PTY
WEATHER TYPE....FST FST FST FST
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............31 31 31 36 44 49 55 58 61 63 65 65
DEWPOINT........31 31 31 35 36 36 35 35 36 35 36 37
RH..............100 100 100 96 73 61 47 42 39 35 34 35
APARNT TMP (F)..31 31 31 36 44 47 55 58 61 63 65 65
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N SW W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 0 1 2 5 7 8 9 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 3 6 8 10 13 15 17 18 18 17
RIDGE WIND DIR..W SW SW SW W W W W W W W W
RIDGE WIND SPD..1 1 1 2 3 5 8 9 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.2 0.2 0.8 2.0 2.7 3.6 4.5 5.4 5.6 5.9 6.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 3 5 8 10 13 16 18 20 21 20
LVORI...........10 9 9 7 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............2 3 3 6 22 36 53 73 78 86 92 88
VRATE KT-FT/1K..1 1 1 3 14 24 39 63 87 95 107 104
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD VGD VGD
FORECASTER...JP
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT SHEPHERD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2608809.3/JKL
.DELDT 04/05/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL DWAYNE.ANDERSON@KY.GOV,SAMANTHA.ROSE@KY.GOV,SCOTT.SHEPHERD@KY.GOV
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