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FNUS73 KJKL 051037
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SPOT FORECAST FOR PING SINKING VALLEY...KDF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
637 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 PING SINKING VALLEY 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 SHOWERS ENDING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT DECREASING TO LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 40 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 44 DECREASING TO AROUND 38.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 61.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST TO WEST 6 TO 13 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST TO WEST 7 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 4400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST TO WEST 13 TO 20 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (26400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (48000 KNOT-FT) TO GOOD
(75000 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5 EARLY, 1 LATE.
ADI.................10 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 56 TO 76
IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........93 95 90 70 52 44 42 39 37 35 28 31
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............49 47 46 46 47 48 53 55 58 59 60 61
DEWPOINT........46 43 42 40 39 39 38 39 39 38 39 38
RH..............89 86 86 79 74 71 57 55 49 45 46 42
APARNT TMP (F)..46 44 42 42 44 45 53 55 58 59 60 61
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 3.1 3.4 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.3 4.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 15 15 14 13 15 16 17 18 18 20 20
LVORI...........5 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............10 30 34 39 32 57 56 62 68 71 74 76
VRATE KT-FT/1K..27 26 28 29 29 40 48 55 64 66 73 75
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT). PATCHY FROST
AFTER 0400.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.
MAX HUMIDITY........AROUND 96 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 35.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 35.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 5 TO 12 MPH THROUGH 2200,THEN
LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST 5 TO 13 MPH THROUGH 2300, THEN
LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 TO 17 MPH THROUGH 0000, THEN
NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
VENT RATE...........GOOD (51600 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (900
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............1 EARLY, 7 LATE.
ADI.................59 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 2.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........16 20 18 17 17 11 12 10 9 7 4 3
WEATHER COV..... PTY
WEATHER TYPE.... FST
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............60 59 55 51 49 46 44 42 40 39 37 36
DEWPOINT........37 36 36 36 36 35 35 35 35 35 35 34
RH..............42 42 49 56 61 65 70 76 82 85 92 92
APARNT TMP (F)..60 59 55 51 47 45 44 42 40 39 37 36
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..12 10 8 7 5 3 2 2 2 2 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.18 17 15 13 10 9 8 7 7 6 5 3
RIDGE WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
RIDGE WIND SPD..13 12 9 8 5 5 3 3 3 3 2 2
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.4 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
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 5 5
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 7 7
ADI.............59 10 7 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
VRATE KT-FT/1K..52 20 6 5 4 3 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). PATCHY FROST BEFORE 0900.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 33 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 35.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 35.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE, THEN WEST 4 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 12 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 22 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (500 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO FAIR (42900
KNOT-FT) TO EXCELLENT (112300 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............8 EARLY, 1 LATE.
ADI.................2 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 59 TO 96
IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........4 5 5 3 3 2 3 3 4 6 7 9
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............35 35 36 41 46 52 55 58 61 63 64 64
DEWPOINT........34 33 34 34 35 36 35 35 36 35 36 37
RH..............96 92 92 76 65 54 47 42 39 35 35 37
APARNT TMP (F)..35 35 36 41 46 52 55 58 61 63 64 64
20 FT WIND DIR..W W SW W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 2 5 7 9 9 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 3 6 9 12 14 16 17 18 18 17
RIDGE WIND DIR..W W SW W W W W W W W W W
RIDGE WIND SPD..2 2 2 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 4.5 5.5 5.6 5.9 6.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W NW NW W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 3 6 9 12 14 17 20 22 22 21
LVORI...........8 6 6 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............2 3 3 6 23 38 59 73 83 92 96 92
VRATE KT-FT/1K..1 1 1 4 16 26 43 68 93 107 112 109
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 2608812.2/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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