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UKAWC 1st Detectors/1st Responders Precision Weather Forecast For CLARK County, Kentucky
(based on the NWS County Digital Forecast)

ISSUED AT 23:00 UTC ON FRIDAY APR 19 2024
DAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
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 67° -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40° -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 61°
TEMP 58° 56° 54° 52° 52° 49° 47° 45° 45° 43° 43° 41° 43° 47° 50° 54° 56° 58° 58° 58° 58° 58° 58° 56°
SKY COVER 56% 52% 43% 62% 64% 53% 20% 36% 20% 12% 4% 2% 7% 7% 4% 9% 5% 4% 5% 7% 32% 25% 44% 41%
Clouds
DEW PT 45° 45° 43° 40° 38° 36° 36° 34° 34° 34° 34° 32° 34° 34° 36° 34° 34° 32° 32° 32° 32° 32° 31° 31°
RH 62% 64% 66% 63% 61% 61% 65% 64% 67% 68% 69% 70% 67% 60% 56% 48% 41% 38% 37% 37% 37% 37% 37% 36%
POP 12HR 31% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) 0.00in -- -- -- -- -- 0.00in -- -- -- -- -- 0.00in -- -- -- -- -- 0.00in -- -- -- -- --
SNOWFALL 0in -- -- -- -- -- 0in -- -- -- -- -- 0in -- -- -- -- -- 0in -- -- -- -- --
WIND SPEED(MPH) 7 7 7 8 9 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 10 13 10 10 9 8
WIND Gust(MPH) 10 10 10 14 14 14 14 13 10 9 9 9 9 10 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 17 15 14
WIND DIR NW NW NW N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
DEW -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
HeatIndex 58 56 54 52 52 45 43 41 40 40 38 37 40 44 50 54 56 58 58 58 58 58 58 56
Rain Showers -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Thunder Storm -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
WIND CHILL -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 41° 41° 39° 39° 36° 39° -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
SPRAY COND
DRY COND
LIVESTOCK COLDSTRESS
LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS 58.17 56.55 54.90 53.38 53.46 51.10 49.27 47.73 47.50 45.78 45.69 43.94 45.87 49.60 52.13 55.37 56.91 58.27 58.28 58.28 58.28 58.28 58.28 56.99



DAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
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° -- -- 56° -- -- -- -- 34° -- -- 63° -- -- 40° 68° -- -- 49° 63° -- -- 38° 65° -- -- 43° 67° --
TEMP 54° 49° 47° 45° 43° 43° 40° 40° 38° 38° 38° 40° 47° 52° 54° 52° 43° 40° 36° 38° 54° 59° 61° 56° 43° 43° 65° 61° 56° 52° 61° 58° 45° 43° 61° 58° 49° 47° 63° 63°
SKY COVER 51% 48% 51% 61% 51% 52% 52% 54% 57% 59% 65% 77% 70% 65% 34% 17% 6% 5% 2% 1% 1% 2% 2% 2% 23% 20% 56% 62% 73% 58% 40% 17% 10% 11% 21% 27% 42% 39% 49% 55%
Clouds
DEW PT 31° 31° 29° 29° 29° 27° 27° 27° 27° 27° 29° 29° 31° 31° 31° 32° 31° 31° 29° 31° 34° 34° 34° 36° 34° 34° 41° 41° 43° 47° 45° 40° 36° 36° 38° 40° 36° 38° 47° 47°
RH 41% 47% 51% 55% 54% 54% 59% 62% 63% 66% 69% 64% 51% 44% 41% 48% 59% 69% 75% 75% 46% 37% 36% 47% 68% 70% 41% 47% 63% 82% 55% 52% 67% 76% 44% 48% 61% 67% 54% 55%
POP 12HR 1% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0% -- -- -- 0% -- -- -- 0% -- -- -- 0% -- 0% -- 11% -- 57% -- 23% -- 9% -- 10% -- 20% -- 36%
RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) 0.00in -- -- -- -- -- 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) 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 15 15 15 14 14 10 8 8 9 7 9 10 13 14
WIND DIR NW NW NW N N N N N N N N N N NW NW NW N N N N NE N NW SW S S SW SW SW W NW N NE E NE NE E E SE SE
HeatIndex 54 46 43 40 40 39 37 35 34 32 32 35 44 52 54 52 40 35 32 33 54 59 61 56 40 37 65 61 56 52 61 58 41 37 61 58 44 43 63 63
Rain Showers -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Chance Likely Slight Chance -- -- -- -- -- -- Slight Chance Chance Chance Chance
Thunder Storm -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Slight Chance -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Slight Chance Slight Chance
WIND CHILL -- -- -- 41° 39° 39° 36° 36° 33° 33° 33° 36° -- -- -- -- 39° 36° 31° 34° -- -- -- -- 39° 38° -- -- -- -- -- -- 41° 38° -- -- -- -- -- --
SPRAY COND
DRY COND
LIVESTOCK COLDSTRESS
LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS 55.56 51.86 50.18 48.42 47.00 47.00 44.24 43.93 42.23 41.89 41.55 43.72 50.18 54.09 55.56 53.94 46.56 43.21 39.13 40.86 55.43 58.93 60.23 56.82 45.78 45.61 62.99 60.36 56.57 52.67 60.46 58.21 47.50 45.09 60.32 58.23 51.10 49.14 61.94 61.96

