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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 | -- | -- | 63° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 88° | ||||
| TEMP | 63° | 65° | 67° | 70° | 76° | 79° | 83° | 85° | 86° | 88° | 88° | 86° | 86° | 85° | ||||
| SKY COVER | 30% | 42% | 54% | 58% | 63% | 68% | 66% | 65% | 63% | 59% | 54% | 50% | 51% | 51% | ||||
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| DEW PT | 61° | 61° | 63° | 63° | 63° | 65° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 67° | ||||
| RH | 90% | 90% | 87% | 78% | 66% | 59% | 57% | 53% | 53% | 51% | 52% | 51% | 51% | 54% | ||||
| POP 12HR | -- | -- | 5% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| SNOWFALL | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | ||||
| WIND Gust(MPH) | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 15 | ||||
| WIND DIR | S | S | S | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | ||||
| DEW | Mod Dew | Lgt Dew | Mod Dew | Lgt Dew | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| HeatIndex | 63 | 65 | 67 | 70 | 76 | 81 | 86 | 88 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 89 | 89 | 87 | ||||
| Rain Showers | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | Chance | -- | -- | ||||
| Thunder Storm | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | Scattered | -- | -- | ||||
| Fog | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| SPRAY COND |  | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | ||||
| DRY COND |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||
| LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS |  62.77 | 64.66 | 66.41 | 68.64 | 72.78 | 74.44 | 77.28 | 78.23 |  78.97 | 80.13 | 80.29 | 78.67 | 78.67 | 78.37 | ||||
| DAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 67° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 88° | -- | -- | -- | -- | 65° | -- | -- | 88° | -- | -- | 67° | 88° | -- | -- | 65° | 85° | -- | -- | 65° | 88° | -- | -- | 67° | 85° | -- |
| TEMP | 83° | 79° | 76° | 72° | 70° | 70° | 68° | 68° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 68° | 72° | 74° | 79° | 81° | 85° | 86° | 88° | 88° | 88° | 83° | 72° | 67° | 65° | 70° | 81° | 88° | 86° | 81° | 70° | 70° | 88° | 79° | 65° | 68° | 85° | 79° | 68° | 68° | 85° | 83° | 72° | 68° | 83° | 79° |
| SKY COVER | 51% | 51% | 51% | 50% | 54% | 58% | 62% | 61% | 59% | 58% | 60% | 61% | 63% | 61% | 58% | 56% | 56% | 55% | 55% | 54% | 53% | 52% | 13% | 8% | 27% | 43% | 43% | 43% | 37% | 38% | 18% | 24% | 35% | 52% | 64% | 67% | 62% | 52% | 69% | 62% | 48% | 44% | 28% | 20% | 30% | 56% | 50% |
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| DEW PT | 67° | 67° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 67° | 67° | 68° | 70° | 70° | 68° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 70° | 67° | 65° | 65° | 67° | 70° | 67° | 67° | 65° | 63° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 67° | 65° | 63° | 63° | 65° | 67° | 63° | 63° | 63° | 63° |
| RH | 58% | 66% | 71% | 78% | 83% | 87% | 89% | 90% | 93% | 97% | 96% | 92% | 92% | 86% | 81% | 73% | 67% | 59% | 53% | 51% | 51% | 51% | 65% | 84% | 92% | 96% | 90% | 67% | 50% | 53% | 59% | 81% | 87% | 47% | 64% | 96% | 90% | 54% | 62% | 83% | 83% | 49% | 56% | 76% | 83% | 52% | 58% |
| POP 12HR | 31% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 21% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 26% | -- | -- | -- | 15% | -- | -- | -- | 20% | -- | 10% | -- | 30% | -- | 28% | -- | 25% | -- | 20% | -- | 18% | -- | 10% | -- | 22% |
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.01in | -- | -- | -- | 0.03in | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| SNOWFALL | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 8 |
| WIND DIR | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | SW | SE | S | S | S | SW | W | SW | SW | SW | SW | W | W | SW | SW | W | W | S | S | SW | SW | S | SW | SW | SW |
