1st Responders/1st Detectors/Storm Spotters Weather Summary for Hardin County, KY

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

ISSUED AT 06:00 UTC ON SATURDAY APR 20 2024
DAY SATURDAY
EDT 3HR 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10A 11A NOON 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P
MAX/MIN -- -- -- -- -- 43° -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 61°
TEMP 47° 47° 45° 45° 43° 45° 47° 52° 54° 56° 58° 58° 58° 59° 58° 58° 56°
SKY COVER 13% 11% 5% 7% 6% 7% 7% 6% 6% 4% 4% 6% 29% 48% 44% 62% 54%
Clouds
DEW PT 34° 34° 32° 32° 32° 32° 34° 34° 32° 31° 31° 29° 29° 29° 29° 29° 29°
RH 60% 60% 63% 62% 65% 62% 60% 49% 43% 38% 35% 33% 33% 32% 31% 31% 33%
POP 12HR -- -- -- -- -- 3% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) -- -- -- -- -- 0.00in -- -- -- -- -- 0.00in -- -- -- -- --
SNOWFALL -- -- -- -- -- 0in -- -- -- -- -- 0in -- -- -- -- --
WIND SPEED(MPH) 6 6 7 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 13 10 9
WIND Gust(MPH) 7 8 9 9 8 9 10 14 15 15 16 16 16 15 16 15 14
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW NW N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
DEW -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
HeatIndex 45 44 41 41 40 41 44 52 54 56 58 58 58 59 58 58 56
Rain Showers -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Thunder Storm -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
WIND CHILL -- -- 41° 42° 39° 42° -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
SPRAY COND
DRY COND
LIVESTOCK COLDSTRESS
LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS 49.60 49.60 47.81 47.88 46.04 47.88 49.60 53.91 55.50 56.95 58.29 58.29 58.29 58.93 58.30 58.30 57.03



DAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
EDT 6HR 8P 9P 10P 11P MIDN 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10A 11A NOON 1P 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° -- -- -- -- -- -- 58° -- -- -- -- 36° -- -- 65° -- -- 41° 70° -- -- 49° 65° -- -- 40° 65° -- -- 47° 68° --
TEMP 56° 52° 49° 49° 45° 45° 43° 43° 43° 41° 40° 38° 40° 43° 47° 49° 52° 54° 56° 58° 56° 47° 41° 38° 38° 54° 61° 65° 59° 45° 45° 65° 65° 56° 52° 63° 61° 49° 43° 63° 61° 52° 49° 65° 65°
SKY COVER 61% 53% 57% 57% 50% 53% 56% 60% 63% 67% 68% 68% 60% 60% 61% 61% 51% 42% 32% 24% 29% 9% 7% 2% 1% 1% 2% 2% 5% 31% 26% 61% 69% 70% 30% 32% 30% 18% 11% 21% 47% 40% 48% 64% 61%
Clouds
DEW PT 29° 29° 29° 29° 29° 29° 29° 29° 29° 29° 29° 29° 29° 29° 29° 29° 29° 31° 31° 31° 31° 29° 31° 31° 31° 34° 34° 34° 36° 34° 34° 41° 43° 45° 45° 43° 40° 38° 36° 38° 40° 38° 38° 47° 47°
RH 35% 39% 43% 45% 50% 52% 55% 57% 57% 59% 64% 69% 64% 57% 51% 46% 41% 40% 38% 35% 38% 51% 64% 73% 75% 44% 35% 31% 42% 63% 67% 41% 44% 66% 79% 45% 47% 65% 73% 41% 45% 61% 65% 53% 52%
POP 12HR 1% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0% -- -- -- 0% -- -- -- 0% -- 0% -- 14% -- 55% -- 12% -- 10% -- 10% -- 25% -- 40%
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) 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 6 6 5 2 5 6 6 6 7 13 15 15 15 14 10 9 8 9 8 7 10 10 15 15
WIND DIR NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N N N N N N N NW NW NW N N N N E W SW S S S SW SW SW W NW N NE NE E E E E SE SE
HeatIndex 56 52 47 45 43 41 40 38 39 38 37 34 35 39 43 47 52 54 56 58 56 44 38 35 36 54 61 65 59 42 38 65 65 56 52 63 61 45 38 63 61 52 45 65 65
Rain Showers -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Likely Chance -- -- -- -- -- -- Slight Chance Chance Chance Chance Chance
Thunder Storm -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Slight Chance Slight Chance -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Slight Chance Chance
WIND CHILL -- -- -- -- 42° 42° 39° 39° 39° 37° 36° 34° 36° 39° -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37° 35° -- -- -- -- -- 41° 39° -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38° -- -- -- -- -- --
SPRAY COND
DRY COND
LIVESTOCK COLDSTRESS
LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS 57.00 54.28 52.07 51.96 48.80 48.64 46.91 46.74 46.74 45.01 43.72 41.55 43.72 46.74 50.18 51.91 54.21 55.58 56.95 58.29 56.95 50.18 44.52 41.09 40.86 55.48 60.21 62.65 58.94 47.81 47.50 62.99 63.09 56.52 52.79 61.73 60.36 50.89 45.35 61.64 60.33 53.46 50.89 63.40 63.36

