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ISSUED AT 03:00 UTC ON SATURDAY MAY 11 2024
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| CDT 3HR | 11P | MIDN | 1A | 2A | 3A | 4A | 5A | 6A | 7A | 8A | 9A | 10A | 11A | NOON | 1P | 2P | 3P | 4P | 5P | 6P | |||||
| MAX/MIN | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 50° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 74° | |||||
| TEMP | 56° | 56° | 54° | 54° | 52° | 52° | 52° | 52° | 54° | 56° | 61° | 65° | 67° | 70° | 72° | 72° | 72° | 74° | 72° | 72° | |||||
| SKY COVER | 15% | 23% | 31% | 21% | 16% | 16% | 17% | 20% | 28% | 36% | 38% | 36% | 32% | 38% | 39% | 30% | 23% | 16% | 7% | 14% | |||||
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| DEW PT | 49° | 49° | 49° | 49° | 49° | 49° | 49° | 49° | 49° | 52° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 52° | 50° | 49° | 49° | 47° | |||||
| RH | 77% | 80% | 83% | 86% | 86% | 86% | 86% | 89% | 86% | 83% | 74% | 65% | 60% | 55% | 53% | 50% | 45% | 42% | 44% | 42% | |||||
| POP 12HR | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| SNOWFALL | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 | |||||
| WIND Gust(MPH) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 16 | |||||
| WIND DIR | W | W | W | W | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | W | W | W | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | |||||
| DEW | -- | -- | Lgt Dew | Lgt Dew | Lgt Dew | Lgt Dew | Lgt Dew | Lgt Dew | Lgt Dew | Lgt Dew | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| HeatIndex | 56 | 56 | 54 | 54 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 61 | 65 | 67 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 72 | |||||
| Rain Showers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| Thunder Storm | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| SPRAY COND |  | | | | | | | | |  | | |  | | | | | | | | |||||
| DRY COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
| LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS |  56.35 | 56.31 | 54.45 | 54.37 | 52.52 | 52.52 | 52.52 | 52.41 | 54.37 | 56.26 | 60.69 | 63.81 | 65.20 | 67.23 | 68.59 | 68.37 | 68.01 | 69.15 | 67.93 | 67.79 | |||||
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| CDT 6HR | 7P | 8P | 9P | 10P | 11P | MIDN | 1A | 2A | 3A | 4A | 5A | 6A | 7A | 8A | 9A | 10A | 1P | 4P | 7P | 10P | 1A | 4A | 7A | 10A | 1P | 4P | 7P | 1A | 7A | 1P | 7P | 1A | 7A | 1P | 7P | 1A | 7A | 1P | 7P | 1A | 7A | 1P | 7P |
| MAX/MIN | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 49° | -- | -- | -- | -- | 76° | -- | -- | -- | -- | 56° | -- | -- | 74° | -- | -- | 61° | 74° | -- | -- | 61° | 74° | -- | -- | 58° | 77° | -- | -- | 61° | 76° | -- |
| TEMP | 68° | 63° | 61° | 58° | 58° | 56° | 54° | 52° | 50° | 50° | 49° | 49° | 52° | 56° | 63° | 67° | 72° | 76° | 72° | 63° | 58° | 58° | 58° | 67° | 72° | 70° | 67° | 63° | 63° | 70° | 70° | 63° | 61° | 70° | 70° | 61° | 59° | 74° | 72° | 65° | 65° | 72° | 72° |
| SKY COVER | 13% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 8% | 12% | 16% | 20% | 9% | 5% | 21% | 43% | 63% | 67% | 66% | 75% | 80% | 77% | 81% | 86% | 77% | 67% | 70% | 72% | 66% | 50% | 37% | 22% | 38% | 56% | 67% | 71% | 61% | 51% | 45% |
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| DEW PT | 49° | 47° | 47° | 47° | 45° | 45° | 45° | 43° | 43° | 43° | 43° | 45° | 45° | 47° | 49° | 49° | 49° | 49° | 54° | 52° | 49° | 49° | 52° | 56° | 58° | 58° | 58° | 59° | 61° | 63° | 61° | 59° | 58° | 61° | 59° | 56° | 58° | 61° | 61° | 61° | 63° | 63° | 59° |
| RH | 48% | 58% | 62% | 66% | 63% | 66% | 71% | 71% | 76% | 76% | 79% | 83% | 80% | 72% | 58% | 52% | 42% | 40% | 54% | 67% | 71% | 74% | 77% | 65% | 61% | 68% | 69% | 86% | 90% | 78% | 73% | 86% | 89% | 70% | 68% | 83% | 92% | 64% | 68% | 86% | 93% | 70% | 65% |
| POP 12HR | 9% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0% | -- | -- | -- | 0% | -- | -- | -- | 46% | -- | 81% | -- | 89% | -- | 58% | -- | 37% | -- | 10% | -- | 36% | -- | 49% | -- | 48% |
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.02in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| SNOWFALL | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 14 |
| WIND DIR | NW | NW | NW | W | W | NW | NW | W | W | W | W | SW | SW | SW | W | W | W | SW | S | SE | SE | SE | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | SW | W | NW | N | N | E | E | S | S | S | S | SW | W |
