FNUS73 KJKL 150926 FWSJKL Spot Forecast for Alum FIre...USFS National Weather Service Jackson KY 526 AM EDT Wed Apr 15 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 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...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 and gusty and erratic winds. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 86. Min humidity........25 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph with gusts to around 20 mph. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 6 to 9 mph. Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 5 to 12 mph increasing to southwest 17 to 20 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Vent Rate...........Poor (500 knot-ft) increasing to good (93300 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (97300 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............2. ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 126 in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........32 45 46 22 31 34 44 41 43 46 44 47 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............60 59 60 64 70 75 78 79 82 84 85 86 RH..............64 69 67 63 51 45 39 39 34 31 29 27 20 FT wind dir..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..5 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 20 FT wind gust.9 10 12 13 14 17 18 18 20 20 18 18 Ridge wind dir..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Ridge wind spd..6 7 7 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.1 0.4 0.7 2.0 3.8 4.5 5.0 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.5 Transp wind dir.S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.6 5 10 12 17 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 LVORI...........3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............3 4 10 11 45 89 103 106 122 125 126 122 Vrate kt-ft/1K..1 1 4 7 30 64 76 80 94 96 97 93 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (45-55 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 57. Max humidity........80 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 7 to 8 mph. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 18 mph. Vent Rate...........Good (85300 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (3800 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 (%).........36 31 45 33 33 32 37 42 47 49 51 53 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............85 83 79 74 71 69 67 65 63 62 61 60 RH..............27 28 35 41 44 47 50 54 58 60 65 69 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.16 14 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 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 Mix hgt (kft)...5.3 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S SW SW SW S Transp wind spd.18 13 12 10 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 12 LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 ADI.............112 6 8 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 Vrate kt-ft/1K..85 15 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 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 in the morning, then chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......40 percent. Max temperature.....Around 83. Min humidity........31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 23 mph late in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 7 to 12 mph. Mixing height.......5800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 21 mph increasing to 17 to 23 mph in the afternoon. Vent Rate...........Poor (5300 knot-ft) increasing to poor (25700 knot-ft) late in the morning, then increasing to fair (48200 knot-ft) late in the morning increasing to good (76100 knot-ft) late in the morning increasing to excellent (95200 knot-ft) increasing to excellent (115500 knot-ft) early in the afternoon decreasing to good (91700 knot-ft) decreasing to good (59500 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. LVORI...............3. ADI.................8 early in the morning increasing to 150 in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........54 56 57 53 50 47 46 44 43 42 42 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 30 40 40 40 Temp............59 57 60 64 69 75 78 80 82 81 81 80 RH..............72 80 75 67 59 48 43 39 34 34 33 34 20 FT wind dir..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 20 FT wind gust.12 12 13 15 17 20 21 22 22 22 23 22 Ridge wind dir..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Ridge wind spd..7 7 7 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 10 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 0.6 1.6 2.8 4.2 4.4 5.0 5.8 5.8 5.1 4.0 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.12 13 13 18 20 21 21 22 23 23 21 17 LVORI...........3 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............8 10 12 38 69 104 107 127 149 150 121 82 Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 6 7 26 48 76 79 95 116 116 92 60 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD VGD VGD GD FR $$ Forecaster...CMC Requested by...Mariah Heye Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2610373.0/JKL .DELDT 04/15/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL robert_vick@nps.gov,kykic@firenet.gov,mariah.heye@usda.gov,2026.alum@firenet.gov,michael.tapley@usda.gov