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ISSUED AT 18:00 UTC ON SATURDAY JUL 20 2019
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| CDT 3HR | 2P | 3P | 4P | 5P | 6P | |||||
| MAX/MIN | -- | -- | -- | -- | 92° | |||||
| TEMP | 90° | 92° | 92° | 90° | 86° | |||||
| SKY COVER | 49% | 52% | 55% | 45% | 36% | |||||
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| DEW PT | 76° | 74° | 74° | 74° | 74° | |||||
| RH | 64% | 57% | 57% | 61% | 67% | |||||
| POP 12HR | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| SNOWFALL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||
| WIND Gust(MPH) | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||||
| WIND DIR | S | S | S | S | SW | |||||
| DEW | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| HeatIndex | 101 | 103 | 103 | 100 | 96 | |||||
| Rain Showers | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | |||||
| Thunder Storm | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | |||||
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
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| DRY COND |  | | | | | |||||
| LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS |  83.82 | 84.15 | 84.15 |  83.31 | 81.06 | |||||
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| CDT 6HR | 7P | 8P | 9P | 10P | 11P | MIDN | 1A | 2A | 3A | 4A | 5A | 6A | 7A | 8A | 9A | 10A | 11A | NOON | 1P | 2P | 3P | 4P | 5P | 6P | 7P | 8P | 9P | 10P | 11P | MIDN | 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 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 72° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 86° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 72° | -- | -- | 83° | -- | -- | 63° | 79° | -- | -- | 58° | 81° | -- | -- | 59° | 83° | -- | -- | 63° | 85° | -- |
| TEMP | 83° | 81° | 79° | 76° | 76° | 74° | 74° | 74° | 72° | 72° | 72° | 74° | 74° | 76° | 79° | 81° | 85° | 85° | 86° | 85° | 85° | 83° | 83° | 83° | 83° | 81° | 79° | 76° | 76° | 76° | 76° | 72° | 76° | 76° | 83° | 83° | 79° | 67° | 65° | 77° | 76° | 61° | 61° | 79° | 77° | 63° | 61° | 81° | 77° | 65° | 65° | 85° | 81° |
| SKY COVER | 27% | 28% | 30% | 31% | 33% | 35% | 36% | 42% | 47% | 52% | 58% | 63% | 69% | 70% | 71% | 71% | 72% | 73% | 74% | 74% | 73% | 73% | 73% | 72% | 72% | 56% | 55% | 55% | 56% | 57% | 57% | 67% | 74% | 80% | 83% | 81% | 82% | 78% | 61% | 33% | 14% | 4% | 8% | 11% | 8% | 4% | 6% | 14% | 9% | 5% | 11% | 25% | 34% |
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| DEW PT | 74° | 74° | 74° | 72° | 72° | 72° | 72° | 72° | 72° | 72° | 70° | 72° | 74° | 74° | 74° | 74° | 74° | 74° | 74° | 74° | 74° | 74° | 74° | 74° | 74° | 74° | 74° | 74° | 74° | 74° | 74° | 72° | 72° | 74° | 74° | 72° | 72° | 67° | 63° | 61° | 59° | 56° | 58° | 58° | 59° | 58° | 58° | 59° | 61° | 61° | 61° | 63° | 65° |
| RH | 77% | 79% | 84% | 87% | 90% | 93% | 93% | 93% | 96% | 96% | 93% | 93% | 97% | 90% | 87% | 79% | 71% | 70% | 67% | 69% | 72% | 74% | 74% | 71% | 74% | 79% | 87% | 93% | 96% | 96% | 93% | 96% | 90% | 90% | 76% | 72% | 79% | 99% | 93% | 57% | 57% | 83% | 89% | 50% | 53% | 86% | 90% | 47% | 57% | 84% | 86% | 47% | 56% |
| POP 12HR | 21% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 21% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 33% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 52% | -- | -- | -- | 83% | -- | 55% | -- | 11% | -- | 2% | -- | 2% | -- | 0% | -- | 1% | -- | 0% | -- | 3% |
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | 0.02in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.07in | -- | 0.43in | -- | 0.61in | 0.09in | 0.01in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| SNOWFALL | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | 0in | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| WIND DIR | S | S | S | S | SW | S | S | S | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | S | S | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | W | SW | SW | N | N | NE | NE | N | NE | NE | NE | NE | E | NE | NE | NE | E | E | S | S |
| HeatIndex | 90 | 86 | 79 | 76 | 76 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 76 | 79 | 88 | 93 | 95 | 96 | 95 | 93 | 92 | 92 | 91 | 89 | 86 | 79 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 72 | 76 | 76 | 90 | 88 | 79 | 67 | 65 | 77 | 76 | 61 | 61 | 79 | 77 | 63 | 61 | 82 | 77 | 65 | 65 | 85 | 83 |
