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Spot Forecast for Chestnut cove burn unit...Kdfwr
National Weather Service Jackson KY
559 AM EDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on March 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...West winds will increase to 8 to 14 mph, with gusts
up to 23 mph this afternoon. Minimum relative humidity will be
around 24 percent. Stronger southwest winds of 10 to 16 mph, with
gusts of around 25 mph at times, are expected for Saturday.
Relative humidity values should moderate somewhat, with a minimum
of around 31 percent expected. Dry weather will mainly hold
through the first half of the weekend, with rain chances returning by
the second half of the weekend and early next week.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 13 mph, with gusts up to
                    23 mph in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......West 8 to 14 mph, with gusts up to 23
                    mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 15 mph increasing to 25 to 30 mph.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........30  30  26  23  23  24  23  21  17  13
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............39  43  49  54  57  61  64  67  68  68
RH..............70  62  52  43  38  33  30  27  26  26
20 FT wind dir..SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..8   9   9   10  12  12  13  13  14  13
20 FT wind gust.15  17  18  20  22  22  23  23  23  22
Ridge wind dir..SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Ridge wind spd..9   10  10  12  13  13  14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.8 2.1 2.7 3.9 5.9 7.1 7.7 7.9 7.9
Transp wind dir.SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.7   10  15  20  24  28  30  30  29  25

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........56 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 9 mph shifting to the southwest
                    5 to 6 mph late in the evening.
Ridgetop wind.......West 7 to 12 mph shifting to the southwest 7 to
                    8 mph late in the evening.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 14 to 20 mph becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph
                    early in the evening, then decreasing to around
                    5 mph overnight.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........9      5      12     24     37     55
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............67     60     56     52     50     49
RH..............26     33     38     46     54     54
20 ft wind......W 10   W 7    SW 6   SW 6   SW 6   S 7
20 ft wind gust.17     12     12     12     10     9
Ridgetop wind...W 12   W 8    SW 7   SW 7   SW 7   S 8
Mix hgt (ft)....6300   400    200    100    100    100
Transport wind..W 20   W 8    SW 5   SW 5   SW 5   SW 5

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 14 mph, with gusts
                    up to 24 mph in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 8 to 16 mph, with gusts up to
                    24 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 9 mph increasing to 26 to 29
                    mph.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........63        51        43        47
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10        10        10        0
Temp............49        54        65        71
RH..............54        48        38        34
20 FT wind......S 7G10    SW 10G16  SW 16G25  SW 15G25
Ridgetop wind...S 8       SW 12G16  SW 16G25  SW 15G25
Mix hgt (ft)....100       800       3900      5600
Transport wind..S 5       SW 15     SW 29     W 29

$$
Forecaster...GEOGERIAN
Requested by...Hunter Vickers
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2408624.0/JKL
.DELDT 03/27/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Hunter.vickers@ky.gov


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