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ISSUED AT 07:00 UTC ON THURSDAY APR 18 2024
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| EDT 3HR | 4A | 5A | 6A | 7A | 8A | 9A | 10A | 11A | NOON | 1P | 2P | 3P | 4P | 5P | 6P | 7P | ||||
| MAX/MIN | -- | -- | -- | -- | 50° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 81° | ||||
| TEMP | 54° | 52° | 50° | 50° | 52° | 56° | 61° | 67° | 70° | 74° | 76° | 79° | 81° | 81° | 79° | 77° | ||||
| SKY COVER | 28% | 23% | 18% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 20% | 26% | 31% | 37% | ||||
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| DEW PT | 49° | 49° | 49° | 49° | 49° | 49° | 49° | 49° | 50° | 52° | 50° | 52° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 56° | ||||
| RH | 83% | 89% | 95% | 95% | 92% | 80% | 64% | 54% | 49% | 46% | 40% | 40% | 39% | 40% | 42% | 47% | ||||
| POP 12HR | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| SNOWFALL | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| WIND Gust(MPH) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| WIND DIR | W | W | SW | SW | SW | SW | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | ||||
| DEW | Lgt Dew | Mod Dew | Mod Dew | Mod Dew | Mod Dew | Lgt Dew | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| HeatIndex | 54 | 52 | 50 | 50 | 52 | 56 | 61 | 67 | 70 | 74 | 76 | 79 | 80 | 80 | 79 | 77 | ||||
| Rain Showers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Chance | ||||
| Thunder Storm | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
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| DRY COND |  | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | ||||
| LIVESTOCK COLDSTRESS |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||
| LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS | 54.45 | 52.41 | 50.24 | 50.24 | 52.30 | 56.31 | 60.56 | 64.93 | 66.86 | 69.49 | 70.32 | 72.33 | 73.55 | 73.67 | 72.56 | 71.69 | ||||
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| EDT 6HR | 8P | 9P | 10P | 11P | MIDN | 1A | 2A | 3A | 4A | 5A | 6A | 7A | 8A | 9A | 10A | 11A | NOON | 1P | 2P | 5P | 8P | 11P | 2A | 5A | 8A | 11A | 2P | 5P | 8P | 2A | 8A | 2P | 8P | 2A | 8A | 2P | 8P | 2A | 8A | 2P | 8P | 2A | 8A | 2P | 8P |
| MAX/MIN | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 58° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 67° | -- | -- | -- | -- | 45° | -- | -- | 63° | -- | -- | 38° | 58° | -- | -- | 38° | 63° | -- | -- | 43° | 67° | -- | -- | 47° | 68° | -- |
| TEMP | 76° | 72° | 70° | 68° | 67° | 67° | 65° | 65° | 63° | 63° | 61° | 61° | 59° | 59° | 59° | 59° | 61° | 63° | 65° | 67° | 61° | 54° | 49° | 47° | 45° | 56° | 59° | 63° | 56° | 45° | 40° | 56° | 56° | 43° | 38° | 61° | 59° | 45° | 45° | 65° | 63° | 54° | 49° | 65° | 63° |
| SKY COVER | 44% | 53% | 63% | 74% | 84% | 91% | 94% | 91% | 99% | 96% | 93% | 88% | 82% | 77% | 74% | 72% | 60% | 49% | 37% | 30% | 37% | 33% | 53% | 47% | 32% | 34% | 48% | 43% | 44% | 54% | 68% | 61% | 34% | 22% | 10% | 22% | 24% | 35% | 53% | 74% | 57% | 34% | 29% | 26% | 31% |
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| DEW PT | 56° | 56° | 56° | 56° | 56° | 56° | 58° | 58° | 58° | 58° | 58° | 58° | 58° | 56° | 54° | 52° | 52° | 50° | 49° | 45° | 41° | 38° | 36° | 34° | 36° | 36° | 38° | 38° | 36° | 31° | 31° | 34° | 34° | 32° | 34° | 38° | 40° | 38° | 40° | 49° | 49° | 47° | 45° | 47° | 47° |
| RH | 52% | 54% | 61% | 65% | 67% | 70% | 75% | 78% | 83% | 86% | 86% | 89% | 92% | 86% | 83% | 78% | 70% | 65% | 58% | 45% | 47% | 57% | 61% | 60% | 67% | 49% | 43% | 39% | 46% | 59% | 69% | 45% | 44% | 67% | 84% | 42% | 47% | 79% | 79% | 56% | 62% | 77% | 89% | 52% | 53% |
| POP 12HR | 30% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 85% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 20% | -- | -- | -- | 5% | -- | -- | -- | 3% | -- | 2% | -- | 1% | -- | 1% | -- | 2% | -- | 8% | -- | 34% | -- | 29% | -- | 15% |
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.08in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.17in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| SNOWFALL | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 9 |
| WIND DIR | S | SE | SE | S | S | S | SW | SW | SW | SW | W | W | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | N | N | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | N | NE | NW | N | N | N | N | W | S | S | SW | SW | W | NW | NW | N |
