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ISSUED AT 06:00 UTC ON FRIDAY SEP 17 2021
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| EDT 3HR | 3A | 4A | 5A | 6A | 7A | 8A | 9A | 10A | 11A | NOON | 1P | 2P | 3P | 4P | 5P | 6P | 7P | ||||
| MAX/MIN | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 63° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 81° | ||||
| TEMP | 67° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 63° | 65° | 65° | 70° | 74° | 76° | 77° | 79° | 79° | 81° | 79° | 76° | 72° | ||||
| SKY COVER | 27% | 29% | 29% | 33% | 38% | 45% | 51% | 57% | 52% | 52% | 55% | 58% | 60% | 62% | 63% | 63% | 62% | ||||
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| DEW PT | 63° | 63° | 61° | 61° | 61° | 61° | 63° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 67° | ||||
| RH | 86% | 89% | 90% | 86% | 89% | 89% | 93% | 83% | 76% | 68% | 67% | 64% | 62% | 62% | 64% | 71% | 84% | ||||
| POP 12HR | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| SNOWFALL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| WIND Gust(MPH) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| WIND DIR | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | S | S | S | S | S | S | SE | SE | E | NE | ||||
| DEW | Mod Dew | Mod Dew | Mod Dew | Mod Dew | Mod Dew | Mod Dew | Hvy Dew | Hvy Dew | Lgt Dew | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Lgt Dew | Hvy Dew | ||||
| HeatIndex | 67 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 63 | 65 | 65 | 70 | 74 | 76 | 77 | 79 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 72 | ||||
| Rain Showers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | -- | ||||
| Thunder Storm | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | -- | ||||
| Fog | Patchy | Areas of | Areas of | Areas of | Areas of | Areas of | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| SPRAY COND |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||
| DRY COND |  | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | ||||
| LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS |  66.37 | 64.62 | 64.66 | 64.52 | 62.75 | 64.62 | 64.76 | 68.95 | 71.99 | 72.97 | 73.70 | 75.00 | 74.78 | 76.36 | 75.00 | 73.26 | 70.84 | ||||
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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 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 63° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 79° | -- | -- | -- | -- | 63° | -- | -- | 81° | -- | -- | 65° | 76° | -- | -- | 65° | 77° | -- | -- | 63° | 74° | -- | -- | 54° | 72° | -- |
| TEMP | 70° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 63° | 63° | 65° | 67° | 70° | 72° | 76° | 77° | 79° | 77° | 72° | 68° | 67° | 65° | 65° | 74° | 79° | 79° | 70° | 67° | 65° | 76° | 68° | 67° | 65° | 76° | 70° | 65° | 63° | 74° | 65° | 59° | 56° | 70° | 61° |
| SKY COVER | 60% | 57% | 54% | 51% | 50% | 48% | 48% | 49% | 50% | 52% | 53% | 56% | 58% | 53% | 49% | 44% | 45% | 46% | 48% | 57% | 72% | 66% | 71% | 62% | 51% | 54% | 61% | 61% | 62% | 81% | 84% | 71% | 70% | 72% | 72% | 57% | 50% | 58% | 57% | 57% | 36% | 39% | 34% | 17% | 11% |
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| DEW PT | 67° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 63° | 63° | 65° | 67° | 68° | 68° | 68° | 68° | 68° | 68° | 70° | 68° | 67° | 65° | 65° | 67° | 68° | 67° | 68° | 67° | 65° | 68° | 67° | 67° | 65° | 68° | 68° | 65° | 63° | 65° | 63° | 58° | 54° | 54° | 56° |
| RH | 90% | 96% | 97% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 100% | 99% | 100% | 99% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 97% | 87% | 78% | 73% | 71% | 73% | 93% | 99% | 100% | 99% | 99% | 81% | 69% | 66% | 93% | 97% | 100% | 79% | 96% | 99% | 99% | 76% | 96% | 100% | 99% | 75% | 92% | 96% | 96% | 57% | 80% |
| POP 12HR | 25% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 15% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 44% | -- | -- | -- | 19% | -- | -- | -- | 32% | -- | 30% | -- | 57% | -- | 44% | -- | 60% | -- | 50% | -- | 62% | -- | 35% | -- | 14% |
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.01in | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.07in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| SNOWFALL | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| WIND DIR | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | NE | NE | NE | NE | NE | E | E | E | E | E | SE | SE | S | SE | SE | SE | S | S | S | S | W | W | NW | N | N | N |
