Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
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Spot Forecast for KYS - Star Gap...UPDATED
National Weather Service Jackson KY
640 AM EDT Wed Aug 12 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 EDT on August 12.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...Rounds of showers and thunderstorms will affect the
area at times through Friday, with the highest probability of rain
for the area as a whole being today through Thursday. Times of heavy
rainfall is possible, as well, which could lead to localized
incidents of flooding. In addition, a few stronger storms today and
Thursday could have damaging wind gusts.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent) then becoming partly
sunny (50-60 percent). Patchy fog in the
morning. Showers with thunderstorms likely in
the morning, then chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......90 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........72 percent.
Dewpoint............69 increasing to 73 in the late morning and
afternoon.
Max apparent temp...92.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 2 to 5 mph shifting to the west
around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 3 mph increasing to 8 to 13
mph.
Vent Rate...........Poor (400 knot-ft) increasing to good
(58900 knot-ft) in the afternoon.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 84 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........100 100 100 96 75 69 69 70 70 55 37 41
Weather cov.....DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).90 90 70 60 60 40 40 40 30 30 20 30
Temp............67 67 69 71 73 75 77 79 81 82 84 83
Dewpoint........67 67 69 71 72 73 74 74 75 75 75 75
RH..............100 100 100 100 97 94 90 85 82 79 74 77
Aparnt tmp (F)..67 67 69 71 73 75 77 79 87 89 92 90
20 FT wind dir..S SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW W W W
20 FT wind spd..1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
20 FT wind gust.2 6 7 8 9 10 10 12 12 12 12 10
Ridge wind dir..S SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW W W W
Ridge wind spd..2 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.6 3.3 4.2 4.5 5.1 5.4
Transp wind dir.SW NW NW NW W SW SW W W W W W
Transp wind spd.3 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 13 13
LVORI...........9 9 9 9 6 6 4 4 3 3 3 3
ADI.............3 4 5 6 7 8 20 43 57 64 79 84
Vrate kt-ft/1K..0 1 1 2 4 5 13 30 42 47 55 59
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Showers and
thunderstorms likely in the evening, then
chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight.
Patchy fog overnight.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 70.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Dewpoint............73.
Max apparent temp...90.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......West 2 to 5 mph shifting to the southwest 2 to
3 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 13 mph shifting to the
southeast around 5 mph early in the morning.
Vent Rate...........Fair (46200 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (400
knot-ft).
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................63 early in the evening decreasing to 2 late in
the night.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........53 51 55 46 53 65
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY CHANCE S CHC S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RN/FG RN/FG
Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY CHANCE S CHC S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).40 30 60 30 20 20
Temp............83 78 75 73 72 71
Dewpoint........75 75 74 72 71 71
RH..............77 91 97 97 97 100
Aparnt tmp (F)..90 78 75 73 72 71
20 ft wind......W 3 W 1 SW 2 S 2 S 1 SW 1
20 ft wind gust.9 5 5 3 3 3
Ridgetop wind...W 5 W 2 SW 3 S 3 S 2 SW 2
Mix hgt (ft)....4100 500 300 300 500 200
Transport wind..W 13 SW 12 S 5 SE 7 NE 15 SE 8
LVORI...........3 6 8 8 6 9
ADI.............63 5 2 3 7 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..46 5 1 2 7 2
Ventrate Cat....FAIR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Patchy fog in
the morning. Slight chance of thunderstorms in
the morning. Chance of showers through the day.
Chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........75 percent.
Dewpoint............72 increasing to 75 in the afternoon.
Max apparent temp...93.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 2 to 5 mph.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 3 to 9 mph shifting to the southwest 9 to
14 mph in the afternoon.
Vent Rate...........Poor (400 knot-ft) increasing to marginal
(30000 knot-ft) in the afternoon.
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................2 early in the morning increasing to 43 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........61 66 75 84
Weather cov.....S CHC CHANCE S CHC
Weather type....RN/FG RNSHWR NONE RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC S CHC S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).20 30 10 20
Temp............71 73 79 84
Dewpoint........70 73 75 76
RH..............97 100 88 77
Aparnt tmp (F)..71 73 79 93
20 FT wind......SW 2G5 SW 2G5 W 2G8 W 3G9
Ridgetop wind...SW 3 SW 3 W 3 W 5
Mix hgt (ft)....100 400 1300 2200
Transport wind..SE 3 S 7 SW 12 W 13
LVORI...........8 8 4 3
ADI.............2 7 19 37
Vrate kt-ft/1K..0 3 13 25
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR
$$
Forecaster...GREIF
Requested by...Gary Clarke
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2619370.4/JKL
.DELDT 08/12/26
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