| HeatIndex | 76 | 72 | 70 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 65 | 65 | 63 | 63 | 61 | 61 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 65 | 67 | 61 | 54 | 47 | 45 | 43 | 56 | 59 | 63 | 56 | 40 | 35 | 56 | 56 | 39 | 34 | 61 | 59 | 42 | 41 | 65 | 63 | 54 | 45 | 65 | 63 |
| Rain Showers | Chance | Chance | Likely | Likely | Likely | Definite | Definite | Definite | Definite | Definite | Likely | Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance |
| Thunder Storm | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 42° | -- | -- | -- | -- | 41° | 36° | -- | -- | 39° | 34° | -- | -- | 43° | 41° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| SPRAY COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| DRY COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LIVESTOCK COLDSTRESS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS | 71.46 | 68.66 | 67.60 | 66.23 | 65.51 | 65.65 | 64.15 | 64.25 | 62.61 | 62.68 | 60.83 | 60.87 | 58.99 | 58.98 | 58.98 | 58.98 | 60.64 | 62.19 | 63.57 | 64.52 | 60.36 | 55.14 | 51.10 | 49.60 | 47.50 | 56.79 | 58.94 | 61.59 | 56.83 | 48.11 | 43.21 | 56.85 | 56.86 | 45.87 | 39.83 | 60.30 | 58.94 | 46.59 | 46.59 | 63.50 | 62.12 | 54.61 | 49.59 | 63.36 | 61.91 |
Click on individual weather variable above in left-hand column (ie., TEMP, RH, QPF 12HR) to view state forecast maps
NWS 48 Hr. Forecast Maps,Regional Hourly Observations For GALLATIN County, Kentucky
Issued at 300 AM EDT THU APR 18 2024
NORTHEAST KENTUCKY CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS LEXINGTON CLEAR 62 53 72 W6 30.03R COVINGTON CLEAR 57 49 74 NW8 30.01R FRANKFORT CLEAR 55 48 77 CALM 30.02R
Current NOWCAST not available:
Nowcasts are not issued routinely during fair weather. Only when
precipitation or other significant weather is occuring in this county will these
forecasts be issued. Currently, there is no short term forecast in effect.
Fire Weather Forecast For GALLATIN County, KY
Provided by the National Weather Service:
Issued at: Thu Apr 18 03:05:01 EDT 2024
CLOUD COVER Mclear Mclear Pcldy Pcldy
PRECIP TYPE Showers None Tstms Tstms
CHANCE PRECIP (%) 20 0 90 20
TEMP (24H TREND) 53 (-10) 81 (+1) 56 67
RH % (24H TREND) 86 (0) 45 (-8) 95 43
20FTWND-AM(MPH) Lgt/Var NW 7
20FTWND-PM(MPH) SW 10 G23 S 6 S 5 NW 8
PRECIP AMOUNT 0.02 0.00 0.28 0.09
PRECIP DURATION 0 9 3
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 3440
TRANSPORT WND (MPH) S 17 N/A
LAL 2 1 3 N/A
HAINES INDEX 4 5 4
REMARKS...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the upper 50s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the lower 60s.
North winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
Highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
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Hazardous Weather Outlook For GALLATIN County, Kentucky
836 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024
DAY ONE Tonight.
There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN Thursday through Tuesday.
Another round of showers and storms is likely late Thursday evening.
A few strong to severe storms will be possible, with gusty to
damaging winds being the primary threat.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
Spotter activation may be needed late Thursday evening.
Latest GALLATIN County, Kentucky Watches, Warnings and Advisories.
Additional Drought Info.:
UKAWC Drought Page,
Kentucky Drought Watch
7-Day Forecast For GALLATIN County, KY
REST OF TONIGHT
Partly cloudy, then clearing. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds around 10 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph late.
THURSDAY
Mostly sunny. Unseasonably warm with highs around 80. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
THURSDAY NIGHT
Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Unseasonably warm with lows in the upper 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of rain 90 percent.
FRIDAY
Mostly cloudy with showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
FRIDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
SATURDAY
Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s.
SATURDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
SUNDAY
Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.
SUNDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows in the upper 30s.
MONDAY
Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
MONDAY NIGHT
Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
TUESDAY
Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
TUESDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