| HeatIndex | 85 | 79 | 76 | 72 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 72 | 74 | 79 | 85 | 88 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 87 | 72 | 67 | 65 | 70 | 85 | 91 | 90 | 83 | 70 | 70 | 90 | 79 | 65 | 68 | 87 | 82 | 68 | 68 | 87 | 86 | 72 | 68 | 84 | 81 |
| Rain Showers | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | -- | 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 | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance |
| Thunder Storm | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance |
| Fog | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Patchy | Patchy | Patchy | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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| DRY COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS | 77.41 | 75.22 | 73.26 | 70.40 | 68.95 | 69.20 | 67.44 | 67.49 | 66.68 | 66.86 | 66.82 | 66.64 | 67.60 | 70.98 | 72.41 | 76.00 | 76.97 | 79.09 | 78.97 | 80.13 | 80.13 | 80.13 | 78.34 | 70.84 | 66.64 | 64.86 | 69.38 | 76.97 | 79.97 | 78.97 | 75.99 | 68.83 | 69.20 | 79.49 | 75.00 | 64.86 | 67.49 | 78.37 | 74.78 | 67.14 | 67.14 | 77.65 | 77.14 | 70.26 | 67.14 | 76.61 | 74.33 |
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 500 AM EDT THU MAY 23 2019
NORTHEAST KENTUCKY CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS LEXINGTON FAIR 70 58 65 S8 30.11R COVINGTON CLOUDY 69 65 86 S7 30.06S FRANKFORT FAIR 71 60 68 S5 30.08R
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: Thu May 23 05:35:12 EDT 2019
535 AM EDT Thu May 23 2019
Today Tonight Fri
Cloud Cover PCldy PCldy PCldy
Chance precip (%) 30 20 30
Precip type tstms tstms tstms
Temp (24H TREND) 88 (0) 64 (-2) 87
Rh % (24H TREND) 47 (+6) 100 (+12) 51
20ftwnd-AM(mph) SW 6-10 G21 Lgt/Var
20ftwnd-PM(mph) SW 7-11 G21 W 2-6 G13 W 3-7
Precip duration 1 1 1
Precip begin
Precip end
Precip amount 0.01 0.01 0.04
LAL 3 3 3
Haines Index (MID) 3 3
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL) 6900 6400
Transport wnd (mph) W 24 W 10
Vent rate (kt-ft) 144732 60436
ADI Early 74 Good 7 Poor 39 Fair
ADI Late 86 Good 4 Very Poor 0 Very Poor
Max LVORI Early 4 5 7
Max LVORI Late 2 8 4
Remarks...None.
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
321 PM EDT Wed May 22 2019
DAY ONE Tonight.
No hazardous weather is expected at this time.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN Thursday through Tuesday.
Thunderstorms will be possible, mainly during the afternoon and
evening hours, Thursday through Tuesday. A thunderstorm or two
could produce strong gusty winds on Thursday, mainly north of the
Mountain Parkway.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
Spotter activation is not anticipated.
Latest POWELL County, Kentucky Watches, Warnings and Advisories.
Additional Drought Info.:
UKAWC Drought Page,
Kentucky Drought Watch
7-Day Forecast For POWELL County, KY
TODAY
Warm. Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
TONIGHT
Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms through the night. Patchy valley fog near dawn. Lows in the upper 60s. Light winds. Chance of rain 20 percent.
FRIDAY
Warm. Partly sunny. Patchy valley fog early. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Light winds. Chance of rain 30 percent.
FRIDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Light winds.
SATURDAY
Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds around 10 mph.
SATURDAY NIGHT
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
SUNDAY
Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s.
SUNDAY NIGHT
Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s.
MEMORIAL DAY
Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s.
MONDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
TUESDAY
Hot. Mostly sunny. Highs around 90.
TUESDAY NIGHT
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s.
