Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
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FNUS73 KJKL 281907
FWSJKL
Spot Forecast for Green Ford Road Burn Unit...KDF
National Weather Service Jackson KY
307 PM EDT Fri Mar 28 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on March 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...Between departing high pressure and a system organizing
in the Central Plains, southerly winds should gust to around 20
mph at times for Saturday. Temperatures will remain mild with
humidities similar to today (Friday). An approaching disturbance
will lead to small chances for showers late in the day on
Saturday, with better chances for rain Saturday night. An
approaching cold front and an upper level disturbance will lead to
higher chances for showers and a few thunderstorms for Sunday
into Monday.
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). A Slight chance of
showers mainly after 1500.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........Around 34 percent.
Dewpoint............Around 49.
Max apparent temp...79.
Wind (20 ft)........South 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in
the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......South 8 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......Max 5900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South to southwest 21 to 26 mph.
Vent Rate...........Fair (39300 knot-ft) increasing to
to good (84600 knot-ft) to excellent (123600
knot-ft) in the afternoon.
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................53 to 80.
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........68 77 76 64 55 74 74 67
Weather cov..... SCH SCH
Weather type.... RW RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20
Temp............64 68 72 74 75 75 78 77
Dewpoint........50 50 50 50 50 50 49 49
RH..............60 52 46 43 41 41 36 37
Aparnt tmp (F)..66 70 73 75 77 78 78 79
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..5 8 9 9 9 10 9 9
20 FT wind gust.16 18 20 20 20 20 20 20
Ridge wind dir..S S S S S S S S
Ridge wind spd..9 12 13 13 13 14 13 14
Mix hgt (kft)...2.2 2.7 3.8 5.0 5.4 5.7 5.9 5.4
Transp wind dir.S S SW S S S S S
Transp wind spd.21 24 25 26 25 24 24 23
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............53 72 77 78 79 78 80 70
Vrate kt-ft/1K..39 57 85 114 118 119 124 107
Ventrate Cat....PR FR GD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD
.SATURDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
showers early in the evening, then chance of
showers in the late evening and overnight.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 60.
Max humidity........Around 87 percent.
Dewpoint............Around 52.
Max apparent temp...Around 77.
Wind (20 ft)........South 5 to 10 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......South 7 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 15 to 23 mph.
Vent Rate...........Excellent (99600 knot-ft) decreasing to poor
(12900 knot-ft).
LVORI...............1 to 3.
ADI.................74 early in the evening decreasing to 10 to 19.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........77 81 73 85 81 80
Weather cov.....S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 30 30 30 40
Temp............76 70 67 65 64 62
Dewpoint........50 51 52 53 53 53
RH..............40 51 59 65 67 72
Aparnt tmp (F)..77 72 69 67 65 64
20 ft wind......S 8 S 6 S 6 S 6 S 6 S 7
20 ft wind gust.18 14 15 16 17 18
Ridgetop wind...S 13 S 8 S 7 S 7 S 7 S 9
Mix hgt (ft)....5000 1200 1000 1100 1100 1100
Transport wind..S 23 S 15 S 15 S 20 S 21 S 21
LVORI...........1 2 2 3 3 3
ADI.............74 11 10 14 15 19
Vrate kt-ft/1K..100 15 13 19 20 20
Ventrate Cat....GOOD POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Showers likely
and slight chance of thunderstorms in the
morning, then chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Dewpoint............57.
Max apparent temp...75.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 7 to 12 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph.
Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms late in the morning. Gusty and
erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late
in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......South 9 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 20 to 28 mph.
Vent Rate...........Poor (19700 knot-ft) increasing to good fair
(56600 knot-ft) to good (76600 knot-ft).
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................17 early in the morning increasing to 56 to 66.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........80 78 74 76
Weather cov.....CHANCE LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........ S CHC CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).50 60 50 30
Temp............61 62 68 71
Dewpoint........55 56 58 59
RH..............81 81 70 66
Aparnt tmp (F)..62 64 72 73
20 FT wind......S 8G18 S 9G20 S 10G21 S 10G22
Ridgetop wind...S 9 S 10 S 12 S 13
Mix hgt (ft)....1200 1600 2600 3200
Transport wind..S 20 S 21 SW 25 SW 26
LVORI...........3 3 1 1
ADI.............17 34 56 66
Vrate kt-ft/1K..20 29 57 73
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR FAIR GOOD
$$
Forecaster...JP
Requested by...Scott Shepherd
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/28/25
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