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ISSUED AT 20:00 UTC ON TUESDAY APR 16 2024
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| EDT 3HR | 5P | 6P | 7P | ||||
| MAX/MIN | -- | -- | 76° | ||||
| TEMP | 74° | 74° | 74° | ||||
| SKY COVER | 39% | 52% | 59% | ||||
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| DEW PT | 52° | 52° | 52° | ||||
| RH | 46% | 46% | 47% | ||||
| POP 12HR | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| SNOWFALL | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 9 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| WIND Gust(MPH) | 15 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| WIND DIR | S | S | S | ||||
| DEW | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| HeatIndex | 74 | 74 | 74 | ||||
| Rain Showers | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Thunder Storm | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| SPRAY COND |  | | | ||||
| DRY COND |  | | | ||||
| LIVESTOCK COLDSTRESS |  | | | ||||
| LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS | 69.49 | 69.49 | 69.57 | ||||
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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 | 3P | 4P | 5P | 6P | 7P | 8P | 9P | 10P | 11P | MIDN | 1A | 2A | 3A | 5A | 8A | 11A | 2P | 5P | 8P | 2A | 8A | 2P | 8P | 2A | 8A | 2P | 8P | 2A | 8A | 2P | 8P | 2A | 8A | 2P | 8P |
| MAX/MIN | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 61° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 70° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 58° | -- | -- | 76° | -- | -- | 56° | 67° | -- | -- | 50° | 59° | -- | -- | 45° | 56° | -- | -- | 40° | 58° | -- |
| TEMP | 72° | 70° | 70° | 67° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 63° | 63° | 63° | 63° | 61° | 63° | 65° | 65° | 67° | 68° | 68° | 70° | 70° | 70° | 70° | 67° | 67° | 65° | 63° | 61° | 61° | 61° | 58° | 58° | 58° | 58° | 65° | 74° | 76° | 72° | 61° | 56° | 63° | 63° | 54° | 50° | 56° | 56° | 49° | 45° | 52° | 52° | 43° | 40° | 52° | 54° |
| SKY COVER | 53% | 58% | 51% | 61% | 63% | 78% | 85% | 89% | 82% | 87% | 87% | 85% | 69% | 61% | 61% | 64% | 65% | 73% | 78% | 80% | 64% | 56% | 55% | 62% | 56% | 46% | 55% | 74% | 75% | 74% | 74% | 64% | 59% | 55% | 29% | 13% | 10% | 20% | 53% | 80% | 78% | 62% | 68% | 70% | 69% | 64% | 69% | 80% | 74% | 64% | 61% | 53% | 44% | 34% |
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| DEW PT | 54° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 52° | 52° | 50° | 49° | 49° | 50° | 50° | 52° | 52° | 52° | 50° | 49° | 49° | 49° | 47° | 49° | 49° | 49° | 49° | 49° | 49° | 52° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 56° | 56° | 56° | 50° | 49° | 52° | 49° | 54° | 54° | 52° | 49° | 45° | 40° | 36° | 36° | 38° | 38° | 36° | 36° | 36° | 34° | 36° |
| RH | 53% | 54% | 58% | 63% | 62% | 60% | 60% | 57% | 60% | 62% | 65% | 67% | 69% | 69% | 60% | 56% | 52% | 49% | 47% | 45% | 47% | 49% | 48% | 52% | 54% | 62% | 69% | 74% | 78% | 80% | 86% | 87% | 89% | 93% | 72% | 44% | 38% | 49% | 66% | 89% | 72% | 65% | 80% | 79% | 55% | 48% | 63% | 75% | 58% | 54% | 76% | 82% | 49% | 50% |
| POP 12HR | 24% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 25% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 31% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 29% | -- | -- | -- | 6% | -- | 43% | -- | 76% | -- | 39% | -- | 30% | -- | 30% | -- | 33% | -- | 23% | -- | 14% |
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.04in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.01in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.00in | 0.00in | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| SNOWFALL | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | 0in | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 10 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| WIND DIR | S | SE | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | SW | S | S | SW | S | S | S | S | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | W | W | W | W | W | W | S | S | SW | W | NW | N | N | NW | N | N | N | N | N | N | NE | NW | N |
| HeatIndex | 72 | 70 | 70 | 67 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 61 | 63 | 65 | 65 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 67 | 67 | 65 | 63 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 65 | 74 | 76 | 72 | 61 | 56 | 63 | 63 | 54 | 50 | 56 | 56 | 44 | 40 | 52 | 52 | 37 | 35 | 52 | 54 |
| Rain Showers | -- | -- | -- | -- | Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Chance | Chance | Likely | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- |
