Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
926
FNUS73 KJKL 171900
FWSJKL
Spot Forecast for KDF Advanced Mountain Academy...Kentucky Division of Forestry
National Weather Service Jackson KY
300 PM EDT Thu Sep 17 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 EDT on September 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...Hot conditions continue through Saturday with
afternoon and evening chances for showers and thunderstorms both day.
A cold front will approach but probably not reach the area Friday,
but will provide the lift needed for increased shower and
thunderstorm coverage. Light winds can be expected except for the
potential for gusty and erratic outflow winds near storms.
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Slight chance of
showers early in the morning. Chance of showers and
thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Chance of thunder...30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Max apparent temp...88.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming north around 5 mph in the
afternoon. Gusty and erratic outflow winds are
possible near storms.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM
Sky (%).........26 17 13 14 20 25 34 41 43 51 61 62 53 59
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 30 40 40 40
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 20 30 30 30 30
Temp............73 73 74 78 80 83 84 85 85 86 84 84 81 76
RH..............81 81 82 69 65 59 53 51 51 50 53 55 65 76
Aparnt tmp (F)..73 73 74 78 82 86 86 87 87 88 86 86 84 76
Surface wnd dir.W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N NW N NE
Surface wnd spd.2 1 2 1 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3
Surface wnd gst.6 6 6 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 9 8 8
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). Slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms late in the
afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of thunder...20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........50 percent.
Max apparent temp...86.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds. Gusty and erratic outflow winds are
possible near any storms.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM 6 PM
Sky (%).........36 34 18 27 34
Weather cov..... S CHC S CHC
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........ S CHC S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 20 20
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 20 20
Temp............70 72 79 85 82
RH..............90 87 64 50 56
Aparnt tmp (F)..70 72 79 86 84
Surface wind....SE 1G3 SE 1G5 W 2G6 NW 3G8 W 2G5
$$
Forecaster...CASSELL
Requested by...Michael Froelich
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2621711.5/JKL
.DELDT 09/17/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Michael.Froelich@ky.gov