Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
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Spot Forecast for Bear Creek RX...USFS
National Weather Service Jackson KY
521 AM EST Thu Nov 27 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1600 EST on November 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
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or concerns with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...Surface high pressure will continue to build into the
area behind a departing cold front. Today will feature mostly
sunny skies with colder temperatures. Dewpoints are lower as drier
air is building into the region behind the cold front leading to
minimum relative humidities around 37%. Winds will remain a little
breezy today as a tight pressure gradient remains across the area
today. Surface high pressure will stick around today through late
Saturday night before a warm front lifts north through the area
bringing wetting rain Sunday through Monday. A brief lull is
anticipated on Monday before another system bring wetting rain and
wintry precipitation.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 41.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Dewpoint............21 decreasing to 17 late in the afternoon.
Min apparent temp...22.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 8 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West 6 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......4200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 13 to 18 mph.
Vent Rate...........Poor.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................22 early in the morning increasing to 70 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EST) 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........15 12
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0
Temp............40 39
Dewpoint........17 18
RH..............39 42
Aparnt tmp (F)..35 33
20 FT wind dir..W W
20 FT wind spd..8 8
20 FT wind gust.13 12
Ridge wind dir..W W
Ridge wind spd..9 9
Mix hgt (kft)...4.2 3.5
Transp wind dir.W W
Transp wind spd.18 17
LVORI...........1 1
ADI.............70 60
Vrate kt-ft/1K..67 52
Ventrate Cat....GD FR
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 24.
Max humidity........77 percent.
Dewpoint............19.
Min apparent temp...20.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 6 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West 7 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 13 to 15 mph.
Vent Rate...........Marginal.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................6 to 7.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........13 7 8 9 12 11 11 10 14 18 21 21
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............36 34 32 30 30 29 28 28 28 27 27 27
Dewpoint........18 19 20 20 19 20 19 19 19 19 19 18
RH..............47 54 61 66 63 69 68 68 68 71 71 68
Aparnt tmp (F)..30 29 26 24 24 23 22 22 21 20 20 20
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7
20 FT wind gust.10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10
Ridge wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
Ridge wind spd..8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...2.7 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.1
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.15 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 14 13 13 13
LVORI...........2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
ADI.............7 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..36 24 22 20 20 17 16 15 14 12 11 12
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 38.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Dewpoint............16 decreasing to 12 in the afternoon.
Min apparent temp...16.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 7 mph becoming light.
Ridgetop wind.......West 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......4200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 17 mph.
Vent Rate...........Poor.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................19 to 59.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........26 34 36 38 38 24 17 10 8 7 5 4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............27 26 24 26 30 32 35 37 37 38 37 34
Dewpoint........18 18 18 18 17 17 15 13 13 12 12 13
RH..............68 71 77 71 58 53 43 37 37 34 35 41
Aparnt tmp (F)..20 19 16 18 23 25 28 32 32 33 32 30
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..7 6 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 7 6 5
20 FT wind gust.9 9 10 10 12 12 12 12 10 10 8 7
Ridge wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
Ridge wind spd..8 7 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 7 6
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.3 2.0 2.6 3.2 3.5 3.8 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.8 2.6
Transp wind dir.W W W W NW NW NW NW NW W W W
Transp wind spd.13 13 14 16 17 16 16 15 15 14 14 10
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............19 22 33 47 58 56 59 57 56 51 50 31
Vrate kt-ft/1K..13 15 24 36 48 50 54 54 53 47 46 24
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR PR
$$
Forecaster...VORST
Requested by...David DeGennaro
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2526638.0/JKL
.DELDT 11/27/25
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.EMAIL david.degennaro@usda.gov