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UKAWC 1st Detectors/1st Responders Precision Weather Forecast For JACKSON County, Kentucky
(based on the NWS County Digital Forecast)

ISSUED AT 05:00 UTC ON SUNDAY DEC 03 2023
DAY SUNDAY
EDT 3HR 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10A 11A NOON 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P
MAX/MIN -- -- -- -- -- -- 50° -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 58°
TEMP 56° 54° 54° 52° 52° 52° 52° 52° 52° 52° 54° 54° 56° 56° 56° 54° 54° 52°
SKY COVER 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 92% 82% 79% 74% 71% 65% 53% 47% 46% 43% 41% 38% 30%
Clouds
DEW PT 54° 52° 52° 52° 52° 52° 50° 50° 52° 50° 49° 47° 43° 43° 41° 40° 40° 38°
RH 92% 96% 92% 99% 96% 99% 96% 96% 100% 92% 83% 74% 64% 61% 56% 58% 59% 60%
POP 12HR -- -- -- -- -- -- 100% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) 0.10in -- -- -- -- -- 0.07in -- -- -- -- -- 0.00in -- -- -- -- --
SNOWFALL 0in -- -- -- -- -- 0in -- -- -- -- -- 0in -- -- -- -- --
WIND SPEED(MPH) 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 8
WIND Gust(MPH) 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 15 17 21 23 22 22 22 15 10
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
DEW -- -- -- -- -- -- Mod Dew Mod Dew Mod Dew Mod Dew Mod Dew -- -- -- -- -- -- --
HeatIndex 56 54 54 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 54 54 56 56 56 54 54 52
Snow Showers -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Rain Showers Definite Definite Definite Likely Chance Chance Slight Chance Slight Chance Slight Chance Slight Chance Slight Chance -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Thunder Storm Slight Chance -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Fog Definite Patchy Patchy Patchy Patchy Patchy -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
WIND CHILL -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
SPRAY COND
DRY COND
LIVESTOCK COLDSTRESS



DAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
EDT 6HR 8P 9P 10P 11P MIDN 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10A 11A NOON 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 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38° -- -- -- -- -- 49° -- -- -- -- 32° -- -- 52° -- -- 32° 43° -- -- 27° 50° -- -- 38° 56° -- -- 41° 61° --
TEMP 47° 47° 45° 43° 43° 40° 40° 40° 40° 38° 38° 38° 38° 40° 41° 43° 45° 47° 49° 45° 40° 36° 34° 34° 40° 49° 50° 45° 36° 32° 40° 36° 29° 29° 47° 45° 40° 38° 54° 50° 45° 43° 56° 54°
SKY COVER 27% 26% 24% 23% 30% 43% 50% 56% 68% 74% 73% 71% 74% 78% 81% 85% 83% 79% 67% 57% 57% 57% 57% 58% 60% 41% 38% 62% 78% 85% 68% 33% 23% 31% 13% 11% 30% 54% 53% 56% 56% 61% 44% 42%
Clouds
DEW PT 38° 36° 36° 36° 36° 36° 34° 34° 34° 34° 34° 34° 34° 36° 36° 36° 36° 36° 36° 36° 34° 34° 34° 34° 36° 34° 32° 32° 32° 29° 29° 27° 25° 25° 27° 29° 29° 31° 38° 38° 38° 40° 45° 43°
RH 67% 67% 73% 75% 75% 81% 78% 79% 82% 85% 84% 85% 85% 85% 82% 76% 73% 65% 62% 73% 82% 88% 96% 95% 81% 58% 49% 60% 85% 88% 66% 66% 84% 87% 45% 55% 67% 72% 52% 63% 76% 88% 64% 66%
POP 12HR 21% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10% -- -- -- -- -- -- 57% -- -- -- 20% -- -- -- 40% -- 63% -- 39% -- 3% -- 1% -- 5% -- 12% -- 27% -- 31%
RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) 0.00in -- -- -- -- -- 0.00in -- -- -- -- -- 0.00in -- -- -- -- 0.01in -- 0.00in -- 0.00in -- 0.00in -- 0.00in -- 0.00in -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
SNOWFALL 0in -- -- -- -- -- 0in -- -- -- -- -- 0in -- -- -- -- 0in -- 0in -- 0in -- 0in -- 0in -- 0in -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
WIND SPEED(MPH) 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 9 7 5 5 5 7 10 15 15 13 10 10 9 6 5 7 8 8 10 9 13 9 8 7 9 8
WIND DIR W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S SW W W W W W SW SW SW SW W W W NW NW NW SW S SW S SW SW SW SW SW S S S
HeatIndex 44 43 41 40 39 37 37 37 35 34 34 35 35 35 37 40 41 43 44 41 36 33 31 28 34 43 50 40 29 24 33 32 25 22 43 40 32 32 54 50 41 38 56 54
Snow Showers -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Slight Chance -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Rain Showers -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Slight Chance Chance Chance Likely Chance Chance Chance Slight Chance -- -- -- -- -- Slight Chance Chance Chance Likely Chance -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Slight Chance Chance Chance Chance
Thunder Storm -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Fog -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
WIND CHILL -- -- 42° 39° 39° 36° 36° 36° 36° 34° 34° 35° 35° 36° 36° 39° 41° -- -- 41° 37° 32° 30° 28° 34° -- -- 39° 29° 24° 34° 31° 24° 22° -- 41° 34° 32° -- -- 41° 39° -- --
SPRAY COND
DRY COND
LIVESTOCK COLDSTRESS

