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FNUS73 KJKL 051106
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR SAND HILL ROAD...KY-DBF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
706 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
SKIES WILL CLEAR THROUGH THE DAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
INTO THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE SAND HILL ROAD WILDFIRE AREA. 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 WILDFIRE 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 35
PERCENT RANGE.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 40 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 39.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 60.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST TO WEST 6 TO 12 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST TO WEST 7 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 4300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST TO WEST 14 TO 20 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (28600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (39600 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO GOOD (64200 KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............4 EARLY, 1 LATE.
ADI.................32 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 60 TO
76 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........90 75 56 43 38 39 35 35 24 26
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............46 46 46 49 51 54 57 58 59 60
DEWPOINT........41 39 38 38 38 38 37 37 37 37
RH..............83 76 73 66 61 54 47 45 44 42
APARNT TMP (F)..42 42 42 46 51 54 57 58 59 60
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW W W W NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 9 10 12 12 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.13 14 14 14 17 17 18 18 18 18
RIDGE WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW W W W NW NW
RIDGE WIND SPD..8 8 8 8 10 12 13 13 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.2 2.5 2.6 3.0 3.4 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.3 4.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW W W W W W NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 14 14 15 16 17 18 18 20 20
LVORI...........4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............32 40 34 56 60 62 69 72 75 76
VRATE KT-FT/1K..29 30 32 40 48 56 64 66 73 74
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36.
MAX HUMIDITY........AROUND 89 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 34.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 36.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH 2200, THEN
LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST 5 TO 12 MPH THROUGH 2300, THEN
LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 TO 17 MPH THROUGH 2300, THEN
NORTHWEST TO WEST 4 TO 8 MPH.
VENT RATE...........GOOD (50900 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (900
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............1 EARLY, 5 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 (%).........14 25 19 18 19 9 12 10 9 10 5 3
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............59 56 54 50 49 47 44 43 41 40 38 37
DEWPOINT........36 35 35 35 35 35 34 34 34 34 34 33
RH..............42 45 48 56 58 63 68 70 76 79 85 85
APARNT TMP (F)..59 56 54 47 47 46 44 43 41 40 38 37
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W
20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 8 7 5 3 2 2 2 2 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.17 16 15 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 5 3
RIDGE WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W
RIDGE WIND SPD..12 10 9 8 5 5 3 3 3 3 2 2
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.4 1.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 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 W
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 15 13 10 9 7 6 6 5 5 5 5
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5
ADI.............59 10 6 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
VRATE KT-FT/1K..51 20 6 5 4 3 2 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). PATCHY FROST BEFORE
0900.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 33 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............AROUND 34.
MIN APPARENT TEMP...AROUND 36.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGH 1000, THEN WEST 4 TO
9 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGH 1000, THEN WEST 5 TO
10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAX 6100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 13 MPH THROUGH 1100, THEN WEST 13 TO
23 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (500 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO FAIR (48700
KNOT-FT) TO EXCELLENT (119800 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............7 EARLY, 1 LATE.
ADI.................2 EARLY, INCREASING TO 67 TO 102 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........4 5 4 4 3 2 3 3 4 6 7 9
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............36 36 37 41 45 50 54 57 60 62 63 63
DEWPOINT........33 33 33 34 35 35 34 34 35 34 35 36
RH..............89 89 85 76 68 56 46 42 39 35 35 36
APARNT TMP (F)..36 36 37 41 45 48 54 57 60 62 63 63
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 2 5 7 8 9 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 5 7 9 12 14 16 17 18 18 17
RIDGE WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
RIDGE WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 3 5 8 9 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.2 0.2 0.8 2.1 2.7 3.7 4.7 5.7 5.8 6.0 6.1
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 18 22 23 23 22
LVORI...........7 6 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............2 3 4 6 22 39 67 97 91 98 102 97
VRATE KT-FT/1K..1 1 1 4 15 27 49 76 109 117 120 115
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD VGD VGD VGD VGD
FORECASTER...JP
REQUESTED BY...IC-T BLANKENSHIP
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 04/05/26
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