FNUS73 KJKL 160919 FWSJKL Spot Forecast for Green Pond...KY-DBF National Weather Service Jackson KY 519 AM EDT Thu Apr 16 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 EDT on April 16. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION...Clouds increase through the day ahead of a disturbance that is likely to bring showers and thunderstorms to the fire area later today. Expected rainfall amounts are highly uncertain, but there is some potential for as much as one-quarter inch of rain. Rain departs to the east by Friday morning, with unseasonably warm and dry conditions returning but with light southwest winds. A cold front passage Saturday will bring additional rain chances, especially during the afternoon and evening. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Showers likely and chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......70 percent. Max temperature.....Around 78. Min humidity........48 percent. Dewpoint............52 increasing to 56 in the late morning and afternoon. Max apparent temp...77. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 23 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 6 to 13 mph. Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 15 mph increasing to 21 to 26 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Vent Rate...........Poor (1100 knot-ft) increasing to poor (25100 knot-ft) late in the morning, then increasing to fair (38900 knot-ft) late in the morning increasing to good (68300 knot-ft) late in the morning increasing to excellent (98800 knot-ft) decreasing to good (88800 knot-ft) late in the afternoon decreasing to good (61800 knot-ft). LVORI...............2. ADI.................4 early in the morning increasing to 110 in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........34 50 50 32 40 33 34 52 61 68 77 78 Weather cov..... CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ CHC CHC CHC CHC Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 10 30 50 70 70 50 Temp............63 63 62 65 69 72 72 75 76 76 77 74 Dewpoint........50 51 51 54 55 56 58 58 58 58 57 56 RH..............62 65 67 68 61 57 61 55 54 54 50 53 Aparnt tmp (F)..63 63 62 65 69 72 72 75 76 76 77 74 20 FT wind dir..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W 20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 6 7 10 10 12 12 10 10 10 20 FT wind gust.10 13 14 16 17 18 23 23 23 22 21 21 Ridge wind dir..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W Ridge wind spd..6 6 6 7 8 12 12 13 13 12 12 12 Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.2 0.6 1.4 2.0 3.4 3.4 3.6 4.5 4.9 4.2 3.3 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W Transp wind spd.9 9 15 21 22 26 23 23 25 25 24 22 LVORI...........3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............4 9 15 37 57 110 96 61 74 104 93 73 Vrate kt-ft/1K..1 1 8 25 39 78 68 73 99 107 89 62 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR GD GD GD GD VGD GD GD .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Chance of rain showers through the night. Patchy fog after 3 am. Chance of pcpn......50 percent. Min temperature.....Around 56. Max humidity........96 percent. Dewpoint............57. Max apparent temp...73. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph with gusts to around 20 mph early in the evening becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early in the evening. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 2 to 10 mph. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 12 to 21 mph decreasing to 8 to 10 mph late in the evening. Vent Rate...........Good (52500 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (3100 knot-ft). LVORI...............5. ADI.................65 early in the evening decreasing to 4 late in the night. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........68 62 65 70 47 42 45 47 50 47 44 41 Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH PTY PTY Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW FOG FOG Tstm cov........CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH Chc of pcpn (%).30 40 50 50 50 40 30 20 10 10 0 0 Temp............73 72 68 65 64 63 62 61 61 60 58 58 Dewpoint........57 58 58 58 57 57 57 58 58 57 57 57 RH..............57 61 70 78 78 81 84 90 90 90 96 96 Aparnt tmp (F)..73 72 68 65 64 63 62 61 61 60 58 58 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..9 7 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 20 FT wind gust.20 15 13 12 10 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 Ridge wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Ridge wind spd..10 8 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 Mix hgt (kft)...2.9 1.2 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W Transp wind spd.21 15 13 12 12 9 10 10 9 8 8 8 LVORI...........1 2 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 8 8 ADI.............65 10 8 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..53 15 8 6 7 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 Ventrate Cat....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Patchy fog early in the morning. Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Max temperature.....Around 82. Min humidity........33 percent. Dewpoint............58 decreasing to 53 late in the afternoon. Max apparent temp...81. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 2 to 6 mph. Mixing height.......6100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 6 to 7 mph. Vent Rate...........Poor (2400 knot-ft) increasing to marginal (33400 knot-ft). LVORI...............5. ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 52 in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........43 45 46 42 38 35 33 32 31 30 29 27 Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY Weather type....FOG FOG FOG Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Temp............57 57 58 61 67 71 74 77 80 81 81 82 Dewpoint........56 56 57 58 59 60 59 58 56 54 52 52 RH..............96 96 96 90 75 68 59 52 44 39 37 35 Aparnt tmp (F)..57 57 58 61 67 71 74 77 80 81 80 81 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.7 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 Ridge wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Ridge wind spd..2 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.5 2.3 3.6 4.6 5.3 5.9 6.1 5.6 Transp wind dir.SW W W W W W SW SW W W W W Transp wind spd.7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 LVORI...........8 6 6 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............3 7 7 8 11 20 32 40 45 50 52 47 Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 2 4 6 8 14 21 27 32 35 37 33 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR $$ Forecaster...CMC Requested by...Dexheimer IC-T Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2610380.2/JKL .DELDT 04/16/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL kykic@firenet.gov