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FNUS73 KJKL 250945 AAA
FWSJKL
SPOT FORECAST FOR ALUM FIRE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
545 AM EDT SAT APR 25 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 EDT ON APRIL 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
A WEAKENING COLD FRONT AND A COUPLE OF MINOR WAVES
WILL CROSS THE BURN AREA TODAY. THIS WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STORMS. RAINFALL OF AT LEAST A TENTH OF AN
INCH LOOKS LIKELY FOR THE ALUM FIRE AND IF A THUNDERSTORM HITS THE
BURN WILL RECEIVE HIGHER AMOUNTS. AFTER A DRY SUNDAY AND START TO
THE NEW WORK WEEK, ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
LATER MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY, BRINGING ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND
STORM CHANCES.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY IN
THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH THE DAY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHEAST AROUND 2 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
3 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 2 TO 3 MPH SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST
AT 6 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
VENT RATE...........POOR (500 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO MARGINAL
(31700 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................2 TO 41.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........100 100 100 97 91 83 80 81 82 72 59 49
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 70 60 50 30 40 30 50 40 30 10
TEMP............61 60 62 62 64 66 68 70 71 72 74 75
RH..............97 100 97 93 87 81 76 68 63 57 50 48
20 FT WIND DIR..SE W W NW NW W NW NW NW N NW N
20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9
RIDGE WIND DIR..SE W W NW NW W NW NW NW N NW N
RIDGE WIND SPD..2 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.9 2.1 2.8 3.4 4.7 5.3 5.4 5.7 5.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE S S SW W W W NW NW NW N
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 2 2 3 5 6 7 7 7 7 6 6
LVORI...........8 9 8 6 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1
ADI.............2 2 3 4 13 20 27 37 29 28 27 41
VRATE KT-FT/1K..1 1 1 3 9 14 19 28 32 31 30 29
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTH 2 TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 2 TO 6 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (11500 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (100
KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................1 TO 34.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........38 31 20 12 15 14 13 13 20 21 18 21
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............74 73 70 66 65 63 61 60 57 57 54 54
RH..............50 51 55 65 68 72 78 78 86 86 96 96
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N NE N N NE
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1
20 FT WIND GUST.8 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
RIDGE WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N NE N N NE
RIDGE WIND SPD..5 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.6 2.3 1.1 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 6 6 9 8
ADI.............34 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
VRATE KT-FT/1K..23 12 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHEAST 2 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 2 TO 10 MPH.
VENT RATE...........POOR (300 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO MARGINAL
(31100 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................1 EARLY INCREASING TO 46 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........34 45 43 39 36 36 19 17 14 15 16 17
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............54 53 55 59 62 65 69 72 75 76 77 78
RH..............96 100 93 83 75 70 59 49 41 39 36 35
20 FT WIND DIR..N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.6 7 8 8 8 9 10 10 12 12 12 12
RIDGE WIND DIR..N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
RIDGE WIND SPD..2 3 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.2 0.3 1.1 2.7 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 3 5 7 9 10 9 7 6 6 6 7
LVORI...........8 9 6 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............1 3 4 9 31 46 44 40 33 32 34 38
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 1 1 6 21 31 30 28 23 22 23 26
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
FORECASTER...GREIF
REQUESTED BY...MARIAH HEYE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 04/25/26
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