009 FNUS73 KJKL 281929 FWSJKL Spot Forecast for Cotton Patch...USFS National Weather Service Jackson KY 229 PM EST Sat Feb 28 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 EST on March 01. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION....Surface high pressure is dominate across the area; however, a dry cold front is working across the area this afternoon. The front itself will be a focus of the development of isolated precipitation chances overnight tonight into Sunday morning. Behind the departing front, on Sunday, surface high pressure will return; however, slightly cooler temperatures, higher minimum relative humidities and stronger winds are expected. Temperatures on Sunday are forecast to be around 28 degrees with minimum relative humidities around 49 percent. Winds are forecast to start out of the west in the morning but through the day are forecast to shift to the northwest. Winds and ridgetop winds are forecast to be under 10 mph but transport winds are expected to be around 9 to 12 mph. .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 58. Min humidity........49 percent. Dewpoint............45 decreasing to 40 late in the afternoon. Max apparent temp...58. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north 5 to 6 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Ridgetop wind.......West 5 to 6 mph shifting to the north 7 to 8 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest around 6 mph shifting to the north 9 to 12 mph in the afternoon. Vent Rate...........Poor. LVORI...............3. ADI.................6 to 30. TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........50 47 49 51 53 55 58 60 64 69 74 65 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............49 48 50 52 55 56 57 58 58 58 58 55 Dewpoint........43 43 44 46 47 46 44 43 42 41 40 39 RH..............80 83 80 80 74 69 62 57 55 53 51 55 Aparnt tmp (F)..48 47 48 52 55 56 57 58 58 58 58 55 20 FT wind dir..W W W NW NW N N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..3 3 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT wind gust.5 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Ridge wind dir..W W W NW NW N N N N N N N Ridge wind spd..5 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.5 2.0 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2 1.9 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW W W NW N N N N N N Transp wind spd.6 6 6 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 12 12 LVORI...........4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 ADI.............6 6 6 8 11 15 18 23 29 28 30 28 Vrate kt-ft/1K..1 1 3 5 7 12 16 23 22 20 22 19 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .SUNDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Slight chance of rain overnight. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. Min temperature.....Around 39. Max humidity........79 percent. Dewpoint............35 decreasing to 32 overnight. Min apparent temp...36. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 5 mph early in the evening becoming light, then becoming northeast around 5 mph after 3 am. Ridgetop wind.......Northeast 6 to 7 mph. Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 12 to 15 mph. Vent Rate...........Poor. LVORI...............3. ADI.................8 to 10. TIME (EST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........57 49 51 52 54 59 65 71 77 84 91 91 Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type.... RN RN RN RN RN Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 20 20 Temp............53 50 48 47 45 44 43 42 41 41 40 40 Dewpoint........37 36 35 35 34 34 33 33 32 32 32 32 RH..............54 58 60 63 65 68 67 70 70 70 73 73 Aparnt tmp (F)..53 48 45 44 43 41 40 39 38 37 36 36 20 FT wind dir..N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 Ridge wind dir..N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Ridge wind spd..7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E Transp wind spd.12 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 14 13 12 13 LVORI...........2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 ADI.............8 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 9 8 8 8 Vrate kt-ft/1K..16 14 14 16 16 17 17 18 15 13 11 11 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .MONDAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Increasing rain chances. Chance of pcpn......50 percent. Max temperature.....Around 56. Min humidity........64 percent. Dewpoint............33 increasing to 43. Min apparent temp...36. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Ridgetop wind.......East around 6 mph shifting to the southeast late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 8 to 14 mph shifting to the southeast around 8 mph late in the afternoon. Vent Rate...........Poor. LVORI...............4. ADI.................12 to 16. TIME (EST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........92 93 90 89 87 88 90 91 91 91 91 91 Weather cov.....SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).20 40 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50 Temp............39 39 40 41 43 46 48 51 53 55 56 55 Dewpoint........32 32 34 35 37 39 40 42 43 44 45 45 RH..............76 76 79 79 79 76 74 71 69 66 66 69 Aparnt tmp (F)..36 36 37 38 40 44 46 51 53 55 56 55 20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E E E E SE SE 20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.7 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 10 Ridge wind dir..E E E E E E E E E E SE SE Ridge wind spd..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.2 Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE Transp wind spd.13 14 12 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 LVORI...........4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 ADI.............15 16 14 13 12 13 14 14 14 12 14 12 Vrate kt-ft/1K..10 10 9 8 8 9 10 11 11 10 10 8 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR $$ Forecaster...VORST Requested by...Michael Tapley Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2604270.1/JKL .DELDT 02/28/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL michael.tapley@usda.gov