301 FNUS53 KJKL 121953 FWFJKL Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Eastern Kentucky National Weather Service Jackson KY 353 PM EDT Wed Mar 12 2025 .DISCUSSION...Light winds and a dry air mass will persist into tonight, yielding another night of significant ridge-valley temperature and humidity splits, with much warmer and drier conditions on the ridges and upper slopes. Moisture and instability increase Thursday, yielding a chance for a few showers and the slight chance of a thunderstorm or two in the afternoon and early evening, with generally light southerly winds. An approaching system Friday will bring an increase in southerly winds, with far eastern Kentucky likely seeing increased downslope drying downwind of Pine Mountain, which may cause an elevated fire weather threat. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-104-106>109-111-119-130830- Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-Estill-Powell-Menifee-Elliott- Morgan-Johnson-Wolfe-Magoffin-Lee-Martin- Including the cities of Flemingsburg, Camargo, Jeffersonville, Mount Sterling, Owingsville, Morehead, Irvine, Ravenna, Clay City, Stanton, Frenchburg, Sandy Hook, West Liberty, Paintsville, Campton, Salyersville, Beattyville, and Inez 353 PM EDT Wed Mar 12 2025 Tonight Thu Thu Night Fri Cloud Cover Pcldy Pcldy Mclear Mclear Chance precip (%) 0 30 0 0 Precip type None showers None None Temp (24H TREND) 40-52 (+10) 73-76 (-2) 39-51 76-79 Rh % (24H TREND) 50-79 (+24) 23-44 (+23) 68-100 18-41 20ftwnd-AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var 20ftwnd-PM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var S 5-9 G19 Precip duration 1 Precip begin Precip end Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Mixing hgt(ft-AGL) 5300 6000 Transport wnd (mph) SW 8 S 23 Vent rate (kt-ft) 37100 120000 ADI Early 5 26 3 89 ADI Late 9 47 8 131 Max LVORI Early 2 3 3 6 Max LVORI Late 3 2 6 2 Remarks...Ranges of MIN T over 8 degrees & ranges of MAX RH over 10% indicate the likelihood of thermal belts. ADI IS Atmospheric Dispersion Index by Lavdas. LVORI is Low Visibility Occurrence Risk Index. $$ KYZ068-069-080-084>088-114-116-130830- Rockcastle-Jackson-Laurel-McCreary-Whitley-Knox-Bell-Harlan- Owsley-Clay- Including the cities of Brodhead, Mount Vernon, McKee, Annville, London, Stearns, Whitley City, Corbin, Williamsburg, Barbourville, Middlesboro, Pineville, Cumberland, Harlan, Booneville, and Manchester 353 PM EDT Wed Mar 12 2025 Tonight Thu Thu Night Fri Cloud Cover Pcldy Pcldy Mclear Mclear Chance precip (%) 0 20 0 0 Precip type None showers None None Temp (24H TREND) 37-52 (+12) 71-76 (-2) 37-52 74-79 Rh % (24H TREND) 49-86 (+23) 29-44 (+24) 69-100 24-43 20ftwnd-AM(mph) Lgt/Var S 2-6 G19 20ftwnd-PM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var S 6-10 G22 Precip duration 1 Precip begin Precip end Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Mixing hgt(ft-AGL) 5300 4900 Transport wnd (mph) SW 8 S 24 Vent rate (kt-ft) 37100 102900 ADI Early 5 35 3 81 ADI Late 10 50 9 106 Max LVORI Early 2 3 3 6 Max LVORI Late 3 2 7 2 Remarks...Ranges of MIN T over 8 degrees & ranges of MAX RH over 10% indicate the likelihood of thermal belts. ADI IS Atmospheric Dispersion Index by Lavdas. LVORI is Low Visibility Occurrence Risk Index. $$ KYZ079-083-130830- Pulaski-Wayne- Including the cities of Burnside, Somerset, and Monticello 353 PM EDT Wed Mar 12 2025 Tonight Thu Thu Night Fri Cloud Cover Pcldy Pcldy Mclear Mclear Chance precip (%) 0 20 0 0 Precip type None showers None None Temp (24H TREND) 39-52 (+10) 74-75 (-3) 39-52 77-78 Rh % (24H TREND) 54-86 (+18) 25-42 (+21) 83-100 36-46 20ftwnd-AM(mph) Lgt/Var S 4-8 G20 20ftwnd-PM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var S 8-12 G23 Precip duration 1 Precip begin Precip end Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Mixing hgt(ft-AGL) 5100 4600 Transport wnd (mph) S 9 S 28 Vent rate (kt-ft) 40800 110400 ADI Early 5 36 3 78 ADI Late 10 49 10 97 Max LVORI Early 2 3 4 6 Max LVORI Late 3 2 7 2 Remarks...Ranges of MIN T over 8 degrees & ranges of MAX RH over 10% indicate the likelihood of thermal belts. ADI IS Atmospheric Dispersion Index by Lavdas. LVORI is Low Visibility Occurrence Risk Index. $$ KYZ110-112-113-115-117-118-120-130830- Floyd-Breathitt-Knott-Perry-Leslie-Letcher-Pike- Including the cities of Prestonsburg, Wheelwright, Jackson, Hindman, Pippa Passes, Hazard, Hyden, Jenkins, Whitesburg, Coal Run, Elkhorn City, Pikeville, and South Williamson 353 PM EDT Wed Mar 12 2025 Tonight Thu Thu Night Fri Cloud Cover Pcldy Pcldy Mclear Mclear Chance precip (%) 0 20 0 0 Precip type None showers None None Temp (24H TREND) 39-52 (+13) 73-76 (-1) 38-51 76-79 Rh % (24H TREND) 46-79 (+17) 20-37 (+18) 71-100 20-36 20ftwnd-AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var 20ftwnd-PM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var S 4-8 G18 Precip duration 1 Precip begin Precip end Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Mixing hgt(ft-AGL) 5800 6000 Transport wnd (mph) SW 8 S 22 Vent rate (kt-ft) 40600 114000 ADI Early 5 37 3 88 ADI Late 9 53 7 131 Max LVORI Early 2 3 3 6 Max LVORI Late 3 2 6 2 Remarks...Ranges of MIN T over 8 degrees & ranges of MAX RH over 10% indicate the likelihood of thermal belts. ADI IS Atmospheric Dispersion Index by Lavdas. LVORI is Low Visibility Occurrence Risk Index. $$ .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds 5 to 15 mph. .SATURDAY...Showers. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 15 mph. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. .SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers. Cooler. Highs in the lower 60s. South winds 5 to 15 mph. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Much colder. Lows in the lower 30s. West winds less than 10 mph. .MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. West winds less than 10 mph. .MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Southwest winds less than 10 mph. .TUESDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs around 70. Southwest winds less than 10 mph. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. $$ CMC