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FNUS73 KJKL 051024  
FWSJKL  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR SKIERLIEWICZ RX BURN...KDF  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
624 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 SUNRISE AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS  
INTO THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE SKIERLIEWICZ 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 THE 30 TO  
PERCENT RANGE.  
   
TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). ISOLATED TO SCATTERED  
RAIN SHOWERS ENDING.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT DECREASING TO LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.  
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 40 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............AROUND 44 DECREASING TO AROUND 37.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 60.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST TO WEST 6 TO 13 MPH.  
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST TO WEST 8 TO 14 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 4300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST TO WEST 14 TO 21 MPH.  
VENT RATE...........POOR (27100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO FAIR (47300 KNOT-FT) TO GOOD  
(77700 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............5 EARLY, 1 LATE.  
ADI.................14 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 56 TO 73  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........94 94 89 73 53 44 38 39 32 31 26 26  
WEATHER COV.....CHC SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............48 46 46 46 46 49 51 54 56 58 59 60  
DEWPOINT........45 43 41 39 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 37  
RH..............89 89 83 76 73 66 61 54 51 47 45 42  
APARNT TMP (F)..45 42 42 42 42 46 51 54 56 58 59 60  
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 12 12 13 13 13  
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 14 14 14 17 17 18 18 20 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 13 13 14 14 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.0 2.0 2.1 2.4 2.6 3.0 3.4 3.6 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 17 15 14 14 15 16 17 18 20 20 21  
LVORI...........5 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............14 31 31 41 31 54 56 61 65 71 70 73  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..28 29 27 29 31 39 47 55 62 69 71 78  
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.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............AROUND 35.  
MIN APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 35.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 5 TO 12 MPH TROUGH 2100, THEN LIGHT  
AND VARIABLE.  
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST 5 TO 13 MPH THROUGH 2200, THEN  
LIGHT AND VARIABLE.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 TO 17 MPH THROUGH 2300, THEN  
NORTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH.  
VENT RATE...........GOOD (50400 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (800  
KNOT-FT).  
LVORI...............1 EARLY, 8 LATE.  
ADI.................58 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 2.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........14 22 17 17 17 9 13 10 8 7 4 3  
WEATHER COV..... PTY PTY PTY  
WEATHER TYPE.... FST FST FST  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............59 56 52 49 47 44 41 40 39 36 35 35  
DEWPOINT........37 35 36 36 36 35 34 34 34 34 34 34  
RH..............44 45 54 61 65 70 76 79 82 92 96 96  
APARNT TMP (F)..59 56 52 47 46 44 41 40 39 36 35 35  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N  
20 FT WIND SPD..12 9 7 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0  
20 FT WIND GUST.18 17 15 13 10 9 8 7 6 6 5 3  
RIDGE WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
RIDGE WIND SPD..13 10 8 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 1 1  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.4 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 14 12 10 8 7 6 6 5 5 5 5  
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 7 8 8  
ADI.............58 9 7 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..50 17 5 4 3 2 2 1 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 EARLY IN  
THE MORNING.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.  
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 33 PERCENT.  
DEWPOINT............AROUND 34.  
MIN APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 32.  
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 AFTER  
1000.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 6000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 13 MPH THROUGH 1100, THEN WEST  
13 TO 22 MPH.  
VENT RATE...........POOR (500 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO FAIR (47000  
KNOT-FT) TO EXCELLENT (11200 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............10 EARLY, 1 LATE.  
ADI.................2 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 65 TO 98  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........4 5 4 5 3 2 3 3 4 6 7 9  
WEATHER COV.....ARS ARS ARS  
WEATHER TYPE....FST FST FST  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............33 32 33 39 43 49 52 56 59 62 63 63  
DEWPOINT........33 32 33 34 35 35 35 35 36 35 35 36  
RH..............100 100 100 82 73 58 52 45 42 36 35 36  
APARNT TMP (F)..33 32 33 39 43 47 52 56 59 62 63 63  
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N W W W W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 0 1 2 5 7 9 9 9 9 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 5 7 10 13 15 16 17 18 18 17  
RIDGE WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W  
RIDGE WIND SPD..1 1 1 2 3 5 8 10 10 10 10 10  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.2 0.2 0.8 2.0 2.6 3.6 4.6 5.6 5.7 5.9 6.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 3 6 8 12 15 17 20 21 22 21  
LVORI...........10 9 9 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
ADI.............2 3 4 6 21 38 65 76 88 93 98 93  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..1 1 1 4 14 26 47 69 95 102 112 108  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD VGD VGD VGD  
 

 
FORECASTER...JP  
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT SHEPHERD  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2608819.3/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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