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ISSUED AT 23:00 UTC ON WEDNESDAY FEB 08 2023
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| EDT 3HR | 8P | 9P | 10P | 11P | MIDN | 1A | 2A | 3A | 4A | 5A | 6A | 7A | 8A | 9A | 10A | 11A | NOON | 1P | 2P | 3P | 4P | 5P | 6P | 7P | ||||
| MAX/MIN | 59° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 54° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 67° | ||||
| TEMP | 56° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 56° | 58° | 58° | 58° | 59° | 59° | 61° | 63° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 67° | 67° | 65° | 61° | 58° | ||||
| SKY COVER | 95% | 95% | 94% | 92% | 88% | 84% | 82% | 82% | 84% | 86% | 89% | 92% | 94% | 95% | 94% | 90% | 83% | 74% | 65% | 54% | 45% | 40% | 40% | 44% | ||||
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| DEW PT | 49° | 50° | 50° | 50° | 50° | 50° | 50° | 52° | 52° | 52° | 52° | 52° | 52° | 52° | 52° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 49° | 45° | 43° | 40° | 38° | ||||
| RH | 79% | 89% | 90% | 89% | 89% | 85% | 85% | 89% | 83% | 79% | 79% | 80% | 77% | 77% | 74% | 70% | 69% | 70% | 69% | 52% | 46% | 44% | 45% | 48% | ||||
| POP 12HR | 26% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 52% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.02in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.04in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| SNOWFALL | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 17 | ||||
| WIND Gust(MPH) | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 24 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 40 | 39 | 35 | 33 | ||||
| WIND DIR | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | W | ||||
| DEW | -- | -- | -- | -- | Mod Dew | Mod Dew | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| HeatIndex | 56 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 59 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 67 | 67 | 65 | 61 | 58 | ||||
| Snow Showers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Rain Showers | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Likely | Likely | Likely | Likely | Chance | Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
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| EDT 6HR | 8P | 9P | 10P | 11P | MIDN | 1A | 2A | 3A | 4A | 5A | 6A | 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 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 38° | -- | -- | 54° | -- | -- | -- | -- | 29° | -- | -- | 45° | -- | -- | 29° | 47° | -- | -- | 25° | 56° | -- | -- | 34° | 58° | -- | -- | 45° | 61° | -- |
| TEMP | 54° | 54° | 50° | 49° | 47° | 45° | 45° | 43° | 41° | 40° | 38° | 38° | 41° | 50° | 54° | 47° | 40° | 36° | 32° | 29° | 36° | 43° | 45° | 38° | 29° | 29° | 45° | 38° | 29° | 25° | 52° | 45° | 38° | 34° | 54° | 49° | 45° | 45° | 59° | 54° |
| SKY COVER | 48% | 52% | 55% | 58% | 60% | 61% | 62% | 62% | 62% | 63% | 64% | 67% | 57% | 75% | 73% | 62% | 69% | 58% | 57% | 57% | 57% | 20% | 16% | 31% | 56% | 68% | 18% | 15% | 25% | 30% | 22% | 37% | 58% | 54% | 74% | 85% | 82% | 75% | 69% | 55% |
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| DEW PT | 38° | 38° | 38° | 38° | 38° | 38° | 38° | 38° | 36° | 34° | 34° | 34° | 36° | 38° | 36° | 36° | 34° | 31° | 27° | 25° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 29° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 31° | 32° | 34° | 34° | 40° | 43° | 43° | 45° | 45° | 43° |
| RH | 52% | 54% | 60% | 68% | 71% | 76% | 78% | 82% | 79% | 82% | 81% | 82% | 82% | 61% | 52% | 64% | 76% | 81% | 81% | 85% | 69% | 52% | 43% | 59% | 84% | 88% | 55% | 67% | 92% | 100% | 44% | 62% | 82% | 99% | 59% | 79% | 92% | 96% | 59% | 68% |
| POP 12HR | 60% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2% | -- | -- | -- | 12% | -- | -- | -- | 13% | -- | -- | -- | 12% | -- | 21% | -- | 22% | -- | 10% | -- | 3% | -- | 15% | -- | 43% | -- | 68% | -- | 35% |
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | 0.02in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 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 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 10 |
| WIND DIR | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | NW | W | W | NW | NW | N | N | N | N | NE | NE | NE | NE | NE | N | N | NW | W | S | SW | SW | SW | S | S | SE | S | SW | SW | SW |