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NWS 48 Hr. Forecast Maps,

Regional Hourly Observations For JACKSON County, Kentucky
Issued at 1200 AM EST SUN DEC 03 2023
SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
  
CITY           SKY/WX    TMP DP  RH WIND       PRES   REMARKS
JACKSON        LGT RAIN  56  56 100 CALM      29.79F VSB 1/4          
LONDON         LGT RAIN  56  55  97 CALM      29.79F FOG              
SOMERSET       CLOUDY    59  59 100 CALM      29.77F                  
MIDDLESBORO    CLOUDY    56  56 100 CALM      29.82S FOG              
MONTICELLO     FOG       57 N/A N/A W5        29.81F VSB 3/4          


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 JACKSON County, KY
Provided by the National Weather Service:

Issued at: Sun Dec 3 00:05:01 EST 2023

339 PM EST Sat Dec 2 2023

                      Tonight      Sun          Sun Night    Mon          

Cloud Cover           Cloudy       Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy        
Chance precip (%)     80           30           0            60           
Precip type           tstms        showers      None         showers      
Temp (24H TREND)      50 (-3)      60 (+1)      37           51           
Rh % (24H TREND)      100 (+2)     51 (-32)     100          57           
20ftwnd-AM(mph)                    W  7 G22                  Lgt/Var      
20ftwnd-PM(mph)       Lgt/Var      W  8 G23     Lgt/Var      W  7 G19     
Precip duration       4            1                         2            
Precip begin          7 PM                                   7 AM         
Precip end            Continuing                             Continuing   
Precip amount         0.25         0.00         0.00         0.04         
LAL                   2            2            1            1            
Haines Index (MID)                 4                         3            
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL)                 3700                      2400         
Transport wnd (mph)                SW 22                     SW  5        
Vent rate (kt-ft)                  70300                     9600         
ADI Early             3            44           7            6            
ADI Late              7            57           3            27           
Max LVORI Early       9            7            5            5            
Max LVORI Late        8            3            6            3            

Remarks...ADI is Atmospheric Dispersion Index by Lavdas.        
LVORI is Low Visibility Occurrence Risk Index.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook For JACKSON County, Kentucky
1105 PM EST Sat Dec 2 2023

 DAY ONE  Tonight.

There is a slight chance of thunderstorms tonight.

 DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN  Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

 SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT  JKL

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

Latest JACKSON County, Kentucky Watches, Warnings and Advisories.
Additional Drought Info.: UKAWC Drought Page, Kentucky Drought Watch


7-Day Forecast For JACKSON County, KY

OVERNIGHT
Showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.

SUNDAY
Patchy fog early. Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. West winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.

SUNDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the upper 30s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

MONDAY
Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning. Highs around 50. South winds around 5 mph, becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of rain 60 percent.

MONDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the evening. Lows in the lower 30s. West winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the morning, then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.

TUESDAY NIGHT
Rain showers likely. Lows in the lower 30s. Chance of rain 70 percent.

WEDNESDAY
Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow showers in the morning, then partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.

THURSDAY
Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.

THURSDAY NIGHT
Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 30s.

FRIDAY
Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.

FRIDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers overnight. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain 30 percent.

SATURDAY
Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in the lower 60s.

Ag Weather Center, Department of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering, University of Kentucky