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ISSUED AT 01:00 UTC ON SATURDAY APR 01 2023
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| EDT 3HR | 10P | 11P | MIDN | 1A | 2A | 3A | 4A | 5A | 6A | 7A | 8A | 9A | 10A | 11A | NOON | 1P | 2P | 3P | 4P | 5P | 6P | 7P | ||||
| MAX/MIN | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 54° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 68° | ||||
| TEMP | 59° | 59° | 59° | 61° | 61° | 59° | 59° | 58° | 58° | 58° | 56° | 58° | 61° | 65° | 65° | 67° | 67° | 65° | 63° | 59° | 54° | 50° | ||||
| SKY COVER | 68% | 73% | 73% | 86% | 93% | 100% | 94% | 95% | 78% | 45% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 11% | 35% | 50% | 47% | 52% | ||||
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| DEW PT | 54° | 54° | 56° | 56° | 58° | 58° | 58° | 56° | 54° | 52° | 52° | 49° | 47° | 43° | 40° | 38° | 36° | 36° | 36° | 34° | 32° | 31° | ||||
| RH | 83% | 83% | 86% | 83% | 89% | 96% | 93% | 92% | 89% | 82% | 83% | 72% | 57% | 44% | 38% | 35% | 31% | 35% | 36% | 38% | 42% | 47% | ||||
| POP 12HR | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 100% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.41in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.41in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| SNOWFALL | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 17 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | ||||
| WIND Gust(MPH) | 30 | 31 | 35 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 35 | 30 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 43 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 43 | 39 | 40 | 37 | 32 | ||||
| WIND DIR | S | S | S | S | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | W | W | W | W | W | W | ||||
| DEW | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| HeatIndex | 59 | 59 | 59 | 61 | 61 | 59 | 59 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 56 | 58 | 61 | 65 | 65 | 67 | 67 | 65 | 63 | 59 | 54 | 50 | ||||
| Rain Showers | Likely | Chance | Chance | Likely | Definite | Definite | Definite | Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Thunder Storm | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Frost | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
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| EDT 6HR | 8P | 9P | 10P | 11P | MIDN | 1A | 2A | 3A | 4A | 5A | 6A | 7A | 8A | 11A | 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 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 32° | -- | -- | 61° | -- | -- | -- | -- | 43° | -- | -- | 72° | -- | -- | 54° | 79° | -- | -- | 65° | 77° | -- | -- | 50° | 65° | -- | -- | 45° | 65° | -- |
| TEMP | 47° | 45° | 43° | 41° | 40° | 40° | 38° | 38° | 36° | 34° | 32° | 32° | 34° | 43° | 56° | 61° | 56° | 47° | 47° | 45° | 43° | 59° | 67° | 70° | 65° | 58° | 58° | 76° | 74° | 68° | 65° | 76° | 70° | 61° | 52° | 63° | 58° | 47° | 47° | 61° | 58° |
| SKY COVER | 60% | 60% | 60% | 60% | 61% | 56% | 52% | 49% | 47% | 44% | 42% | 39% | 37% | 12% | 3% | 3% | 8% | 17% | 26% | 30% | 39% | 57% | 57% | 41% | 27% | 32% | 65% | 67% | 65% | 78% | 70% | 70% | 68% | 73% | 74% | 56% | 60% | 61% | 65% | 70% | 74% |
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| DEW PT | 32° | 32° | 32° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 29° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 34° | 36° | 34° | 34° | 36° | 43° | 45° | 45° | 47° | 50° | 54° | 59° | 58° | 59° | 61° | 58° | 54° | 52° | 45° | 40° | 40° | 38° | 38° | 43° | 43° |
| RH | 57% | 62% | 67% | 67% | 69% | 72% | 75% | 78% | 82% | 85% | 92% | 88% | 88% | 60% | 39% | 32% | 42% | 62% | 62% | 67% | 75% | 53% | 45% | 41% | 52% | 77% | 89% | 56% | 59% | 72% | 84% | 51% | 59% | 71% | 79% | 42% | 50% | 71% | 70% | 51% | 55% |
| POP 12HR | 4% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3% | -- | -- | -- | 1% | -- | -- | -- | 6% | -- | -- | -- | 20% | -- | 20% | -- | 37% | -- | 43% | -- | 46% | -- | 43% | -- | 41% | -- | 30% | -- | 43% |
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | 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 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 17 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| WIND DIR | W | W | W | W | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | N | N | SW | SW | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | SW | SW | W | NW | NW | N | NE | NE | NE | NE |
| HeatIndex | 47 | 38 | 36 | 36 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 42 | 56 | 61 | 56 | 47 | 47 | 41 | 39 | 59 | 67 | 70 | 65 | 58 | 58 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 65 | 76 | 70 | 61 | 52 | 63 | 58 | 47 | 47 | 61 | 58 |
| Rain Showers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | -- | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance |
