Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
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FNUS73 KJKL 261945
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Spot Forecast for Sugar Creek 6 RX...USFS
National Weather Service Jackson KY
245 PM EST Wed Nov 26 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EST on November 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
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.DISCUSSION...A sharp cold front has moved through eastern
Kentucky this afternoon followed by high pressure building into
the area tonight. Strong west to northwest winds with gusts up to
35 mph will trail the front before diminishing later this
evening. Surface high pressure will remain present overhead
through Saturday before a series of systems look to bring times of
wetting rains beginning Sunday.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 25.
Max humidity........71 percent.
Dewpoint............17.
Min apparent temp...22.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 5 mph early in the evening
becoming light.
Ridgetop wind.......West 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 14 mph.
Vent Rate...........Poor (2500 knot-ft) increasing to poor (15900
knot-ft) early in the morning.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................3 to 6.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........10 11 18 15 15 15 16 16 19 23 26 29
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............35 33 31 31 30 29 28 29 27 28 26 26
Dewpoint........16 17 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 18 18 18
RH..............45 51 58 58 60 63 66 60 65 66 71 71
Aparnt tmp (F)..30 28 25 25 25 24 23 24 22 24 22 22
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
20 FT wind gust.14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
Ridge wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
Ridge wind spd..7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.3
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.12 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 10 12 14
LVORI...........2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............5 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..13 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 6 7 16
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 36.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Dewpoint............15 decreasing to 12 in the afternoon.
Min apparent temp...18.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west around 5 mph in the
morning and early afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......West 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 17 mph.
Vent Rate...........Marginal (35200 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (47100 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................28 to 57.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........33 37 36 35 34 26 17 9 7 4 2 2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............26 26 25 26 27 30 32 35 35 36 36 34
Dewpoint........17 17 17 16 16 15 14 13 12 12 12 12
RH..............68 68 71 65 63 53 47 40 38 36 36 39
Aparnt tmp (F)..20 19 18 19 20 24 26 30 30 31 32 31
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 3
20 FT wind gust.13 13 14 14 13 13 12 12 12 12 10 8
Ridge wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
Ridge wind spd..6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 5
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.6 2.8
Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W
Transp wind spd.16 17 17 15 14 13 13 12 12 12 10 8
LVORI...........1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
ADI.............46 57 55 51 46 44 43 42 41 40 37 28
Vrate kt-ft/1K..35 47 46 43 39 38 39 38 37 36 33 20
Ventrate Cat....PR FR FR FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.FRIDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 21.
Max humidity........74 percent.
Dewpoint............14.
Min apparent temp...23.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......West 2 to 3 mph shifting to the southeast
around 3 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 2 to 6 mph shifting to the southeast
around 2 mph overnight.
Vent Rate...........Poor (300 knot-ft).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................1 to 3.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........2 2 4 5 7 11 15 19 26 33 40 41
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............32 30 28 26 24 24 23 23 23 23 23 23
Dewpoint........13 14 15 16 16 16 15 15 15 14 14 15
RH..............45 51 58 65 71 71 71 71 71 68 68 71
Aparnt tmp (F)..32 30 28 26 24 24 23 23 23 23 23 23
20 FT wind dir..W W W SW SW S SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.7 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
Ridge wind dir..W W W SW SW S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Ridge wind spd..3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.W SW SW SW SW S S S SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.6 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
$$
Forecaster...GREIF
Requested by...David DeGennaro
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2526631.0/JKL
.DELDT 11/27/25
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.EMAIL david.degennaro@usda.gov