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ISSUED AT 12:00 UTC ON SATURDAY APR 20 2024
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| EDT 3HR | 9A | 10A | 11A | NOON | 1P | 2P | 3P | 4P | 5P | 6P | 7P | ||||
| MAX/MIN | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 63° | ||||
| TEMP | 52° | 52° | 54° | 58° | 59° | 61° | 63° | 61° | 63° | 61° | 61° | ||||
| SKY COVER | 51% | 32% | 15% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 31% | 35% | 37% | ||||
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| DEW PT | 36° | 36° | 34° | 34° | 32° | 31° | 31° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | ||||
| RH | 56% | 54% | 47% | 40% | 35% | 33% | 29% | 29% | 27% | 29% | 31% | ||||
| POP 12HR | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| SNOWFALL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | ||||
| WIND Gust(MPH) | 10 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | ||||
| WIND DIR | N | N | N | N | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | ||||
| DEW | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| HeatIndex | 52 | 52 | 54 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 61 | 63 | 61 | 61 | ||||
| Rain Showers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Thunder Storm | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| SPRAY COND |  | | | | | |  | | | | | ||||
| DRY COND | | | | | | |  | | | | | ||||
| LIVESTOCK COLDSTRESS |  | | | | | | | | | | | ||||
| LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS | 53.65 | 53.72 | 55.40 | 58.26 | 58.93 | 60.19 | 61.36 | 60.14 | 61.31 | 60.14 | 60.17 | ||||
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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 | 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 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 40° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 58° | -- | -- | -- | -- | 36° | -- | -- | 65° | -- | -- | 40° | 72° | -- | -- | 49° | 67° | -- | -- | 40° | 68° | -- | -- | 45° | 72° | -- |
| TEMP | 58° | 54° | 50° | 49° | 47° | 45° | 45° | 43° | 41° | 41° | 41° | 40° | 41° | 43° | 45° | 49° | 49° | 52° | 54° | 56° | 56° | 58° | 56° | 54° | 52° | 45° | 40° | 38° | 38° | 54° | 63° | 65° | 59° | 45° | 41° | 70° | 65° | 54° | 49° | 65° | 61° | 47° | 43° | 65° | 63° | 47° | 47° | 70° | 67° |
| SKY COVER | 36% | 53% | 39% | 38% | 46% | 45% | 60% | 68% | 77% | 86% | 84% | 88% | 85% | 88% | 88% | 88% | 84% | 76% | 67% | 56% | 45% | 34% | 28% | 22% | 21% | 29% | 13% | 19% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 21% | 12% | 27% | 48% | 74% | 52% | 37% | 19% | 17% | 20% | 13% | 18% | 33% | 36% | 58% | 57% |
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| DEW PT | 31° | 31° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 29° | 29° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 29° | 31° | 29° | 29° | 31° | 31° | 29° | 31° | 34° | 32° | 32° | 36° | 40° | 43° | 43° | 43° | 40° | 38° | 34° | 36° | 40° | 38° | 40° | 45° | 47° |
| RH | 36% | 41% | 42% | 48% | 49% | 51% | 51% | 53% | 57% | 55% | 55% | 59% | 54% | 54% | 50% | 45% | 42% | 37% | 33% | 32% | 31% | 31% | 33% | 34% | 39% | 57% | 64% | 72% | 75% | 41% | 28% | 26% | 37% | 62% | 70% | 29% | 39% | 63% | 79% | 45% | 46% | 70% | 73% | 34% | 42% | 70% | 76% | 42% | 50% |
| POP 12HR | 3% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 8% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 8% | -- | -- | -- | 1% | -- | -- | -- | 0% | -- | 0% | -- | 5% | -- | 35% | -- | 21% | -- | 9% | -- | 10% | -- | 14% | -- | 24% |
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | 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) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 10 |
| WIND DIR | NW | NW | NW | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | NE | N | N | N | N | N | N | NW | NW | NW | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | NW | S | S | SW | SW | SW | W | NW | N | NE | NE | N | N | E | E | S | S |
| HeatIndex | 58 | 54 | 50 | 45 | 44 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 38 | 39 | 43 | 46 | 47 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 56 | 54 | 52 | 41 | 37 | 34 | 34 | 54 | 63 | 65 | 59 | 41 | 37 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 45 | 65 | 61 | 42 | 38 | 65 | 63 | 43 | 43 | 70 | 67 |
