Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
693
FNUS73 KJKL 290912
FWSJKL
Spot Forecast for Green Ford Road Burn Unit...KDF
National Weather Service Jackson KY
512 AM EDT Sat Mar 29 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on March 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
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.DISCUSSION....Mid- and high-level cloud cover is expected
today, with increasing chances for high-based showers as the day
progresses. South to southwest breezes are expected, gusting as
high as around 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Shower activity will
gradually increase through the overnight, with more widespread
showers and thunderstorms expected Sunday. The threat for showers
and thunderstorms continues into Monday before ending.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of
showers late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Dewpoint............47.
Max apparent temp...79.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 7 to 8 mph with
gusts to around 20 mph late in the morning.
Ridgetop wind.......South 6 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 18 to 25 mph.
Vent Rate...........Marginal (31000 knot-ft) increasing to good
(83100 knot-ft) late in the morning, then
increasing to excellent (99200 knot-ft) early
in the afternoon increasing to excellent
(116300 knot-ft) late in the afternoon
decreasing to good (78400 knot-ft).
LVORI...............1.
ADI.................46 early in the morning increasing to 115 in
the afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........76 83 89 86 88 87 87 82
Weather cov..... SCH SCH CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 10 10 20 20 30
Temp............64 69 72 74 76 77 79 77
Dewpoint........46 47 47 47 47 47 47 48
RH..............52 45 41 38 36 35 32 36
Aparnt tmp (F)..64 69 72 74 76 77 79 77
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..5 8 9 9 9 9 9 8
20 FT wind gust.16 18 18 20 20 20 20 20
Ridge wind dir..S S S S S S S S
Ridge wind spd..6 9 10 10 10 10 10 9
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 3.8 4.7 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.5 4.4
Transp wind dir.S S SW SW S S S S
Transp wind spd.18 25 24 24 24 24 24 21
LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............46 115 97 105 107 106 104 60
Vrate kt-ft/1K..31 83 99 119 124 122 116 78
Ventrate Cat....PR GD GD VGD VGD VGD VGD GD
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of
showers.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 60.
Max humidity........81 percent.
Dewpoint............47 increasing to 52 overnight.
Max apparent temp...76.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph. Gusts to around 20
mph early in the morning.
Ridgetop wind.......South 5 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 20 mph.
Vent Rate...........Good (60300 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (10000
knot-ft).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................51 early in the evening decreasing to 5 late in
the night.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........86 83 83 70 75 84 81 74 85 82 75 75
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).40 30 30 30 30 30 20 40 40 30 40 50
Temp............76 74 70 69 68 68 67 67 66 66 65 64
Dewpoint........46 47 48 49 49 48 48 49 51 51 52 53
RH..............34 38 45 49 51 49 50 52 58 58 63 67
Aparnt tmp (F)..76 74 70 69 68 68 67 67 66 66 65 64
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..8 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 6
20 FT wind gust.17 16 15 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 20 20
Ridge wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S
Ridge wind spd..9 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7
Mix hgt (kft)...3.5 2.9 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.20 17 14 12 13 14 15 15 18 18 18 17
LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
ADI.............51 8 6 5 6 6 7 7 12 12 12 12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..60 43 15 10 11 10 12 13 18 18 19 17
Ventrate Cat....GD FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Showers likely
through the day. Slight chance of thunderstorms
in the morning. Chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........53 percent.
Dewpoint............56 increasing to 58 late in the afternoon.
Max apparent temp...75.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 9 mph with gusts to around 22
mph. Gusty and erratic winds possible near
thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......South 7 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 17 to 25 mph.
Vent Rate...........Poor (17700 knot-ft) increasing to good (55100
knot-ft).
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................12 early in the morning increasing to 57 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........79 82 79 67 66 78 65 71 76 74 72 70
Weather cov.....LKY CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).60 50 60 60 60 70 60 60 50 50 40 40
Temp............63 62 61 63 66 69 71 72 73 74 74 75
Dewpoint........54 55 55 56 57 57 58 58 59 58 58 58
RH..............72 78 81 78 73 66 63 61 62 57 57 55
Aparnt tmp (F)..63 62 61 63 66 69 71 72 73 74 74 75
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 7 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
20 FT wind gust.20 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 22 22
Ridge wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S
Ridge wind spd..7 7 7 8 9 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.9 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.8
Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.17 18 18 20 20 22 24 25 24 24 24 23
LVORI...........3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............12 29 28 34 36 46 54 57 56 57 57 53
Vrate kt-ft/1K..18 23 21 28 32 45 55 59 59 61 62 55
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR GD GD FR
$$
Forecaster...CMC
Requested by...Scott Shepherd
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 03/29/25
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