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Spot Forecast for Whoopflarea...USFS
National Weather Service Jackson KY
718 PM EDT Sun Apr 20 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 EDT on April 21.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...An approaching cold front will bring a period of showers
and possibly a thunderstorm to the wildfire area on Monday. Winds
will pick up from the southwest, especially ahead of the
precipitation, with some gusts exceeding 20 mph. Rainfall amounts
between 0.2 and 0.5 inch are most favored in the Whoopflarea area.
Generally dry weather returns behind the cold front on Tuesday,
though there is still the possibility of a isolated shower during
the afternoon. A more unsettled and wetter pattern returns from
Thursday onward.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of
                    showers in the morning, then showers and slight
                    chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......90 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Dewpoint............56.
Max apparent temp...75.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 7 to 10 mph with gusts to around
                    25 mph shifting to the west around 6 mph late
                    in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds
                    possible near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 8 to 11 mph.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 15 to 24 mph increasing to 20 to 28
                    mph late in the morning.
Vent Rate...........Poor (4000 knot-ft) increasing to good (60400
                    knot-ft) late in the morning decreasing to poor
                    (25500 knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................6 early in the morning increasing to 82 in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........34           57           90
Weather cov.....             CHANCE       DEFNTE
Weather type....NONE         RNSHWR       RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10           30           80
Temp............66           70           74
Dewpoint........54           55           55
RH..............65           59           51
Aparnt tmp (F)..66           70           74
20 FT wind......S 8G10       SW 9G23      SW 8G20
Ridgetop wind...S 8          SW 10        SW 10
Mix hgt (ft)....500          2300         2900
Transport wind..SW 15        SW 24        SW 21
LVORI...........3            1            1
ADI.............6            60           40
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4            44           32
Ventrate Cat....POOR         FAIR         POOR

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 54.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Dewpoint............56 decreasing to 53 early in the morning.
Max apparent temp...70.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 3 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 18 mph decreasing to 7 to 8 mph after
                    3 am.
Vent Rate...........Poor (4400 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (900
                    knot-ft) late in the evening.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................2 to 23.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM         10 PM        2 AM
Sky (%).........83           65           63
Weather cov.....CHANCE       S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR       RNSHWR       NONE
Tstm cov........CHANCE
Chc of pcpn (%).30           20           10
Temp............70           63           59
Dewpoint........58           57           56
RH..............66           81           90
Aparnt tmp (F)..70           63           59
20 FT wind......SW 7G16      W 5G9        W 3G6
Ridgetop wind...SW 9         SW 7         W 5
Mix hgt (ft)....1000         500          500
Transport wind..W 18         W 13         W 9
LVORI...........3            3            6
ADI.............23           6            2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..17           4            2
Ventrate Cat....POOR         POOR         POOR

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    partly sunny (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Dewpoint............51 decreasing to 45 in the afternoon.
Max apparent temp...75.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 3 to 7 mph.
Vent Rate...........Poor (100 knot-ft) increasing to poor (13700
                    knot-ft) in the afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................1 to 29.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........48           69           62
Weather cov.....                          S CHC
Weather type....NONE         NONE         RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10           10           20
Temp............55           60           72
Dewpoint........53           50           45
RH..............93           69           38
Aparnt tmp (F)..55           60           72
20 FT wind......NW 2G5       N 2G5        N 2G6
Ridgetop wind...W 3          NW 3         W 3
Mix hgt (ft)....200          1500         4500
Transport wind..NW 6         NW 3         W 7
LVORI...........7            4            2
ADI.............1            2            26
Vrate kt-ft/1K..0            2            18
Ventrate Cat....POOR         POOR         POOR

$$
Forecaster...GEERTSON
Requested by...Delta Webb
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 04/20/25
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