FNUS73 KJKL 201324 FWSJKL Spot Forecast for LCWMA...KDFWR National Weather Service Jackson KY 924 AM EDT Fri Mar 20 2026 If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION...Temperatures will climb today on gusty southwesterly winds ahead of an approaching disturbance and cold front. This will bring periodic increases in clouds through the day and dewpoints should also climb a bit as well and minimum humidity should be 10 percent or more higher than what occurred on Thursday. The weakening cold front arrives from the north tonight bringing an increase in clouds and perhaps a few sprinkles. The cold front will not result in any meaningful change in weather for the area - but could mean a shot at a shower or thunderstorm on Saturday afternoon/evening. Highs on Saturday will trend higher, but minimum humidity should be similar to today while winds will trend much lighter. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 74. Min humidity........Around 41 percent. Dewpoint............Around 47 increasing to around 51 late. Max apparent temp...Around 74. Wind (20 ft)........South to southwest 6 to 13 mp with gusts up to 22 mph in the afternoon. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 8 to 14 mph. Mixing height.......Max 3900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 10 to 16 mph through 1100, becoming southwest 16 to 31 mph. Vent Rate...........Poor (5700 knot-ft) increasing to fair (60200 knot-ft) to excellent (98300 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............3 early, 1 late. ADI.................11 early, increasing to 56 to 101 in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........46 50 64 62 73 65 64 73 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............58 62 66 69 71 74 74 74 Dewpoint........46 48 50 50 52 50 51 51 RH..............64 60 56 51 51 43 44 44 Aparnt tmp (F)..58 62 66 69 71 74 74 74 20 FT wind dir..S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..6 10 10 13 13 13 13 13 20 FT wind gust.10 16 18 20 21 22 21 20 Ridge wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Ridge wind spd..8 12 12 14 14 14 14 14 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.8 1.5 2.8 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.9 Transp wind dir.S S SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.10 14 20 24 29 31 30 28 LVORI...........3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............11 12 38 56 75 82 80 101 Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 10 26 60 88 97 98 93 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD $$ Forecaster...JP Requested by...Ryan Jones Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2606765.0/JKL .DELDT 03/20/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL cody.stephens@ky.gov,ryan.jones@ky.gov