651
FNUS73 KJKL 241000 AAA
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR ALUM FIRE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
600 AM EDT FRI APR 24 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 EDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
AFTER A NIGHT OF MODERATE HUMIDITY RECOVERY,
TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL TODAY.
PATCHES OF LOW HUMIDITY ARE AGAIN EXPECTED IN THE BURN AREA.
HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE A MODEST INCREASE IN MOISTURE BOTH TODAY
AND TONIGHT, AND AS A WEAKENING COLD FRONT APPROACHES. WETTING
RAINFALL IS LIKELY THE AREA BY EVENING AND INTO THE NIGHT.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO 8 TO 9 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 2 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 13
TO 14 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
VENT RATE...........POOR (100 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD
(82600 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE MORNING.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................1 EARLY INCREASING TO 114 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........17 19 19 10 11 11 18 27 40 42 42 45
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10
TEMP............57 57 59 65 70 74 76 77 79 79 80 79
RH..............75 75 72 60 53 48 45 43 41 39 36 39
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 7
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 9 10 14 15 16 16 16 16 14
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..5 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 1.8 5.2 6.9 7.2 7.8 8.0 7.8 7.3 7.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 2 3 7 10 14 14 14 13 13 13 13
LVORI...........3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............1 3 3 15 69 114 109 110 105 104 101 96
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 0 0 10 48 83 89 92 88 87 83 78
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING, THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 3 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 6
TO 7 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
VENT RATE...........GOOD (54200 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (500
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................49 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 2 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........51 53 43 45 44 50 63 65 82 90 98 100
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 20 20 30 40 50 50 60
TEMP............79 77 74 71 69 68 67 65 64 64 62 62
RH..............39 42 48 53 59 61 65 70 78 78 87 87
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW S SW SW W S S SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.13 10 8 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW S SW SW W S S SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..8 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.5 2.2 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S S SW SW W NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 9 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 7
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 6 5
ADI.............49 7 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 6
VRATE KT-FT/1K..54 19 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY
THROUGH THE DAY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
6 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 0 TO
7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (600 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO POOR (15600
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................1 TO 27.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 98 99 94 87 82 77 71 68
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).70 70 70 70 60 60 60 50 40 40 40 40
TEMP............61 60 62 63 64 65 67 68 69 70 72 71
RH..............93 100 90 90 87 84 81 76 70 68 64 66
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW SW W W NW NW NW N
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 10
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW SW W W NW NW NW N
RIDGE WIND SPD..3 3 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.8 2.5 3.8 4.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW N NE E N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 6 5 2 1 0 0 1 2 5 7
LVORI...........6 8 5 6 5 5 6 4 3 3 2 3
ADI.............6 8 7 6 4 2 1 1 3 8 17 27
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 5 5 4 3 1 1 1 2 6 16 27
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...GREIF
REQUESTED BY...MARIAH HEYE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2610373.9/JKL
.DELDT 04/24/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL 2026.ALUM@FIRENET.GOV,ROBERT_VICK@NPS.GOV,KYKIC@FIRENET.GOV,MICHAEL.TAPLEY@USDA.GOV,MARIAH.HEYE@USDA.GOV
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