| Rain Showers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance |
| Thunder Storm | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance |
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 41° | 41° | 39° | 36° | 36° | 36° | 36° | 37° | 39° | 42° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 41° | 36° | 35° | 35° | -- | -- | -- | -- | 42° | 36° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 39° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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| LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS | 58.28 | 55.56 | 52.81 | 51.80 | 50.31 | 48.72 | 48.72 | 47.08 | 45.21 | 45.41 | 45.41 | 44.24 | 45.50 | 47.00 | 48.80 | 51.96 | 52.13 | 54.36 | 55.77 | 57.05 | 57.06 | 58.30 | 57.03 | 55.74 | 54.28 | 48.26 | 43.72 | 41.20 | 40.86 | 55.56 | 61.34 | 62.48 | 58.93 | 47.88 | 43.94 | 65.63 | 62.92 | 54.98 | 50.13 | 63.12 | 60.35 | 48.95 | 45.35 | 62.75 | 61.66 | 48.95 | 48.56 | 66.43 | 64.75 |
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 LAUREL County, Kentucky
Issued at 800 AM EDT SAT APR 20 2024
SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS JACKSON PTSUNNY 48 36 63 N3 30.18R LONDON CLOUDY 51 36 56 N8 30.19R SOMERSET CLOUDY 50 36 57 VRB5G12 30.19R MIDDLESBORO LGT RAIN 54 47 77 NW7 30.17R MONTICELLO PTSUNNY 51 37 58 N6 30.24R
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 LAUREL County, KY
Provided by the National Weather Service:
Issued at: Sat Apr 20 08:05:01 EDT 2024
338 AM EDT Sat Apr 20 2024
Today Tonight Sun
Cloud Cover Mclear Pcldy Pcldy
Chance precip (%) 0 0 0
Precip type None None None
Temp (24H TREND) 62-65 (-5) 35-43 (-1) 54-59
Rh % (24H TREND) 22-37 (-35) 51-79 (-17) 26-44
20ftwnd-AM(mph) N 5-9 G15 N 2-6
20ftwnd-PM(mph) NW 6-10 G15 NW 3-7 G13 NW 4-8 G13
Precip duration
Precip begin
Precip end
Precip amount 0.00 0.00 0.00
LAL 1 1 1
Haines Index (MID) 3 3
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL) 5400 6000
Transport wnd (mph) NW 15 NW 13
Vent rate (kt-ft) 70200 66000
ADI Early 77 7 45
ADI Late 89 8 89
Max LVORI Early 3 2 2
Max LVORI Late 2 3 2
Remarks...Ranges of MIN T over 8 degrees & ranges of MAX
RH over 10% indicate the likelihood of thermal belts. 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 LAUREL County, Kentucky
258 AM EDT Sat Apr 20 2024
DAY ONE Today and tonight.
Frost is possible in some valley locations late tonight.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN Sunday through Friday.
Frost is possible in many locations early each morning Sunday
through Tuesday, with the greatest coverage expected to be Monday
morning.
There is a slight chance of thunderstorms for some locations Tuesday
night and early Wednesday morning, and then again beginning Friday
afternoon.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
Latest LAUREL County, Kentucky Watches, Warnings and Advisories.
Additional Drought Info.:
UKAWC Drought Page,
Kentucky Drought Watch
7-Day Forecast For LAUREL County, KY
TODAY
Partly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
TONIGHT
Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows around 40. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
SUNDAY
Cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
SUNDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Widespread frost late. Lows in the upper 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
MONDAY
Widespread frost early. Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. North winds around 5 mph.
MONDAY NIGHT
Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
TUESDAY
Areas of frost early. Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
TUESDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms overnight. Not as cool with lows in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
THURSDAY
Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
THURSDAY NIGHT
Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
FRIDAY
Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
