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Spot Forecast for High Top Boat Ramp...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Jackson KY
517 AM EST Tue Nov 18 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 EST on November 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...Moisture and humidity will be on the increase today
with an approaching system that will bring increasing chances for
showers and thunderstorms this afternoon through tonight. A dry
air mass near the surface will be stubborn to exit and moisture
and clouds aloft approach, which may still allow for minimum
relative humidity to fall as low as around 35 percent by around
midday or early afternoon today before rising through the
afternoon.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of
sprinkles early in the afternoon. Chance of
rain late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 6 to 8 mph late in
the morning.
Ridgetop wind.......South 1 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 16 mph.
Vent Rate...........Poor (4200 knot-ft) increasing to poor (12300
knot-ft) in the afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................7 to 28.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........65 75 70 75 69 67 75 86 77 73 63 64
Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW RN RN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 10 10 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 30 30
Temp............40 41 42 45 50 55 60 62 63 64 63 61
RH..............67 62 60 55 48 43 37 38 39 41 48 51
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 2 3 7 8 8 9 9 9 8
20 FT wind gust.7 8 9 10 12 14 16 17 17 17 17 17
Ridge wind dir..SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S
Ridge wind spd..1 1 2 3 5 8 9 9 10 10 10 9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.2 1.0
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.9 9 10 10 12 14 13 14 16 15 14 14
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ADI.............7 7 8 8 11 18 19 22 28 27 22 18
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 4 5 5 9 12 14 17 23 23 15 12
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of
thunderstorms in the evening. Rain showers
through the night. Slight chance of
thunderstorms overnight.
Chance of pcpn......90 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 55.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms early in the evening. Gusty
and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
late in the evening.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 1 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 17 mph shifting to the west
around 7 mph after 3 am.
Vent Rate...........Poor (3500 knot-ft).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................3 to 10.
TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........68 73 79 93 88 94 93 91 90 94 91 90
Weather cov.....CHC LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY CHC CHC SCH CHC
Weather type....RN RW RW RW RW RW RW RN RN RN RN RN
Tstm cov........ CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).40 60 80 90 90 90 80 60 40 30 20 30
Temp............61 59 59 58 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57
RH..............53 62 67 72 80 86 86 93 96 96 96 93
20 FT wind dir..S S SW SW SW SW SW S SW S SW N
20 FT wind spd..5 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 0
20 FT wind gust.16 15 15 14 14 14 13 12 10 10 8 8
Ridge wind dir..S S SW SW SW SW SW S SW S SW SW
Ridge wind spd..6 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 1
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W
Transp wind spd.15 16 17 16 17 15 16 14 13 9 7 7
LVORI...........2 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 6
ADI.............10 7 8 7 8 7 7 6 6 4 3 3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..10 9 10 10 10 8 11 10 8 5 4 4
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
rain in the morning and early afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......South around 1 mph shifting to the northeast
early in the morning, then shifting to the
southeast late in the morning shifting to the
southwest in the late morning and early
afternoon shifting to the west around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 9 mph.
Vent Rate...........Poor (3300 knot-ft).
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................4 to 18.
TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........91 89 87 87 86 87 87 86 79 71 64 68
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10
Temp............57 57 57 58 59 61 62 63 65 65 66 64
RH..............96 96 96 100 100 97 93 90 84 81 78 84
20 FT wind dir..N N N N SW SW SW W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..0 0 0 0 1 3 5 5 5 3 3 3
20 FT wind gust.7 7 7 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 9 8
Ridge wind dir..S S NE SE SW SW SW W W W W W
Ridge wind spd..1 1 1 1 2 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.3 1.0
Transp wind dir.W SW W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.7 7 7 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 8 7
LVORI...........7 7 7 9 9 6 5 4 4 3 4 4
ADI.............5 5 5 4 6 10 13 16 16 18 13 8
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 3 4 4 5 7 11 14 14 12 9 6
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
$$
Forecaster...CMC
Requested by...Mitchell Scates
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2526002.5/JKL
.DELDT 11/18/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL mitchell.scates@usda.gov