| HeatIndex | 68 | 63 | 61 | 58 | 58 | 56 | 54 | 52 | 50 | 50 | 47 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 63 | 67 | 72 | 76 | 72 | 63 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 67 | 63 | 63 | 70 | 70 | 63 | 61 | 70 | 70 | 61 | 59 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 65 | 72 | 72 |
| Rain Showers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Chance | Chance | Likely | Definite | Likely | Definite | Likely | Chance | Chance | Chance | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance |
| Thunder Storm | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | Chance | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance |
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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| DRY COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS | 65.37 | 62.03 | 60.54 | 58.15 | 58.16 | 56.52 | 54.77 | 53.08 | 51.16 | 51.16 | 50.13 | 49.92 | 52.75 | 56.43 | 62.03 | 64.84 | 67.79 | 70.32 | 68.66 | 62.24 | 58.13 | 58.11 | 58.10 | 65.42 | 69.17 | 68.03 | 65.60 | 62.68 | 62.77 | 68.64 | 68.34 | 62.68 | 60.87 | 68.15 | 68.03 | 60.79 | 58.99 | 70.99 | 69.68 | 64.52 | 64.76 | 69.82 | 69.46 |
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 SIMPSON County, Kentucky
Issued at 1100 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2024
WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS PADUCAH CLEAR 58 53 84 CALM 29.95R HENDERSON CLEAR 57 54 89 S3 29.94R OWENSBORO CLEAR 59 52 77 W3 29.94R HOPKINSVILLE CLEAR 59 53 78 CALM 29.94R BOWLING GREEN CLEAR 58 50 75 W3 29.94R GLASGOW CLEAR 54 54 100 CALM 29.93S
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 SIMPSON County, KY
Provided by the National Weather Service:
Issued at: Fri May 10 23:05:01 EDT 2024
411 AM EDT Fri May 10 2024 /311 AM CDT Fri May 10 2024/
Today Tonight Sat
CLOUD COVER Pcldy Mclear Mclear
PRECIP TYPE None None Showers
CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 0 0
TEMP (24H TREND) 69 (-10) 49 (-6) 74
RH % (24H TREND) 47 (-10) 95 (+2) 37
20FTWND-VAL/AM(MPH) N 7 SW 6
20FTWND-RDG/PM(MPH) N 7 Lgt/Var NW 9
PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.00
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL/MSL)6483 8491
TRANSPORT WND (MPH) N 15 NW 23
VENT RATE (KT-FT) 94620 176064
DISPERSION Good Excellent
DSI SLGT UNSTBL SLGT UNSTBL SLGT UNSTBL
LAL 1 1 1
HAINES INDEX 3 4 4
ADI EARLY 58 GEN GOOD 5 VERY POOR 103 VERY GOOD
ADI LATE 81 GOOD 4 VERY POOR 113 VERY GOOD
MAX LVORI EARLY 4 4 6
MAX LVORI LATE 1 6 1
REMARKS...ADI IS ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION INDEX BY LAVDAS.
LVORI IS LOW VISIBILITY OCCURRENCE RISK INDEX.
.SUNDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. South
winds around 5 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Showers and chance of thunderstorms. Lows around 60.
Highs in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to
10 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 SIMPSON County, Kentucky
306 PM EDT Fri May 10 2024 /206 PM CDT Fri May 10 2024/
DAY ONE Tonight.
No hazardous weather is expected at this time.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN Saturday through Thursday.
No hazardous weather is expected at this time.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
Latest SIMPSON County, Kentucky Watches, Warnings and Advisories.
Additional Drought Info.:
UKAWC Drought Page,
Kentucky Drought Watch
7-Day Forecast For SIMPSON County, KY
TONIGHT
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west after midnight.
SATURDAY
Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
SATURDAY NIGHT
Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
SUNDAY
Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds around 5 mph.
SUNDAY NIGHT
Mostly clear in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds around 5 mph.
MONDAY
Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s.
MONDAY NIGHT
Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then showers and slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
TUESDAY
Showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
TUESDAY NIGHT
Showers and chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely and chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s.
THURSDAY
Mostly sunny. Slight chance of rain showers in the morning, then chance of rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
THURSDAY NIGHT
Mostly cloudy with chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
FRIDAY
Partly sunny. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
