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ISSUED AT 09:00 UTC ON THURSDAY MAY 23 2019
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| EDT 3HR | 6A | 7A | 8A | 9A | 10A | 11A | NOON | 1P | 2P | 3P | 4P | 5P | 6P | 7P | ||||
| MAX/MIN | -- | -- | 68° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 83° | ||||
| TEMP | 68° | 70° | 70° | 74° | 76° | 74° | 74° | 76° | 79° | 81° | 81° | 81° | 81° | 79° | ||||
| SKY COVER | 74% | 81% | 89% | 87% | 84% | 81% | 75% | 69% | 63% | 63% | 63% | 63% | 62% | 62% | ||||
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| DEW PT | 61° | 61° | 63° | 63° | 63° | 65° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 68° | 68° | 70° | 70° | 68° | ||||
| RH | 78% | 76% | 76% | 68% | 64% | 73% | 79% | 73% | 66% | 66% | 65% | 66% | 69% | 71% | ||||
| POP 12HR | -- | -- | 12% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.09in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| SNOWFALL | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| WIND Gust(MPH) | 7 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 13 | ||||
| WIND DIR | S | S | SW | SW | S | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | W | W | W | ||||
| DEW | Lgt Dew | Lgt Dew | Lgt Dew | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| HeatIndex | 68 | 70 | 70 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 74 | 76 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 85 | 84 | 79 | ||||
| Rain Showers | -- | -- | Chance | Chance | Definite | Chance | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Chance | Likely | Chance | Chance | ||||
| Thunder Storm | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Chance | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Isolated | Scattered | Scattered | Scattered | Scattered | ||||
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| SPRAY COND |  | | |  | | | | |  | | | | | | ||||
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| LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS |  66.89 | 68.52 | 68.52 | 71.32 | 72.59 | 71.74 | 72.24 | 73.45 | 75.22 | 76.85 | 76.73 | 76.85 | 77.21 | 75.78 | ||||
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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 | 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° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 81° | -- | -- | -- | -- | 65° | -- | -- | 88° | -- | -- | 65° | 85° | -- | -- | 63° | 81° | -- | -- | 61° | 83° | -- | -- | 65° | 83° | -- |
| TEMP | 76° | 74° | 72° | 72° | 70° | 70° | 68° | 67° | 67° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 67° | 68° | 68° | 70° | 72° | 76° | 79° | 79° | 81° | 81° | 79° | 70° | 67° | 65° | 67° | 79° | 85° | 88° | 81° | 67° | 68° | 85° | 76° | 65° | 65° | 81° | 77° | 65° | 63° | 81° | 79° | 67° | 67° | 83° | 77° |
| SKY COVER | 61% | 57% | 54% | 50% | 45% | 41% | 36% | 39% | 41% | 44% | 49% | 53% | 58% | 60% | 62% | 63% | 62% | 61% | 60% | 57% | 55% | 53% | 40% | 41% | 41% | 59% | 49% | 51% | 52% | 48% | 45% | 53% | 58% | 70% | 77% | 73% | 75% | 73% | 73% | 64% | 62% | 48% | 42% | 39% | 46% | 53% | 52% |
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| DEW PT | 67° | 68° | 68° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 67° | 67° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 67° | 65° | 67° | 65° | 63° | 65° | 67° | 65° | 63° | 63° | 65° | 65° | 61° | 61° | 63° | 63° | 59° | 63° | 65° | 63° |
| RH | 76% | 84% | 87% | 87% | 89% | 93% | 96% | 96% | 100% | 100% | 96% | 99% | 92% | 86% | 86% | 83% | 76% | 71% | 64% | 62% | 60% | 60% | 66% | 86% | 92% | 96% | 93% | 67% | 51% | 50% | 57% | 86% | 87% | 54% | 66% | 93% | 93% | 60% | 64% | 86% | 89% | 54% | 58% | 76% | 86% | 54% | 59% |
| POP 12HR | 90% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 44% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 28% | -- | -- | -- | 14% | -- | -- | -- | 21% | -- | 18% | -- | 49% | -- | 51% | -- | 36% | -- | 35% | -- | 22% | -- | 18% | -- | 25% |
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | 0.08in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.07in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.03in | -- | -- | -- | 0.03in | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.01in | -- | 0.01in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| SNOWFALL | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 10 |
