Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
095
FNUS73 KJKL 230935
FWSJKL
Spot Forecast for Whoopflarea...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Jackson KY
535 AM EDT Wed Apr 23 2025
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 EDT on April 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...A warm front lifting into the area from the south will
bring chances for showers and a few thunderstorms, mainly near and
south of the wildfire this afternoon and tonight. Winds will
remain light and variable through the day, with the exception being
around or near thunderstorms, which will likely produce gusty and
erratic winds. Minimum RH percentages will get down to 25 to 35
percent this afternoon ahead of any storms. Otherwise, a series of
systems and eventually a cold front will bring good chances for
showers and thunderstorms from Thursday into Saturday.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Patchy fog early
in the morning. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Chance of
rain showers late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Dewpoint............46.
Max apparent temp...80.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......East 2 to 3 mph.
Mixing height.......6600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 9 mph shifting to the south 6 to 7
mph in the afternoon.
Vent Rate...........Poor (2400 knot-ft) increasing to marginal
(29500 knot-ft).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................4 early in the morning increasing to 47 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM
Sky (%).........58 18 9
Weather cov.....PATCHY
Weather type....FOG NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 10
Temp............46 62 81
Dewpoint........45 48 47
RH..............96 60 30
Aparnt tmp (F)..46 62 80
20 FT wind......E 1G3 E 1G5 SE 2G6
Ridgetop wind...E 2 E 2 SE 3
Mix hgt (ft)....400 1300 6400
Transport wind..E 8 E 8 S 6
LVORI...........8 2 1
ADI.............4 14 45
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 9 32
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Chance of rain
showers early in the evening. Slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms late in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 56.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Dewpoint............50 increasing to 54 late in the evening.
Max apparent temp...78.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms late in the evening.
Ridgetop wind.......East 2 to 3 mph shifting to the southeast
around 2 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 9 mph.
Vent Rate...........Poor (28000 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (2400
knot-ft).
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................2 to 40.
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 10 PM 2 AM
Sky (%).........32 37 22
Weather cov.....CHANCE S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE
Tstm cov........ S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).30 20 10
Temp............78 64 59
Dewpoint........48 52 54
RH..............35 65 83
Aparnt tmp (F)..78 64 59
20 FT wind......E 2G6 S 1G3 SE 1G5
Ridgetop wind...E 3 S 2 SE 2
Mix hgt (ft)....5600 400 400
Transport wind..SE 6 S 7 S 8
LVORI...........1 3 5
ADI.............40 3 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..28 2 3
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Chance of rain
showers in the morning. Chance of thunderstorms
through the day. Rain showers likely in the
afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........45 percent.
Dewpoint............56.
Max apparent temp...79.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......South 2 to 5 mph.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 12 mph shifting to the southwest
late in the afternoon.
Vent Rate...........Poor (2600 knot-ft) increasing to marginal
(29500 knot-ft) in the late morning and
afternoon, then decreasing to poor
(15600 knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................4 to 44.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 10 AM 2 PM
Sky (%).........47 37 52
Weather cov.....S CHC CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC S CHC CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).20 30 50
Temp............56 67 79
Dewpoint........55 58 57
RH..............96 73 47
Aparnt tmp (F)..56 67 79
20 FT wind......S 1G5 S 1G5 S 3G8
Ridgetop wind...S 2 S 2 S 5
Mix hgt (ft)....400 1800 3700
Transport wind..S 8 S 12 S 8
LVORI...........8 3 1
ADI.............4 26 36
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 18 26
Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR
$$
Forecaster...GINNICK/CMC
Requested by...Ellery Watson
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2511405.0/JKL
.DELDT 04/23/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL paul.lemmon@usda.gov,kykic@firenet.gov