| Thunder Storm | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 40° | -- | -- | 38° | 35° | -- | -- |
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| DRY COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LIVESTOCK COLDSTRESS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS | 68.59 | 67.17 | 67.41 | 65.33 | 63.70 | 63.64 | 63.64 | 63.53 | 62.08 | 62.12 | 62.19 | 62.24 | 60.62 | 62.28 | 63.64 | 63.50 | 64.84 | 65.42 | 65.32 | 66.61 | 66.74 | 66.86 | 66.80 | 64.84 | 64.93 | 63.70 | 62.28 | 60.69 | 60.73 | 60.76 | 58.06 | 58.06 | 58.05 | 58.03 | 64.05 | 69.32 | 70.13 | 68.30 | 60.59 | 56.17 | 62.35 | 62.19 | 54.53 | 51.02 | 56.69 | 56.80 | 50.99 | 46.90 | 53.57 | 53.72 | 45.09 | 41.86 | 53.91 | 55.32 |
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 HARLAN County, Kentucky
Issued at 400 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2024
...EASTERN KENTUCKY... CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS JACKSON MOSUNNY 86 50 28 S7G18 30.04F LONDON PTSUNNY 80 55 42 S9 30.05F SOMERSET* MOSUNNY 84 57 39 S12G21 29.99F MONTICELLO* MOSUNNY 81 60 48 SW10 30.04F WILLIAMSBURG* MOSUNNY 81 55 41 S12G20 30.05F MIDDLESBORO* PTSUNNY 80 61 51 CALM 30.07F HARLAN APT* MOSUNNY 80 58 47 S3 30.09F PIKE CO APT* SUNNY 82 53 36 S5 30.06F BIG SANDY APT* SUNNY 85 51 30 W8 30.04F MOREHEAD APT* SUNNY 86 46 25 SW12G18 30.01F ASHLAND* SUNNY 86 57 37 W7G16 29.99F
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 HARLAN County, KY
Provided by the National Weather Service:
Issued at: Tue Apr 16 16:10:41 EDT 2024
410 PM EDT Tue Apr 16 2024
Tonight Wed Wed Night Thu
Cloud Cover Mcldy Pcldy Pcldy Mclear
Chance precip (%) 30 50 30 0
Precip type showers tstms tstms None
Temp (24H TREND) 62 (+3) 79 (-3) 58 85
Rh % (24H TREND) 81 (-10) 39 (+2) 100 32
20ftwnd-AM(mph) SW 12 G27 SW 5
20ftwnd-PM(mph) S 7 G20 SW 12 G28 SW 9 G25 SW 5
Precip duration 1 1 1
Precip begin
Precip end
Precip amount 0.01 0.10 0.02 0.00
LAL 2 2 3 1
Haines Index (MID) 4 5
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL) 5300 6400
Transport wnd (mph) SW 28 SW 8
Vent rate (kt-ft) 127200 44800
ADI Early 13 68 16 39
ADI Late 14 96 11 50
Max LVORI Early 2 3 4 5
Max LVORI Late 3 2 6 2
Remarks...ADI is Atmospheric Dispersion Index by Lavdas.
LVORI is Low Visibility Occurrence Risk Index.
SPC's Fire Weather Web Tool (Excellent!), SPC's Fire Weather Outlooks, NWS Fire Weather WEB, Fire Danger Class Map,
Keetch-Byram Drought Index, ROMAN Web, Haines Index ,
WFAS's 10-hr Dead Fuel Moist., WFAS's 100-hr Dead Fuel Moist., Probablity of Ignition, Visual blackness Map, Palmer Drought Index, HPC's Rainfall Forecast Maps
Hazardous Weather Outlook For HARLAN County, Kentucky
351 PM EDT Tue Apr 16 2024
DAY ONE Tonight.
Thunderstorms are possible tonight, generally along and west of a
Monticello to McKee to Sandy Hook line.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN Wednesday through Monday.
Thunderstorms are possible Wednesday and Wednesday night, then again
from Thursday night through Friday evening. The best chance for
thunderstorms appears to be Wednesday and Wednesday night when a few
strong storms will also be a threat.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
Latest HARLAN County, Kentucky Watches, Warnings and Advisories.
Additional Drought Info.:
UKAWC Drought Page,
Kentucky Drought Watch
7-Day Forecast For HARLAN County, KY
TONIGHT
Partly cloudy this evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers overnight. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
WEDNESDAY
Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
THURSDAY
Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
THURSDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms overnight. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
FRIDAY
A chance of thunderstorms. Showers. Not as warm with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 80 percent.
FRIDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Cooler with lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
SATURDAY
Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
SATURDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers overnight. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
SUNDAY
Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs in the lower 60s.
SUNDAY NIGHT
Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the evening, then partly cloudy for the rest of the night. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
MONDAY
Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s.
MONDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
TUESDAY
Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
