FNUS73 KJKL 231002 FWSJKL Spot Forecast for Spice Lick...USFS National Weather Service Jackson KY 602 AM EDT Thu Apr 23 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 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. ...Very Low Relative Humidity This Afternoon... .DISCUSSION...Warm and dry weather with low relative humidity will prevail today, with an afternoon minimum around 25%. A modest increase in moisture will occur Friday and Friday night, and as an upper level disturbance and weakening cold front approach, we can finally expect widespread rainfall to arrive Friday night. Latest indications are that average amounts will be around a quarter inch, but amounts will be variable. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 82. Min humidity........25 percent. Dewpoint............46. Max apparent temp...80. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 3 to 8 mph. Mixing height.......8600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 3 to 9 mph shifting to the west 12 to 14 mph late in the morning. Vent Rate...........Poor (300 knot-ft) increasing to excellent (95100 knot-ft) in the afternoon. LVORI...............2. ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 126 in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........0 1 2 3 7 11 14 16 17 18 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............56 62 70 74 78 80 81 82 82 82 Dewpoint........45 46 46 47 46 46 46 46 45 45 RH..............66 56 42 38 32 30 29 28 27 27 Aparnt tmp (F)..56 62 70 74 78 79 80 80 80 80 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.3 6 7 8 9 10 12 10 10 12 Ridge wind dir..SW SW SW W W W W W W SW Ridge wind spd..3 3 5 5 5 6 8 6 6 6 Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 1.5 4.3 5.7 6.4 7.9 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.6 Transp wind dir.SW SW W W W W W W W SW Transp wind spd.3 7 9 13 14 13 13 13 13 12 LVORI...........3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............3 13 50 88 107 117 126 126 126 115 Vrate kt-ft/1K..0 9 34 62 77 87 95 95 95 86 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 58. Max humidity........72 percent. Dewpoint............46. Max apparent temp...80. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 3 to 6 mph shifting to the south around 3 mph overnight. Mixing height.......100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 13 mph decreasing to 3 to 6 mph early in the evening. Vent Rate...........Good (71300 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (300 knot-ft). LVORI...............2. ADI.................99 early in the evening decreasing to 2 late in the night. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........17 15 14 11 9 7 8 10 11 12 12 13 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............81 80 74 71 68 66 63 62 61 60 59 59 Dewpoint........45 46 46 46 47 47 47 47 48 48 48 48 RH..............28 30 36 41 47 51 55 57 62 64 67 67 Aparnt tmp (F)..80 79 73 69 64 62 60 58 57 57 56 54 20 FT wind dir..W SW SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 20 FT wind gust.9 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Ridge wind dir..W W SW W SW S S S S S S S Ridge wind spd..6 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix hgt (kft)...6.5 3.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Transp wind dir.W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.13 8 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 LVORI...........1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 ADI.............99 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 Vrate kt-ft/1K..71 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ventrate Cat....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent), except for a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. Max temperature.....Around 81. Min humidity........35 percent. Dewpoint............51. Max apparent temp...81. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph late in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 3 to 6 mph. Mixing height.......8200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 12 mph increasing to 16 to 22 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Vent Rate...........Poor (400 knot-ft) increasing to excellent (143700 knot-ft). LVORI...............2. ADI.................3 early in the morning increasing to 200 in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........13 12 11 13 15 16 21 26 32 36 40 44 Weather cov..... SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 20 20 Temp............58 58 60 65 71 76 79 80 81 81 81 81 Dewpoint........49 49 49 49 50 52 53 53 53 53 52 52 RH..............72 72 66 57 47 44 41 39 38 38 37 37 Aparnt tmp (F)..54 53 56 62 69 74 78 79 80 80 81 81 20 FT wind dir..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.3 3 3 7 9 13 14 14 15 15 15 15 Ridge wind dir..S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Ridge wind spd..3 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.1 0.1 1.5 2.9 4.4 5.6 6.9 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.0 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.6 6 7 12 16 21 21 22 22 22 21 21 LVORI...........3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADI.............3 6 7 22 61 114 144 181 200 200 195 193 Vrate kt-ft/1K..0 0 1 15 41 79 102 131 156 154 145 144 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR FR GD VGD VGD EXL EXL VGD VGD $$ Forecaster...HAL Requested by...KY Dispatch Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2611248.2/JKL .DELDT 04/23/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL mitchell.scates@usda.gov,Kykic@firenet.gov