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Spot Forecast for Laurel Creek RX...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Jackson KY
625 PM EDT Sun Mar 9 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 EDT on March 11.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...High pressure will keep fair weather and a dry low-
level air mass in place through Tuesday while temperatures
moderate to well above normal. This will result in critical RH
values during afternoon periods for the next several days, but
will be accompanied by light winds, at least through Monday. A
period of near-critical fire weather conditions is possible
Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons as south to southwesterly winds
increase ahead of a weakening weather system which passes through
the area on Thursday.
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Dewpoint............34.
Min apparent temp...37.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph in
the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 3 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 3 to 10 mph increasing to 14 to 20
mph in the afternoon.
Vent Rate...........Poor (200 knot-ft) increasing to good (51000
knot-ft).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................2 early in the morning increasing to 84 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............38 37 38 43 49 56 62 67 70 72 73 72
Dewpoint........32 32 32 33 35 36 36 36 36 35 34 34
RH..............79 82 79 67 58 47 38 32 29 26 24 25
Aparnt tmp (F)..38 37 38 41 48 56 62 67 70 72 73 72
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.3 3 6 8 10 12 13 14 15 15 15 14
Ridge wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W
Ridge wind spd..3 3 3 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.9 1.2 1.7 2.7 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.6
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W
Transp wind spd.3 3 5 6 8 10 14 16 18 20 20 18
LVORI...........4 5 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............2 4 5 6 10 17 30 55 72 79 84 80
Vrate kt-ft/1K..0 0 0 2 7 11 20 38 51 56 60 57
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR
.TUESDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 43.
Max humidity........82 percent.
Dewpoint............37.
Max apparent temp...70.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 3 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 15 mph decreasing to 3 to 5 mph
in the overnight.
Vent Rate...........Marginal (35000 knot-ft) decreasing to poor
(300 knot-ft).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................50 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 (%).........2 2 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 4 5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............70 67 63 59 56 53 52 51 50 49 48 46
Dewpoint........35 37 39 39 39 39 38 38 38 38 38 38
RH..............27 33 41 47 53 59 59 61 63 66 68 73
Aparnt tmp (F)..70 67 63 59 56 53 52 51 50 49 48 46
20 FT wind dir..W SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.12 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Ridge wind dir..W SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S
Ridge wind spd..6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mix hgt (kft)...2.8 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.15 10 6 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............50 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..35 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........23 percent.
Dewpoint............39.
Max apparent temp...75.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph
late in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......South 3 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 3 to 12 mph shifting to the south 13
to 14 mph in the afternoon.
Vent Rate...........Poor (200 knot-ft) increasing to good (51300
knot-ft).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................2 early in the morning increasing to 84 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........6 6 7 7 6 6 8 11 13 12 11 10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............44 43 44 48 54 60 66 69 72 74 75 74
Dewpoint........38 38 38 39 40 41 41 40 39 37 37 38
RH..............79 82 79 71 59 49 40 35 30 26 25 27
Aparnt tmp (F)..44 43 44 48 54 60 66 69 72 74 75 74
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.7 6 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 13 13 13
Ridge wind dir..S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
Ridge wind spd..3 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.1 1.5 2.3 3.9 4.7 4.8 5.1 5.3
Transp wind dir.S S S S SW W SW S S S S S
Transp wind spd.5 3 3 5 6 7 9 12 13 14 14 14
LVORI...........4 5 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............2 4 4 5 9 13 27 53 69 77 82 84
Vrate kt-ft/1K..0 0 0 2 5 9 18 37 51 56 62 64
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD
$$
Forecaster...GREIF
Requested by...Xavier Singleton
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2505475.0/JKL
.DELDT 03/09/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL xavier.singleton@usda.gov