FNUS73 KJKL 151037 FWSJKL Spot Forecast for Marsh Creek Wildlife Rx...USFS National Weather Service Jackson KY 637 AM EDT Thu Oct 15 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 EDT on October 15. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION...A cold front will stall east-west across Kentucky today, and then turn around and head back north as a warm front tonight. It is not expected to pass through the burn site, but will be close enough to give a slight chance of showers this morning. Shower, and possibly thunderstorm development should be focused slightly further north this afternoon. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent). Chance of thunder...10 percent. Max temperature.....Around 87. Min humidity........48 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 10 to 13 mph. Vent Rate...........Poor (13900 knot-ft) increasing to poor (26900 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to marginal (37200 knot-ft) in the afternoon early in the afternoon, then increasing to fair (45400 knot-ft) late in the afternoon decreasing to marginal (33400 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........63 60 56 51 46 41 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of thdr (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 Temp............81 83 86 87 87 87 RH..............69 63 55 53 52 50 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..5 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.12 13 14 14 14 13 Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 3.0 3.7 4.1 4.5 3.3 Transp wind dir.W W W W W W Transp wind spd.10 10 12 13 13 12 Vrate kt-ft/1K..14 27 37 45 50 33 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR FR FR PR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent). Chance of thunder...5 percent. Min temperature.....Around 69. Max humidity........76 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph after 3 am. Mixing height.......100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 8 mph. Vent Rate...........Poor (400 knot-ft). TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........35 30 25 24 24 23 22 22 21 17 14 10 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of thdr (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............84 80 78 76 75 73 73 72 72 71 71 70 RH..............57 62 67 71 74 76 73 76 73 73 71 73 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW S SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..5 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.10 8 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 0.9 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.8 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 Vrate kt-ft/1K..12 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Slight chance of rain showers early in the afternoon. Chance of rain showers late in the afternoon. Chance of thunder...6 percent. Max temperature.....Around 74. Min humidity........67 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 9 mph shifting to the west 9 to 10 mph with gusts to around 24 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 16 mph shifting to the northwest 16 to 17 mph in the afternoon. Vent Rate...........Poor (600 knot-ft) increasing to marginal (33000 knot-ft). TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........7 3 0 9 18 28 49 71 93 94 95 96 Weather cov..... SCH CHC CHC CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 Temp............70 69 69 71 72 74 71 67 64 61 58 55 RH..............71 70 73 71 71 69 73 84 90 93 93 93 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW W W W W NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 8 9 10 10 10 12 12 12 10 20 FT wind gust.9 9 9 12 15 17 20 21 23 24 23 22 Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.3 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.8 2.2 2.4 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW W W W W NW NW NW NW Transp wind spd.8 8 8 12 14 16 16 17 17 16 17 17 Vrate kt-ft/1K..1 1 1 5 16 24 24 24 23 25 33 36 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR $$ Forecaster...HAL Requested by...Eddie Walden Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2623770.0/JKL .DELDT 10/14/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL eddie.walden@usda.gov