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Spot Forecast for Forestry RD...USFS
National Weather Service Jackson KY
1128 AM EDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 EDT on March 12.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...There is not much if any change from the previous
forecast thinking. Relative humidity values are expected to drop
to near 20 percent this afternoon while southwesterly winds gusts
up to around 20 mph over ridges. Moisture recovery tonight will be
similar to or only marginally better than last night and this
morning. A weak system will bring a surge of deeper moisture and
an increase in cloud cover on Thursday, resulting in higher
minimum relative humidity values. While a stray shower cannot be
ruled out on Thursday afternoon, most locations should remain dry.



.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
                    in the mid to late afternoon.
Mixing height.......6700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 16 to 18 mph.
Vent Rate...........Marginal (35600 knot-ft) increasing to good
                    (92900 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing
                    to excellent (103700 knot-ft) in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........14  28  42  36  26  16
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............66  69  73  77  77  78
RH..............32  30  26  23  22  21
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   6   7   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.8   8   9   20  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 4.3 5.2 6.2 6.5 6.7
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.16  17  17  17  18  17
Vrate kt-ft/1K..36  64  78  93  104 101
Ventrate Cat....PR  GD  GD  GD  VGD VGD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 6 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 17 mph.
Vent Rate...........Good (76700 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (500
                    knot-ft).

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........15  7   2   4   3   3   6   9   12  23  33  44
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............74  72  66  63  61  59  56  55  54  54  52  51
RH..............25  27  34  38  41  44  47  47  48  48  52  54
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..7   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   3   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.17  12  8   10  12  13  12  10  8   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...5.1 1.9 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.17  12  9   9   10  10  12  10  10  8   9   8
Vrate kt-ft/1K..77  19  2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Ventrate Cat....GD  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light. Gusts to around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 10 mph.
Vent Rate...........Poor (600 knot-ft) increasing to poor (28800
                    knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to
                    marginal (34600 knot-ft) in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........47  49  52  53  54  55  55  55  56  50  45  39
Weather cov.....                                        SCH SCH
Weather type....                                        RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10  10  20  20
Temp............51  51  50  52  57  62  67  71  73  74  74  73
RH..............56  59  63  61  59  54  49  44  43  41  40  41
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   5   5   5   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.9   8   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.2 1.6 2.8 3.6 4.3 4.1 4.3 4.4
Transp wind dir.SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.9   9   8   9   9   10  9   9   9   8   8   8
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1   1   1   4   10  14  22  29  35  29  30  31
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...CMC
Requested by...PAUL
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2506075.1/JKL
.DELDT 03/12/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL paul.lemmon@usda.gov