| Thunder Storm | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Frost | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Patchy | Patchy | Patchy | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| WIND CHILL | -- | 38° | 36° | 35° | 34° | 35° | 33° | 33° | 31° | 30° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 41° | 39° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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| DRY COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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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 900 PM EDT FRI MAR 31 2023
...EASTERN KENTUCKY... CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS JACKSON CLOUDY 61 52 72 S12G20 29.90S LONDON TSTM 59 56 89 CALM 29.95R FOG SOMERSET* RAIN 59 59 100 SE6 29.90 FOG MONTICELLO* LGT RAIN 60 57 89 S8 29.91F WILLIAMSBURG* MOCLDY 63 55 77 S8G20 29.94R MIDDLESBORO* CLOUDY 56 54 92 CALM 30.01R PIKE CO APT* CLOUDY 60 51 73 S12 29.94R BIG SANDY APT* CLOUDY 61 53 73 SW12 29.91S MOREHEAD APT* MOCLDY 61 52 72 S15G23 29.80F ASHLAND* MOCLDY 57 57 100 SE6 29.83F
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 Mar 31 21:05:01 EDT 2023
421 PM EDT Fri Mar 31 2023
Tonight Sat Sat Night Sun
Cloud Cover Mcldy Mclear Pcldy Mclear
Chance precip (%) 100 0 0 0
Precip type tstms None None None
Temp (24H TREND) 54 (+6) 70 (+6) 32 63
Rh % (24H TREND) 100 (+15) 27 (-3) 100 28
20ftwnd-AM(mph) SW 17-21 G48 Lgt/Var
20ftwnd-PM(mph) S 16-20 G43 W 19-23 G51 NW 10-14 G32 SW 2-6
Precip duration 3
Precip begin 8 PM
Precip end 8 AM
Precip amount 0.96 0.00 0.00 0.00
LAL 3 1 1 1
Haines Index (MID) 4 4
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL) 7800 3600
Transport wnd (mph) W 53 S 5
Vent rate (kt-ft) 358800 14400
ADI Early 22 174 43 14
ADI Late 23 190 18 18
Max LVORI Early 3 4 3 4
Max LVORI Late 4 1 5 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 LAUREL County, Kentucky
349 PM EDT Fri Mar 31 2023
WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EDT
SATURDAY
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a portion of eastern Kentucky.
DAY ONE Tonight.
A strong low pressure system and fast-moving cold front will bring
chances for thunderstorms. Some of these storms, mainly overnight,
could produce strong to damaging wind gusts as they pass and an
isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. In addition, outside of
thunderstorms, gusty winds are anticipated, resulting in gusts of 35
to 45 mph at times tonight.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN Saturday through Thursday.
Behind the initial cold front and as a secondary cold front
approaches on Saturday, wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph are expected,
especially from late Saturday morning through late Saturday
afternoon. The strongest gusts are expected in areas of more open
terrain and on the higher ridgetops.
The threat of frost will return Saturday night into Sunday morning.
Warmer and more unsettled weather returns next week, with a renewed
threat for thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
Spotters are asked to report any severe weather or wind damage to
NWS Jackson.
Latest LAUREL County, Kentucky Watches, Warnings and Advisories.
Additional Drought Info.:
UKAWC Drought Page,
Kentucky Drought Watch
7-Day Forecast For LAUREL County, KY
WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT SATURDAY
TONIGHT
A chance of thunderstorms. Showers, breezy with lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
SATURDAY
Sunny. A chance of showers in the morning. Windy with highs in the upper 60s. Temperature falling to around 60 in the afternoon. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
SATURDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy and breezy. Much cooler with lows in the mid 30s. West winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph, becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph overnight.
SUNDAY
Patchy frost early. Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
SUNDAY NIGHT
Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
MONDAY
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Warmer with highs in the lower 70s.
MONDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
TUESDAY
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
TUESDAY NIGHT
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Warmer with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
WEDNESDAY
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Breezy with highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
A slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Cooler with lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
THURSDAY
Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers. Not as warm with highs in the mid 60s.
THURSDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
FRIDAY
Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers. Highs in the mid 60s.