| HeatIndex | 70 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 63 | 63 | 65 | 67 | 70 | 72 | 76 | 77 | 79 | 77 | 72 | 68 | 67 | 65 | 65 | 74 | 82 | 82 | 70 | 67 | 65 | 76 | 68 | 67 | 65 | 76 | 70 | 65 | 63 | 74 | 65 | 59 | 56 | 70 | 61 |
| Rain Showers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Likely | Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Thunder Storm | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Fog | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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| DRY COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS | 69.38 | 66.82 | 66.86 | 66.95 | 66.95 | 66.95 | 64.97 | 65.00 | 64.97 | 65.00 | 62.98 | 62.98 | 65.00 | 67.00 | 69.82 | 71.06 | 73.92 | 74.30 | 75.78 | 74.30 | 71.49 | 67.95 | 67.00 | 64.97 | 64.97 | 72.41 | 75.56 | 75.22 | 69.57 | 66.86 | 65.00 | 74.01 | 67.80 | 66.95 | 64.97 | 73.73 | 69.75 | 65.00 | 62.98 | 71.91 | 64.73 | 59.00 | 56.06 | 67.35 | 60.76 |
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 200 AM EDT FRI SEP 17 2021
...EASTERN KENTUCKY... CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS JACKSON CLEAR 69 66 90 VRB3 30.12S 6HR MIN TEMP: 69; 6HR MAX TEMP: 73; LONDON CLEAR 68 67 96 CALM 30.11S 6HR MIN TEMP: 67; 6HR MAX TEMP: 76; SOMERSET* CLEAR 66 59 77 CALM 30.11S MONTICELLO* CLEAR 64 64 100 CALM 30.11S FOG 6HR MIN TEMP: 64; 6HR MAX TEMP: 74; WILLIAMSBURG* N/A 66 66 100 CALM 30.11S MIDDLESBORO* PTCLDY 64 64 100 CALM 30.13S 6HR MIN TEMP: 64; 6HR MAX TEMP: 73; HARLAN APT* CLOUDY 65 65 100 CALM 30.14F PIKE CO APT* N/A 69 65 89 SE5 30.14S BIG SANDY APT* CLEAR 66 66 100 CALM 30.13S 6HR MIN TEMP: 66; 6HR MAX TEMP: 72; MOREHEAD APT* CLEAR 68 66 94 CALM 30.12S ASHLAND* LGT RAIN 64 64 100 CALM 30.11R 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 LAUREL County, KY
Provided by the National Weather Service:
Issued at: Fri Sep 17 02:05:01 EDT 2021
537 AM EDT Thu Sep 16 2021
Today Tonight Fri
Cloud Cover Pcldy Pcldy Pcldy
Chance precip (%) 20 0 30
Precip type tstms None tstms
Temp (24H TREND) 83 (+6) 60 (-2) 82
Rh % (24H TREND) 59 (-13) 100 (0) 57
20ftwnd-AM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20ftwnd-PM(mph) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
Precip duration 1 1
Precip begin
Precip end
Precip amount 0.02 0.00 0.04
LAL 2 2 3
Haines Index (MID) 3 3
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL) 4600 3900
Transport wnd (mph) E 5 SE 6
Vent rate (kt-ft) 16152 19571
ADI Early 16 Gen Poor 3 Very Poor 23 Fair
ADI Late 26 Fair 2 Very Poor 27 Fair
Max LVORI Early 10 9 8
Max LVORI Late 3 9 4
Remarks...None.
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Hazardous Weather Outlook For LAUREL County, Kentucky
804 PM EDT Thu Sep 16 2021
DAY ONE Tonight.
Areas of dense fog will develop late tonight, particularly in the
river valleys.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN Friday through Wednesday.
Thunderstorms are possible at times from Friday through
Wednesday, mainly during the afternoon and evening hours.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
Spotter activation is not anticipated.
Latest LAUREL County, Kentucky Watches, Warnings and Advisories.
Additional Drought Info.:
UKAWC Drought Page,
Kentucky Drought Watch
7-Day Forecast For LAUREL County, KY
REST OF TONIGHT
Mostly clear. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 60s. Light winds.
FRIDAY
Partly sunny. Widespread dense fog early. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Light winds.
FRIDAY NIGHT
Mostly cloudy in the evening, then partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers late. Areas of dense fog through the night. Lows in the mid 60s. Light winds.
SATURDAY
Mostly sunny with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Light winds.
SATURDAY NIGHT
Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Light winds.
SUNDAY
Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s.
SUNDAY NIGHT
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
MONDAY
Mostly cloudy with showers likely. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
MONDAY NIGHT
Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Lows in the mid 60s.
TUESDAY
Partly sunny with showers likely and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
TUESDAY NIGHT
Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Lows in the lower 60s.
WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny with showers likely. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. Lows in the mid 50s.
THURSDAY
Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
