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FNUS73 KJKL 051011 CCA
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR KING...KDF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
553 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 WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO PAST SUNRISE
AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE COMMONWEALTH AND KING 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.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) EARLY, THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS
DIMINISHING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT EARLY, DECREASING BELOW 10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 36 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 47 DECREASING TO AROUND 37.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 63.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 4200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 14 TO 20 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (25200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (41800 KNOT-FT) TO GOOD
(71800 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5 EARLY, 1 LATE.
ADI.................14 EARLY, INCREASING TO 53 TO 74 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........94 95 93 75 67 52 32 39 44 47 41 31
WEATHER COV.....LKY CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).60 40 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............51 48 46 46 46 51 54 56 59 62 62 63
DEWPOINT........48 46 44 43 41 41 40 39 39 39 39 37
RH..............89 93 93 89 83 68 59 53 47 43 43 38
APARNT TMP (F)..51 45 42 42 42 51 54 56 59 62 62 63
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 14 14 14 14 16 17 18 18 18 18
RIDGE WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
RIDGE WIND SPD..8 8 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 12 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.9 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.2 3.5 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 14 15 14 14 15 15 16 17 18 18 20
LVORI...........5 4 4 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............14 28 29 29 39 35 53 56 63 69 70 74
VRATE KT-FT/1K..27 25 29 29 32 37 42 49 58 66 67 72
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR GD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). PATCHY FROST
AFTER 0300.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 33.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 35.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 33.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH 2100, THEN
BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST 5 TO 12 MPH THROUGH 2200, THEN
BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 TO 17 MPH THROUGH 0000, THEN
NORHT TO NORTHWEST TO 3 TO 7 MPH.
VENT RATE...........GOOD (51700 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (900
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............1 EARLY, 8 LATE.
ADI.................59 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 2 LATE.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........32 23 20 17 12 13 5 5 6 6 11 11
WEATHER COV..... PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE.... FST FST
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............63 60 56 53 50 47 44 42 41 38 36 35
DEWPOINT........37 36 36 36 36 36 37 36 35 35 35 34
RH..............38 41 47 52 58 65 76 79 79 89 96 96
APARNT TMP (F)..63 60 56 53 49 47 44 42 41 38 36 35
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N
20 FT WIND SPD..10 8 7 6 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0
20 FT WIND GUST.18 17 16 13 10 9 8 7 7 6 5 3
RIDGE WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W
RIDGE WIND SPD..12 9 8 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 1 1
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.4 1.9 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 15 14 13 12 9 8 7 5 3 3 3
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 7 8 8
ADI.............59 11 7 6 5 4 4 3 2 2 2 2
VRATE KT-FT/1K..52 25 13 11 7 5 4 3 2 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
0900.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 29 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 34.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 33.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE, BECOMING NORTHWEST 3 TO
9 MPH AFTER 1000.
RIDGETOP WIND.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE, BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO
10 MPH AFTER 1000.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST TO WEST 2 TO 10 MPH THROUGH 1300,
THEN NORTHWEST 9 TO 18 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (500 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO POOR (23700
KNOT-FT) TO EXCELLENT (95700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............9 TO 10 EARLY, DECREASING TO 1.
ADI.................1 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 82 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........8 7 8 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
WEATHER COV.....PTY ARS PTY
WEATHER TYPE....FST FST FST
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............35 33 34 39 46 52 56 59 62 65 66 66
DEWPOINT........34 33 34 36 36 36 35 35 35 34 35 36
RH..............96 100 100 89 68 54 45 40 36 31 32 33
APARNT TMP (F)..35 33 34 39 46 52 56 59 62 65 66 66
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 0 0 1 3 6 8 9 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 3 6 8 10 13 14 15 16 16 16
RIDGE WIND DIR..W SW SW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
RIDGE WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 2 5 6 9 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.9 2.1 2.7 3.4 4.2 5.0 5.3 5.7 6.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 2 2 3 6 7 8 10 14 16 18 18
LVORI...........9 10 10 6 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............1 2 2 4 15 23 33 56 60 71 81 82
VRATE KT-FT/1K..1 1 1 3 11 16 24 38 60 74 92 96
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR GD GD GD GD
FORECASTER...JP
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT SHEPHERD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2608814.3/JKL
.DELDT 04/05/26
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.EMAIL DWAYNE.ANDERSON@KY.GOV,SAMANTHA.ROSE@KY.GOV,SCOTT.SHEPHERD@KY.GOV
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