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FNUS73 KJKL 241010 AAB
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR SPICE LICK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
610 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 FOR THE AREA BY EVENING AND INTO THE NIGHT.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............49 INCREASING TO 51 IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...80.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 2 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 15
TO 16 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
VENT RATE...........POOR (100 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
EXCELLENT (107200 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................1 EARLY INCREASING TO 152 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........21 27 13 15 13 17 22 26 32 36 40 40
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............51 54 60 65 71 75 77 78 80 81 81 80
DEWPOINT........47 47 49 51 52 52 52 51 51 50 50 51
RH..............86 77 67 60 51 45 42 39 36 34 34 36
APARNT TMP (F)..51 54 60 65 71 75 77 78 80 80 80 80
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 2 3 5 5 5 5 6 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 7 8 9 12 13 13 14 13 13 13
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 1.7 5.1 6.8 7.3 8.3 8.8 8.5 8.0 7.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 3 5 8 12 15 16 15 15 15 15 15
LVORI...........6 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............1 3 4 18 75 122 137 150 152 151 144 135
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 0 0 12 53 89 100 112 115 114 107 100
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR GD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD GD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH THE NIGHT. SHOWERS LIKELY OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............53 INCREASING TO 57 OVERNIGHT.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...79.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 1 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
8 TO 10 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
VENT RATE...........GOOD (66800 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (200
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................94 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 1 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........41 47 52 52 52 60 61 69 82 92 99 100
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 20 20 30 30 40 40 50 50 60 60
TEMP............79 78 74 71 69 68 66 63 62 63 61 60
DEWPOINT........51 51 53 53 53 54 54 55 56 57 58 58
RH..............38 39 48 53 57 61 65 75 81 81 90 93
APARNT TMP (F)..79 78 74 71 69 68 66 63 62 63 61 60
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW S SW SW SW W SW N SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.12 9 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW S SW SW SW W SW W SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..6 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.8 2.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW W W NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 10 8 6 3 2 1 1 2 5 8 10
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6
ADI.............94 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 9
VRATE KT-FT/1K..67 21 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 6
VENTRATE CAT....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY
AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.
DEWPOINT............59.
MAX APPARENT TEMP...72.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST AROUND 2 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 3
TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 TO 9 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (4600 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO FAIR (38600
KNOT-FT).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................7 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 50 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........100 100 99 99 100 97 98 88 79 74 70 66
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC 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 CHC CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).70 60 50 40 40 40 40 40 40 30 30 40
TEMP............61 60 61 62 64 65 67 68 70 71 72 71
DEWPOINT........59 59 59 60 60 60 61 61 60 59 59 58
RH..............93 96 93 93 87 84 81 78 71 66 64 63
APARNT TMP (F)..61 60 61 62 64 65 67 68 70 71 72 71
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W W NW NW NW NW N
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 8
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W W NW NW NW NW N
RIDGE WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 3
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.6 1.8 2.4 3.6 4.2 4.5 5.2 5.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 8
LVORI...........6 6 6 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 1 1
ADI.............9 9 7 7 8 10 13 18 23 29 40 50
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 6 5 5 6 7 9 13 17 22 31 39
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...GREIF
REQUESTED BY...KY DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2611248.4/JKL
.DELDT 04/24/26
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