| HeatIndex | 54 | 54 | 50 | 49 | 47 | 45 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 40 | 50 | 54 | 47 | 36 | 30 | 26 | 21 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 31 | 21 | 21 | 39 | 31 | 22 | 19 | 52 | 40 | 32 | 29 | 54 | 49 | 45 | 45 | 59 | 54 |
| Snow Showers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Rain Showers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Likely | Chance | Slight Chance | -- |
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 40° | 40° | 39° | 36° | 36° | 35° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 35° | 30° | 26° | 21° | 29° | 38° | 40° | 32° | 21° | 22° | 40° | 32° | 22° | 18° | -- | 41° | 32° | 28° | -- | -- | 38° | 38° | -- | -- |
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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 POWELL County, Kentucky
Issued at 600 PM EST WED FEB 08 2023
NORTHEAST KENTUCKY CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS LEXINGTON CLOUDY 55 49 80 E6 30.15F COVINGTON CLOUDY 52 41 66 SE10 30.16F FRANKFORT CLOUDY 54 48 80 E7 30.14F
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 POWELL County, KY
Provided by the National Weather Service:
Issued at: Wed Feb 8 18:05:01 EST 2023
505 AM EST Wed Feb 8 2023
Today Tonight Thu
Cloud Cover Mcldy Mcldy Pcldy
Chance precip (%) 20 40 70
Precip type showers showers showers
Temp (24H TREND) 59 (-7) 51 (+6) 66
Rh % (24H TREND) 63 (+31) 93 (-4) 51
20ftwnd-AM(mph) Lgt/Var S 19-23 G42
20ftwnd-PM(mph) SE 2-6 SE 5-9 G17 SW 19-23 G43
Precip duration 1 1 2
Precip begin Continuing
Precip end 6 PM
Precip amount 0.00 0.02 0.09
LAL 1 1 1
Haines Index (MID) 3 2
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL) 1300 3500
Transport wnd (mph) SE 6 SW 40
Vent rate (kt-ft) 6500 122500
ADI Early 8 9 55
ADI Late 10 15 104
Max LVORI Early 7 5 4
Max LVORI Late 3 4 1
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 POWELL County, Kentucky
314 PM EST Wed Feb 8 2023
WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern Kentucky.
DAY ONE Tonight.
South winds of 10 to 20 mph, with gusts up to 40 mph, will occur at
times towards dawn, mainly west of I-75.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN Thursday through Tuesday.
South to southwest winds of 15 to 25 mph, with gusts of 35 to 45 mph,
will occur at times on Thursday.
There is a small potential for snow at times during the weekend,
mainly in southeast Kentucky, but any accumulation looks like it
would be very light.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
Spotter activation may be needed Thursday.
Latest POWELL County, Kentucky Watches, Warnings and Advisories.
Additional Drought Info.:
UKAWC Drought Page,
Kentucky Drought Watch
7-Day Forecast For POWELL County, KY
WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY
TONIGHT
Cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the evening, then a chance of showers overnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Temperature rising to around 60 overnight. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph overnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
THURSDAY
Cloudy with showers likely in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the afternoon. Breezy with highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
THURSDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Much cooler with lows in the upper 30s. West winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph in the evening.
FRIDAY
Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the mid 50s. West winds around 5 mph.
FRIDAY NIGHT
Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
SATURDAY
Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in the mid 40s.
SATURDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers. A slight chance of snow showers overnight. Lows in the upper 20s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
SUNDAY
Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. A slight chance of snow showers in the morning. A slight chance of rain showers. Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
SUNDAY NIGHT
Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
MONDAY
Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
MONDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 30s.
TUESDAY
Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
TUESDAY NIGHT
Showers likely. Not as cool with lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
WEDNESDAY
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
