FNUS73 KJKL 150914 FWSJKL Spot Forecast for LSF SCC King Hollow RX...KDF National Weather Service Jackson KY 514 AM EDT Wed Apr 15 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on April 15. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. ...Elevated Fire Weather Conditions Today... .DISCUSSION...Unseasonably warm, dry, and breezy conditions can be expected today, with moderating conditions Thursday as a pair of disturbances bring shower and thunderstorm chances beginning late morning and lasting into the overnight. Any stronger thunderstorms that can develop Thursday late afternoon could produce small hail along with gusty and erratic winds. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 86. Min humidity........26 percent. Dewpoint............52 decreasing to 49 late in the afternoon. Max apparent temp...83. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 6 to 7 mph with gusts to around 20 mph late in the morning. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 3 to 9 mph. Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 21 mph. Vent Rate...........Poor (6800 knot-ft) increasing to good (92800 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (95500 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............2. ADI.................11 early in the morning increasing to 121 in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........46 26 32 25 41 43 31 48 51 31 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............59 64 70 75 78 80 82 84 85 86 Dewpoint........50 52 53 53 53 54 53 52 50 49 RH..............72 65 55 46 42 41 37 33 30 28 Aparnt tmp (F)..59 64 70 75 78 80 81 82 83 83 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..2 3 3 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 20 FT wind gust.12 13 14 17 18 18 20 20 18 18 Ridge wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Ridge wind spd..3 5 5 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.3 2.3 3.8 4.6 5.0 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.5 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.12 15 18 21 21 21 20 20 20 20 LVORI...........3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............11 25 55 94 112 119 120 121 85 121 Vrate kt-ft/1K..7 17 37 68 83 90 92 93 96 93 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 59. Max humidity........75 percent. Dewpoint............48. Max apparent temp...82. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 6 mph early in the evening becoming light. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 2 to 8 mph. Mixing height.......700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 18 mph. Vent Rate...........Good (84800 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (6100 knot-ft). LVORI...............2. ADI.................112 early in the evening decreasing to 5 late in the night. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........40 27 39 34 33 33 37 42 46 49 52 54 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............84 83 79 74 72 70 68 67 65 64 63 61 Dewpoint........48 49 49 50 49 48 47 48 48 48 49 50 RH..............29 31 35 43 44 45 47 50 54 56 60 67 Aparnt tmp (F)..82 81 79 74 72 70 68 67 65 64 63 61 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..7 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 20 FT wind gust.16 13 10 9 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 Ridge wind dir..SW SW SW SW S S S S S S S S Ridge wind spd..8 5 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix hgt (kft)...5.3 2.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 Transp wind dir.SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S Transp wind spd.18 13 10 12 12 12 12 13 12 12 12 12 LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 ADI.............112 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 Vrate kt-ft/1K..85 28 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 Ventrate Cat....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Slight chance of showers in the morning, then chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......40 percent. Max temperature.....Around 84. Min humidity........31 percent. Dewpoint............53 increasing to 54 late in the morning, then decreasing to 51 late in the afternoon. Max apparent temp...82. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 8 to 9 mph with gusts to around 22 mph late in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 5 to 12 mph. Mixing height.......5800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 18 mph increasing to 17 to 23 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Vent Rate...........Poor (8100 knot-ft) increasing to marginal (31500 knot-ft) late in the morning, then increasing to good (58900 knot-ft) late in the morning increasing to good (80300 knot-ft) late in the morning increasing to excellent (101400 knot-ft) increasing to excellent (109900 knot-ft) early in the afternoon decreasing to good (89200 knot-ft) decreasing to good (63800 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. LVORI...............3. ADI.................5 early in the morning increasing to 148 in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........54 53 53 49 45 41 40 38 40 40 40 41 Weather cov..... SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH CHC Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 20 30 30 40 40 40 40 Temp............61 60 62 66 71 77 79 81 83 83 82 81 Dewpoint........51 52 53 54 55 56 55 54 52 51 51 51 RH..............70 75 72 65 57 48 44 39 34 33 34 35 Aparnt tmp (F)..61 60 62 66 71 77 79 81 82 82 81 80 20 FT wind dir..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 3 5 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 20 FT wind gust.12 12 13 15 17 20 21 21 21 22 22 22 Ridge wind dir..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Ridge wind spd..5 5 5 5 6 10 12 12 12 12 12 10 Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.9 0.9 2.0 3.1 4.2 4.5 5.1 5.7 5.8 5.2 4.3 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.12 13 13 18 22 22 22 23 23 22 20 17 LVORI...........3 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............5 15 15 47 87 110 115 134 148 142 118 87 Vrate kt-ft/1K..8 10 10 32 59 80 85 101 114 110 89 64 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR FR GD GD VGD VGD VGD GD GD $$ Forecaster...CMC Requested by...Scott Shepherd Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2610307.1/JKL .DELDT 04/15/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL samantha.rose@ky.gov,dwayne.anderson@ky.gov,scott.shepherd@ky.gov