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Spot Forecast for LSF SCC Ball Tract...KDF
National Weather Service Jackson KY
719 AM EST Tue Nov 18 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1429 EST on November 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...Shower chances will continue to increase through the
afternoon, with thunderstorms possible this evening. Winds will increase
out of the south after the warm frontal passage later this morning.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of
                    sprinkles in the morning and early afternoon.
                    Slight chance of rain late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Dewpoint............30 increasing to 44.
Max apparent temp...67.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 7 to 9 mph with
                    gusts to around 21 mph late in the morning.
Ridgetop wind.......South 1 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 12 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 17 mph shifting to the southwest 15
                    to 23 mph in the afternoon.
Vent Rate...........Poor (4800 knot-ft) increasing to poor (18500
                    knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to
                    marginal (30800 knot-ft) in the afternoon late
                    in the morning, then increasing to fair (45400
                    knot-ft) early in the afternoon increasing to
                    good (57400 knot-ft) early in the afternoon
                    decreasing to marginal (32800 knot-ft)
                    decreasing to poor (14300 knot-ft) late in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................7 early in the morning increasing to 70 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........58  72  55  61  61  65  65  66  63  65  52  63
Weather cov.....    CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  20  20
Temp............43  45  47  49  55  59  63  65  67  67  67  65
Dewpoint........29  29  30  30  32  34  36  39  42  44  45  45
RH..............57  53  51  48  41  39  36  38  40  43  45  48
Aparnt tmp (F)..43  45  47  48  55  59  63  65  67  67  67  65
20 FT wind dir..NW  W   SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  S
20 FT wind spd..1   2   2   3   5   8   8   9   10  10  9   9
20 FT wind gust.3   7   9   13  15  16  18  18  20  21  20  20
Ridge wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  S
Ridge wind spd..1   2   3   5   6   9   9   10  12  12  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.8 2.4 3.0 3.0 2.0 1.1
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.9   10  12  13  15  17  20  22  23  22  18  15
LVORI...........3   3   2   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   2
ADI.............7   8   9   10  19  25  36  46  55  70  36  20
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5   6   7   9   13  19  31  45  60  57  33  14
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...CMC
Requested by...Scott Shepherd
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2526008.2/JKL
.DELDT 11/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL dwayne.anderson@ky.gov,samantha.rose@ky.gov,jeffrey.wagers@ky.gov,scott.shepherd@ky.gov