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ISSUED AT 06:00 UTC ON SATURDAY JUN 13 2026
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| EDT 3HR | 3A | 4A | 5A | 6A | 7A | 8A | 9A | 10A | 11A | NOON | 1P | 2P | 3P | 4P | 5P | 6P | 7P | ||||
| MAX/MIN | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 59° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 88° | ||||
| TEMP | 65° | 63° | 61° | 61° | 63° | 65° | 68° | 74° | 77° | 81° | 83° | 85° | 85° | 86° | 88° | 85° | 85° | ||||
| SKY COVER | 15% | 25% | 28% | 24% | 38% | 35% | 30% | 18% | 13% | 23% | 14% | 27% | 21% | 32% | 25% | 30% | 14% | ||||
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| DEW PT | 63° | 61° | 61° | 61° | 61° | 63° | 63° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 63° | 63° | 63° | 63° | 61° | 63° | 65° | ||||
| RH | 92% | 96% | 96% | 99% | 96% | 92% | 84% | 71% | 63% | 57% | 52% | 47% | 46% | 45% | 41% | 45% | 49% | ||||
| POP 12HR | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| SNOWFALL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| WIND Gust(MPH) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| WIND DIR | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | ||||
| DEW | Mod Dew | Mod Dew | Mod Dew | Mod Dew | Mod Dew | Mod Dew | Mod Dew | Lgt Dew | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| HeatIndex | 65 | 63 | 61 | 61 | 63 | 65 | 68 | 74 | 77 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 86 | 87 | ||||
| Rain Showers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Thunder Storm | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Fog | Patchy | Areas of | Areas of | Areas of | Areas of | Patchy | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| SPRAY COND |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||
| DRY COND |  | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | ||||
| LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS |  64.73 | 62.91 | 60.95 | 60.99 | 62.91 | 64.73 | 67.19 | 71.58 | 73.30 | 75.75 | 76.61 | 77.36 | 77.22 | 77.77 |  78.52 | 77.07 | 77.65 | ||||
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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 | 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° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 81° | -- | -- | -- | -- | 56° | -- | -- | 74° | -- | -- | 54° | 77° | -- | -- | 58° | 81° | -- | -- | 67° | 85° | -- | -- | 65° | 81° | -- |
| TEMP | 83° | 79° | 76° | 74° | 72° | 72° | 70° | 72° | 70° | 70° | 70° | 68° | 70° | 72° | 74° | 74° | 76° | 76° | 76° | 77° | 76° | 67° | 63° | 58° | 58° | 67° | 72° | 74° | 72° | 59° | 58° | 76° | 74° | 61° | 61° | 79° | 79° | 70° | 70° | 81° | 81° | 70° | 67° | 79° | 79° |
| SKY COVER | 16% | 16% | 17% | 34% | 60% | 66% | 75% | 71% | 82% | 75% | 61% | 63% | 67% | 70% | 69% | 67% | 66% | 58% | 61% | 41% | 44% | 46% | 51% | 44% | 44% | 47% | 43% | 37% | 37% | 48% | 29% | 29% | 10% | 30% | 33% | 34% | 39% | 48% | 61% | 55% | 50% | 55% | 48% | 49% | 31% |
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| DEW PT | 67° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 67° | 67° | 67° | 68° | 70° | 72° | 72° | 72° | 72° | 72° | 72° | 67° | 63° | 58° | 56° | 56° | 56° | 56° | 54° | 56° | 54° | 54° | 54° | 56° | 54° | 58° | 63° | 63° | 65° | 67° | 72° | 68° | 65° | 65° | 67° | 65° |
| RH | 56% | 62% | 71% | 73% | 75% | 78% | 84% | 81% | 84% | 90% | 93% | 96% | 93% | 93% | 93% | 90% | 87% | 87% | 87% | 81% | 73% | 84% | 87% | 96% | 96% | 67% | 54% | 49% | 58% | 80% | 89% | 47% | 53% | 78% | 87% | 57% | 58% | 84% | 90% | 73% | 65% | 83% | 93% | 65% | 64% |
| POP 12HR | 0% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 64% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 93% | -- | -- | -- | 4% | -- | -- | -- | 1% | -- | 5% | -- | 2% | -- | 8% | -- | 17% | -- | 48% | -- | 55% | -- | 55% | -- | 44% |
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.15in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.11in | -- | 0.10in | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.00in | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| SNOWFALL | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| WIND DIR | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | W | W | NW | NW | N | N | N | N | NW | NW | NW | N | N | W | W | S | S | SW | S | S | SW | SW | W | W | SW | W | W |