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NWS 48 Hr. Forecast Maps,

Regional Hourly Observations For HARDIN County, Kentucky
Issued at 200 AM EDT SAT APR 20 2024
NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  
CITY           SKY/WX    TMP DP  RH WIND       PRES   REMARKS
LOUISVILLE/SDF CLOUDY    55  34  45 NW10      30.17F                  
LOUISVILLE/LOU CLOUDY    53  36  52 CALM      30.17S                  
FORT KNOX      CLOUDY    51  37  59 NW5       30.16S                  


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 HARDIN County, KY
Provided by the National Weather Service:

Issued at: Sat Apr 20 02:05:01 EDT 2024

341 PM EDT Fri Apr 19 2024 /241 PM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024/

                      Tonight      Sat          Sat Night    Sun          

CLOUD COVER           Pcldy        Mclear       Pcldy        Pcldy        
PRECIP TYPE           None         None         None         None         
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0            0            
TEMP (24H TREND)      42 (-14)     64 (-3)      38           59           
RH % (24H TREND)      72 (-28)     32 (-24)     73           37           
20FTWND-VAL/AM(MPH)                N  6                      N  5         
20FTWND-RDG/PM(MPH)   N  6         NW  8        NW  5        N  6         
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL/MSL)             6160                      6793         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                NW 17                     N 13         
VENT RATE (KT-FT)                  101694                    84903        
DISPERSION                         Excellent                 Good         
DSI                   SLGT UNSTBL  MOD UNSTBL   MOD UNSTBL   MOD UNSTBL   
LAL                   1            1            1            1            
HAINES INDEX          4            5            4            4            
ADI EARLY             10 POOR      85 GOOD      15 GEN POOR  56 GEN GOOD  
ADI LATE              10 POOR      110 VERY GOOD7 POOR       88 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 upper 30s. Highs in the mid 60s.
Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the
lower 70s. South winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Lows in the
lower 50s. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts to around 30 mph. 
.THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the
upper 60s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. 
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Lows in the
upper 40s. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. 

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Hazardous Weather Outlook For HARDIN 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 HARDIN County, Kentucky Watches, Warnings and Advisories.
Additional Drought Info.: UKAWC Drought Page, Kentucky Drought Watch


7-Day Forecast For HARDIN County, KY

REST OF TONIGHT
Colder. Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. North winds up to 10 mph.

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

SATURDAY NIGHT
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 upper 30s. North winds up to 10 mph.

MONDAY
Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.

MONDAY NIGHT
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.

TUESDAY
Mostly 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. A 40 percent chance of rain showers in the morning. Highs in the mid 60s.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.

THURSDAY
Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.

THURSDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain showers. Lows in the upper 40s.

FRIDAY
Partly sunny. Chance of rain showers in the morning, then chance of rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 70. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

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