| WIND DIR | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | NW | N | N | NE | NE | NE | E | E | NE | NW | W | W | NW | N | SW | S | S | S | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | W | SW | SW | W | W | W | W | W | SE | SE | SW | S | S | S | SW | SW |
| HeatIndex | 76 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 76 | 79 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 79 | 70 | 67 | 65 | 67 | 82 | 88 | 91 | 82 | 67 | 68 | 87 | 76 | 65 | 65 | 83 | 77 | 65 | 63 | 83 | 81 | 67 | 67 | 84 | 77 |
| Rain Showers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Chance |
| Thunder Storm | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Chance |
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| SPRAY COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| DRY COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS | 73.73 | 72.66 | 71.06 | 71.06 | 69.32 | 69.57 | 67.80 | 66.82 | 67.00 | 65.00 | 64.86 | 64.97 | 66.64 | 67.29 | 67.29 | 68.95 | 70.26 | 73.26 | 75.00 | 74.78 | 76.12 | 76.12 | 75.22 | 69.14 | 66.64 | 64.86 | 66.68 | 75.33 | 77.94 |  79.97 | 75.75 | 66.37 | 67.34 | 78.37 | 72.78 | 64.76 | 64.76 | 76.12 | 73.40 | 64.52 | 62.75 | 75.38 | 74.33 | 65.92 | 66.37 | 76.88 | 72.90 |
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 MASON County, Kentucky
Issued at 500 AM EDT THU MAY 23 2019
...CENTRAL KENTUCKY... CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS MT STERLING* N/A 70 61 73 SW6 30.14R FLEMING/MASON* N/A 69 61 77 SW7 30.11R DANVILLE* N/A 68 59 73 S5 30.15R LEXINGTON N/A 70 58 65 S8 30.11R FRANKFORT N/A 71 60 68 S5 30.08R LOUISVILLE CLOUDY 77 62 59 SW10 30.07R LEBANON* N/A 70 59 68 S9 30.12R GLASGOW* N/A 70 56 62 CALM 30.11R BOWLING GREEN N/A 72 57 59 S5 30.10R
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 MASON County, KY
Provided by the National Weather Service:
Issued at: Thu May 23 05:05:01 EDT 2019
CLOUD COVER MCldy PCldy PCldy
PRECIP TYPE Tstms Tstms Tstms
CHANCE PRECIP (%) 90 40 30
TEMP (24H TREND) 83 (-3) 64 (-1) 83
RH % (24H TREND) 63 (+13) 100 (+18) 60
20FTWND-AM(MPH) SW 7 Lgt/Var
20FTWND-PM(MPH) SW 10 G20 W 5 Lgt/Var
PRECIP AMOUNT 0.13 0.10 0.06
PRECIP DURATION 2 1 1
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 5670 2150
TRANSPORT WND (MPH) W 26 S 6
LAL 3 3 3
HAINES INDEX 4 3 3
REMARKS...None.
.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in
the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in
the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
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 MASON County, Kentucky
500 AM EDT Thu May 23 2019
DAY ONE Today and Tonight.
Thunderstorms will move across the area this morning. Some strong
winds gusts will be possible. Additional thunderstorms will develop
this afternoon. The afternoon storms will have the potential of
producing damaging straight-line winds and large hail.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN Friday through Wednesday.
The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
Spotter activation may be required this afternoon.
Latest MASON County, Kentucky Watches, Warnings and Advisories.
Additional Drought Info.:
UKAWC Drought Page,
Kentucky Drought Watch
7-Day Forecast For MASON County, KY
TODAY
Mostly cloudy with showers with a chance of thunderstorms this morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
TONIGHT
Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Muggy. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
FRIDAY
Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Humid with highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.
FRIDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Muggy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
SATURDAY
Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
SATURDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
SUNDAY
Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
SUNDAY NIGHT
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
MEMORIAL DAY
Mostly cloudy in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
MONDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
TUESDAY
Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s.
TUESDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy. Unseasonably warm with lows in the upper 60s.
WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