| HeatIndex | 86 | 79 | 76 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 67 | 63 | 58 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 59 | 58 | 76 | 74 | 61 | 61 | 79 | 79 | 70 | 70 | 85 | 85 | 70 | 67 | 79 | 79 |
| Rain Showers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Likely | Likely | Likely | Likely | Slight Chance | Chance | Likely | Chance | -- | Definite | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Likely | Chance | Likely | Chance | Chance | Chance |
| Thunder Storm | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Chance | Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | -- | Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Chance | Slight Chance | -- | -- | Chance | -- |
| Fog | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| WIND CHILL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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| DRY COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LIVESTOCK HEATSTRESS | 77.14 | 74.78 | 73.26 | 71.74 | 70.19 | 70.40 | 69.01 | 70.62 | 69.01 | 69.38 | 69.57 | 67.80 | 69.57 | 71.49 | 73.41 | 73.16 | 74.77 | 74.77 | 74.77 | 75.10 | 73.45 | 66.28 | 62.70 | 58.02 | 58.02 | 65.51 | 68.66 | 69.74 | 68.95 | 58.98 | 58.05 | 70.99 | 70.07 | 60.73 | 60.84 | 74.22 | 74.33 | 69.01 | 69.38 | 77.70 | 76.73 | 68.95 | 66.68 | 75.11 | 75.00 |
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 200 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 2026
NORTHEAST KENTUCKY CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS LEXINGTON PTCLDY 66 64 93 CALM 30.05S COVINGTON CLEAR 65 58 78 NW3 30.04S FRANKFORT N/A N/A N/A N/A MISG 30.04S
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: Sat Jun 13 02:05:01 AM EDT 2026
520 AM EDT Fri Jun 12 2026
Today Tonight Sat
Cloud Cover Pcldy Mclear Mclear
Chance precip (%) 50 0 0
Precip type tstms None None
Temp (24H TREND) 85 (-5) 57 (-14) 86
Rh % (24H TREND) 54 (+1) 100 (+7) 36
20ftwnd-AM(mph) W 7 G20 Lgt/Var
20ftwnd-PM(mph) W 7 G17 Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
Precip duration 1
Precip begin
Precip end
Precip amount 0.03 0.00 0.00
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL) 5000 5400
Transport wnd (mph) W 17 SW 5
Vent rate (kt-ft) 75000 21600
ADI Early 66 4 21
ADI Late 60 4 32
Max LVORI Early 4 6 7
Max LVORI Late 3 9 2
Remarks...ADI is Atmospheric Dispersion Index by Lavdas.
LVORI is Low Visibility Occurrence Risk Index.
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
1025 PM EDT Fri Jun 12 2026
DAY ONE Tonight.
No hazardous weather is expected at this time.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN Saturday through Thursday.
There is a chance for thunderstorms at times from Saturday night
through Sunday evening, and again from Wednesday through Thursday.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
Latest POWELL County, Kentucky Watches, Warnings and Advisories.
Additional Drought Info.:
UKAWC Drought Page,
Kentucky Drought Watch
7-Day Forecast For POWELL County, KY
REST OF TONIGHT
Mostly clear. Areas of valley fog. Cooler with lows in the lower 60s. Light and variable winds.
SATURDAY
Areas of valley fog early. Partly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 80s. Light and variable winds.
SATURDAY NIGHT
Mostly clear in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight. Humid with lows in the upper 60s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain 50 percent.
SUNDAY
Patchy valley fog early. Showers likely in the morning, then showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Humid with highs around 80. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
SUNDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Cooler with lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 50 percent.
MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s. Lows in the upper 50s.
WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
THURSDAY THROUGH JUNETEENTH
Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
