FNUS73 KJKL 071637

FWSJKL



Spot Forecast for Rattlesnake Fork...KDFWR

National Weather Service Jackson KY

1237 PM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025



Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 EDT on April 09. 

If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather

Service.



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or concerns with this forecast.



.DISCUSSION....Surface high pressure will result in light southerly 

to southwesterly winds Wednesday afternoon. Though the lower levels 

of the atmosphere will be quite dry Wednesday, high clouds will be

increasing and thickening with time, so what minimal shading 

there is will likely be increasing through the afternoon. 



.WEDNESDAY...



Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Thin high clouds

                    thickening through the afternoon.  

Chance of pcpn......0 percent. 

Max temperature.....Around 61. 

Min humidity........22 percent. 

Dewpoint............22. 

Max apparent temp...61. 

Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. 

Ridgetop wind.......South around 3 mph. 

Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 10 mph. 

Vent Rate...........Poor (25600 knot-ft) early in the morning 

                    increasing to marginal (37500 knot-ft) in the 

                    afternoon increasing to fair (40600 knot-ft) 

                    late in the afternoon. 

LVORI...............1. 

ADI.................36 to 57. 



TIME (EDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 

Sky (%).........18  25  32  38  44  50  

Weather cov.....                        

Weather type....                        

Tstm cov........                        

Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   

Temp............49  52  56  58  60  61  

Dewpoint........20  20  21  22  23  24  

RH..............31  28  25  25  24  24  

Aparnt tmp (F)..49  52  56  58  60  61  

20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   SW  SW  

20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   

20 FT wind gust.7   8   8   8   8   8   

Ridge wind dir..S   S   S   S   SW  SW  

Ridge wind spd..3   3   3   3   3   3   

Mix hgt (kft)...3.2 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.7 

Transp wind dir.S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  

Transp wind spd.9   10  10  10  10  10  

LVORI...........1   1   1   1   1   1   

ADI.............36  47  49  51  55  57  

Vrate kt-ft/1K..26  34  36  38  41  42  

Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  



$$

Forecaster...CMC

Requested by...Hunter Vickers

Type of request...PRESCRIBED

.TAG 2509062.0/JKL

.DELDT 04/07/25

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.EMAIL hunter.vickers@ky.gov