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Spot Forecast for Hightop...UPDATED
National Weather Service Jackson KY
530 PM EST Sun Nov 30 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1800 EST on November 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...A cold front will exit east of the area this
afternoon. After frontal passage, colder and drier air will
arrive and persist through Monday. More significant precipitation
is possible in the Monday night-Tuesday time frame because of a
weather system passing to our south. Some of this precipitation
may occur as accumulating snow or ice, especially north of the
Mountain Parkway.
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 20.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Dewpoint............28 decreasing to 20.
Min apparent temp...22.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph early in the
evening becoming light.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest 1 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 10 to 12 mph shifting to the east around
12 mph early in the morning.
Vent Rate...........Poor (8900 knot-ft).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................4 to 5.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........58 57 27 33 38 36 28 34 30 34 45 40
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............35 32 31 28 26 25 24 23 23 22 22 22
Dewpoint........30 29 28 27 25 24 22 22 21 21 21 20
RH..............82 88 88 96 96 96 92 96 92 96 96 92
Aparnt tmp (F)..30 32 31 28 26 25 24 23 23 22 22 22
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FT wind gust.8 10 9 8 8 8 7 6 7 7 8 8
Ridge wind dir..NW NW NW NW N N N N N NE NE NE
Ridge wind spd..7 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.1 1.2 0.9 1.5 1.7 1.8 2.1 1.9 2.4 2.3 2.2
Transp wind dir.NW NW N N N N N N NE NE NE E
Transp wind spd.12 12 12 12 10 10 8 9 9 10 12 12
LVORI...........3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 6 7 7 6
ADI.............5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..9 11 12 9 14 15 13 17 15 21 23 22
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 45.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Dewpoint............22 increasing to 26 late in the afternoon.
Min apparent temp...20.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......East 2 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 13 mph.
Vent Rate...........Poor (16000 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (3800
knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 to 40.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........36 36 21 8 5 5 9 14 35 46 57 76
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
Temp............21 20 23 26 29 33 37 40 42 44 45 44
Dewpoint........20 20 22 23 23 24 24 23 23 24 25 27
RH..............96 100 96 88 78 69 59 50 46 45 45 51
Aparnt tmp (F)..21 20 23 26 29 29 33 37 39 42 44 44
20 FT wind dir..NE NE E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 2 2 5 5 5 5 3 3 2
20 FT wind gust.8 9 9 9 10 12 12 10 10 9 8 8
Ridge wind dir..NE NE E E E E E E E E E E
Ridge wind spd..2 2 2 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 5 3
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 2.0 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.1 1.4 0.8
Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E SE SE SE E
Transp wind spd.13 13 13 13 13 12 12 8 7 6 7 6
LVORI...........4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............40 33 27 29 28 27 29 22 19 16 12 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..28 23 19 20 19 19 21 16 14 11 8 4
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.MONDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Rain.
Chance of pcpn......100 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 34.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Dewpoint............29 increasing to 35 early in the evening.
Min apparent temp...36.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......East around 1 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 8 mph shifting to the west 7 to
8 mph after 3 am.
Vent Rate...........Poor (2100 knot-ft).
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................2 to 4.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........82 85 89 96 96 97 98 99 99 99 99 99
Weather cov.....SCH CHC CHC LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).20 40 50 70 80 90 90 90 90 100 100 90
Temp............41 40 38 37 38 38 37 37 37 36 36 36
Dewpoint........28 30 33 34 34 35 37 37 37 36 36 36
RH..............59 67 82 89 85 89 100 100 100 100 100 100
Aparnt tmp (F)..41 40 38 37 38 38 37 37 37 36 36 36
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N N W
20 FT wind spd..0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
20 FT wind gust.7 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
Ridge wind dir..E E E E SE SE S SW SW SW W W
Ridge wind spd..1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7
Transp wind dir.E E SE SE SE SE S S S SW SW W
Transp wind spd.5 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8
LVORI...........3 3 5 6 5 6 9 9 9 9 9 9
ADI.............2 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
$$
Forecaster...GREIF
Requested by...Benjamin Henry
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2526656.5/JKL
.DELDT 11/30/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL benjamin.henry@usda.gov,kykic@firenet.gov