| Rain Showers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Likely | Likely | Definite | Definite | Likely | Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Thunder Storm | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Likely | Likely | Definite | Definite | Likely | Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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| LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS | 79.94 |  78.44 | 77.22 | 74.77 | 75.05 | 73.41 | 73.41 | 73.41 | 71.71 | 71.71 | 71.49 | 73.41 | 73.75 | 75.05 | 77.56 | 78.44 | 80.82 | 80.68 | 81.06 | 80.53 | 80.97 | 79.54 | 79.54 | 79.14 | 79.54 | 78.44 | 77.56 | 75.34 | 75.62 | 75.62 | 75.34 | 71.71 | 75.05 | 75.05 | 79.81 | 79.27 | 76.67 | 66.95 | 64.76 | 72.70 | 71.93 | 60.79 | 60.87 | 73.44 | 72.30 | 62.68 | 60.88 | 74.53 | 72.70 | 64.45 | 64.52 | 77.36 | 75.63 |
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 200 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2019
WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS PADUCAH FAIR 90 74 59 S9 29.98R HX 99 HENDERSON FAIR 89 78 70 S8 29.98F HX 103 OWENSBORO FAIR 90 78 68 S12 29.99S HX 104 HOPKINSVILLE FAIR 89 75 62 SW9 30.01S HX 99 BOWLING GREEN FAIR 91 75 59 SW8 30.01F HX 101 GLASGOW PTSUNNY 91 74 57 SW7 30.01F HX 100
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: Sat Jul 20 14:05:01 EDT 2019
310 AM EDT Sat Jul 20 2019 /210 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2019/
Today Tonight Sun
CLOUD COVER Mclear Pcldy Pcldy
PRECIP TYPE None None Tstms
CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 0 40
TEMP (24H TREND) 90 (-1) 73 (0) 89
RH % (24H TREND) 54 (-6) 98 (-2) 65
20FTWND-VAL/AM(MPH) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
20FTWND-RDG/PM(MPH) Lgt/Var Lgt/Var SW 5
PRECIP AMOUNT 0.00 0.00 0.01
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL/MSL)5570 5536
TRANSPORT WND (MPH) SW 8 SW 9
VENT RATE (KT-FT) 50130 53500
DISPERSION Good Good
DSI SLGT UNSTBL SLGT UNSTBL SLGT UNSTBL
LAL 2 3 3
HAINES INDEX 3 3 3
ADI EARLY 33 FAIR 4 VERY POOR 26 FAIR
ADI LATE 34 FAIR 2 VERY POOR 28 FAIR
MAX LVORI EARLY 9 6 7
MAX LVORI LATE 2 7 3
REMARKS...ADI IS ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION INDEX BY LAVDAS.
LVORI IS LOW VISIBILITY OCCURRENCE RISK INDEX.
.MONDAY...Showers likely and slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows
in the lower 70s. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds around
5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs around 80.
North winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the
lower 80s. Northeast winds up to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Highs in the mid 80s.
Northeast winds up to 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid
80s. West winds up to 5 mph.
SPC's Fire Weather Web Tool (Excellent!), SPC's Fire Weather Outlooks, NWS Fire Weather WEB, Fire Danger Class Map,
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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
323 AM EDT Sat Jul 20 2019 /223 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2019/
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/
SUNDAY
This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central
Indiana and Central Kentucky.
DAY ONE Today and Tonight.
Very hot and humid conditions will push heat index readings over 100
degrees this afternoon. See Excessive Heat Warning for additional
details.
Isolated thunderstorms will be possible across south-central Kentucky
this afternoon. The main threats with the storms will be gusty winds
and locally heavy rainfall.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN Sunday through Friday.
A cold front will move through the region late Sunday night into
Monday bringing a round of storms. Some of those storms could be
strong with torrential rainfall and gusty winds being the main
threats.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
Spotter activation is not anticipated 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
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY
THIS AFTERNOON
Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
TONIGHT
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds up to 5 mph.
SUNDAY
Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
SUNDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
MONDAY
Showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
MONDAY NIGHT
Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
TUESDAY
Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
TUESDAY NIGHT
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
THURSDAY
Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
THURSDAY NIGHT
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
FRIDAY
Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