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NWS 48 Hr. Forecast Maps,

Regional Hourly Observations For CLARK County, Kentucky
Issued at 800 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2024
NORTHEAST KENTUCKY
  
CITY           SKY/WX    TMP DP  RH WIND       PRES   REMARKS
LEXINGTON      CLOUDY    57  50  77 SW5       30.08F                  
COVINGTON      PTCLDY    57  37  47 NW10      30.09S                  
FRANKFORT      CLEAR     60  39  45 NW6       30.08S                  


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 CLARK County, KY
Provided by the National Weather Service:

Issued at: Fri Apr 19 20:05:01 EDT 2024


                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

CLOUD COVER           Mclear       Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        
PRECIP TYPE           None         None         None         None         
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0            0            
TEMP (24H TREND)      40 (-18)     61 (-7)      37           58           
RH % (24H TREND)      73 (-26)     34 (-23)     76           39           
20FTWND-VAL/AM(MPH)                NW  7                     Lgt/Var      
20FTWND-RDG/PM(MPH)   NW  6        NW  9        NW  6        NW  6        
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL/MSL)             6530                      6682         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                NW 18                     NW 12        
VENT RATE (KT-FT)                  110687                    66000        
DISPERSION                         Excellent                 Good         
DSI                   SLGT UNSTBL  MOD UNSTBL   VRY UNSTBL   MOD UNSTBL   
LAL                   1            1            1            1            
HAINES INDEX          5            5            4            4            
ADI EARLY             9 POOR       84 GOOD      16 GEN POOR  51 GEN GOOD  
ADI LATE              10 POOR      89 GOOD      6 VERY POOR  80 GOOD      
MAX LVORI EARLY       3            3            2            3            
MAX LVORI LATE        3            1            3            1            

REMARKS...ADI IS ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION INDEX BY LAVDAS.        
LVORI IS LOW VISIBILITY OCCURRENCE RISK INDEX.

.MONDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the mid 60s.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40. Highs around 70.
Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Lows around
50. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Highs in the mid 60s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Lows in the mid
40s. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. 

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Hazardous Weather Outlook For CLARK County, Kentucky
320 PM EDT Fri Apr 19 2024 /220 PM CDT Fri Apr 19 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 CLARK County, Kentucky Watches, Warnings and Advisories.
Additional Drought Info.: UKAWC Drought Page, Kentucky Drought Watch


7-Day Forecast For CLARK County, KY

TONIGHT
Colder. Mostly cloudy until early morning then clearing. Lows in the lower 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

SATURDAY
Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.

SATURDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

SUNDAY NIGHT
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

MONDAY
Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.

MONDAY NIGHT
Mostly clear. Lows around 40.

TUESDAY
Sunny in the morning then becoming partly sunny. Highs around 70.

TUESDAY NIGHT
Mostly cloudy with chance of rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows around 50. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.

WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Colder. Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.

THURSDAY
Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.

THURSDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s.

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny. Chance of rain showers in the morning, then chance of rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

Ag Weather Center, Department of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering, University of Kentucky