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Spot Forecast for Laurel Creek RX...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Jackson KY
1018 AM EDT Tue Mar 11 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 EDT on March 12.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...Southwesterly winds should ease somewhat on Wednesday
compared to Tuesday, but some gusts near 20 mph may still occur for
a time. Moisture will still be slow to increase, and another day of
very low relative humidity is forecast on Wednesday. Relative humidity
is forecast to be slightly higher on Thursday. There is also a small
chance of some light rain, but if it occurs, amounts would be
negligible.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
                    late in the morning.
Mixing height.......8000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 16 mph increasing to around 17
                    mph late in the afternoon.
Vent Rate...........Poor (500 knot-ft) increasing to excellent
                    (119900 knot-ft).

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   6   8   9   8   7   6   4   3   1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............49  52  58  65  69  72  76  77  78  78
RH..............66  61  51  40  35  30  25  24  22  22
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   7   8   9   9   10  10  10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.12  13  16  20  20  18  17  17  18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.7 1.3 1.9 3.3 4.8 6.2 6.8 7.4 8.0
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.7   8   9   10  12  12  13  14  16  17
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1   5   10  17  33  48  68  82  104 120
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  GD  GD  VGD VGD

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 14 mph.
Vent Rate...........Good (64400 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (500
                    knot-ft).

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........3   5   4   6   8   10  18  26  34  39  43  48
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............76  71  67  63  61  58  57  55  55  54  54  53
RH..............24  30  37  43  46  53  55  59  59  61  61  66
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..9   7   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.17  14  10  10  12  12  12  12  12  12  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...5.4 2.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.14  10  7   7   7   7   7   6   6   6   6   6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..64  25  1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Ventrate Cat....GD  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). A chance of rain
                    in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south around 5 mph early
                    in the afternoon, then becoming light late in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 12 mph.
Vent Rate...........Poor (400 knot-ft), increasing to fair
                    (39100 knot-ft) in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........53  59  64  69  75  80  76  71  67  57  47  37
Weather cov.....                        SCH SCH CHC CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....                        RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   10  10  10  20  20  30  30  20  20
Temp............52  52  52  55  59  64  68  71  74  76  77  76
RH..............69  69  69  64  57  50  45  42  40  37  36  37
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   5   5
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  10  10  12  12  12  12  10  9   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.8 1.5 2.3 3.1 4.0 4.9 5.4 5.9 6.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S
Transp wind spd.6   6   6   7   9   12  10  10  9   8   7   6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1   1   0   5   12  23  28  36  39  38  35  32
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...HAL
Requested by...Xavier Singleton
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2505845.0/JKL
.DELDT 03/11/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL xavier.singelton@usda.gov