Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
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FNUS73 KJKL 111125 AAA
FWSJKL
Spot Forecast for KYS - Star Gap...UPDATED
National Weather Service Jackson KY
725 AM EDT Tue Aug 11 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1300 EDT on August 11.
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
burn location at times through mid-week, with the highest probability
of rain being today through Thursday. Times of heavy rainfall is
possible, which could lead to a potential of flooding. In
addition, a few stronger storms could have damaging wind gusts.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Slight chance of
showers early in the afternoon. Slight chance
of thunderstorms through the day. Chance of
showers late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........68 percent.
Dewpoint............74.
Max apparent temp...93.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west around 5 mph late in
the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 6 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......6900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 15 mph shifting to the east 20
to 22 mph late in the afternoon.
Vent Rate...........Good (51100 knot-ft) increasing to good (69100
knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................21 early in the morning increasing to 90 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........67 60 61 53 52
Weather cov.....SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 30 30 30
Temp............81 82 83 85 85
Dewpoint........74 74 75 74 74
RH..............79 77 77 70 70
Aparnt tmp (F)..86 88 90 93 93
20 FT wind dir..SW W SW W SW
20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 6 5
20 FT wind gust.13 13 13 14 14
Ridge wind dir..SW W SW W SW
Ridge wind spd..6 6 6 7 6
Mix hgt (kft)...5.5 6.9 5.4 2.4 0.9
Transp wind dir.SW SW S E E
Transp wind spd.10 10 15 20 22
LVORI...........3 3 3 1 3
ADI.............67 77 90 55 21
Vrate kt-ft/1K..51 62 69 41 17
Ventrate Cat....FR GD GD FR PR
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Showers likely
in the evening. Chance of thunderstorms through
the night. Showers overnight. Patchy fog early
in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 70.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Dewpoint............72.
Max apparent temp...90.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 5 to 6 mph shifting to the south
around 5 mph late in the evening, then shifting
to the southwest overnight.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 9 to 17 mph shifting to the south 8 to 10
mph overnight.
Vent Rate...........Poor (700 knot-ft).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................2 to 18.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........58 77 68 72 95 84
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY CHANCE LIKELY DEFNTE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).30 50 60 40 60 80
Temp............83 79 76 74 73 72
Dewpoint........74 74 73 71 71 70
RH..............74 85 90 90 93 93
Aparnt tmp (F)..90 79 76 74 73 72
20 ft wind......SW 5 SW 3 SE 3 S 3 SW 3 SW 3
20 ft wind gust.13 10 8 8 6 7
Ridgetop wind...SW 6 SW 5 SE 5 S 5 SW 5 SW 5
Mix hgt (ft)....700 300 300 300 400 200
Transport wind..E 17 SE 5 E 12 E 15 S 10 S 8
LVORI...........3 5 6 5 6 6
ADI.............18 2 5 6 5 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..11 1 3 4 3 1
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Patchy fog early
in the morning. Showers likely and chance of
thunderstorms in the morning. Slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........70 percent.
Dewpoint............72 increasing to 74 in the afternoon.
Max apparent temp...94.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west around 5 mph in the
afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......West 5 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 14 mph shifting to the west 17
to 22 mph late in the morning.
Vent Rate...........Poor (800 knot-ft) increasing to good
(70200 knot-ft).
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 118 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........85 63 48 49
Weather cov.....LIKELY CHANCE S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE RNSHWR
Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).70 40 10 20
Temp............71 72 79 84
Dewpoint........70 72 74 75
RH..............97 100 85 74
Aparnt tmp (F)..71 72 79 92
20 FT wind......SW 3G7 SW 3G9 W 5G12 W 6G13
Ridgetop wind...SW 5 SW 5 W 6 W 7
Mix hgt (ft)....100 500 2100 3800
Transport wind..SW 7 SW 9 W 20 W 21
LVORI...........8 7 4 3
ADI.............3 10 55 103
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1 5 37 70
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR GOOD
$$
Forecaster...GREIF
Requested by...Gary Clarke
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 08/11/26
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.EMAIL kelley.corbine@usda.gov,travis.gibson@usda.gov,kykic@firenet.gov