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ISSUED AT 22:00 UTC ON SATURDAY JAN 17 2026
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| EDT 3HR | 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 | ||||
| MAX/MIN | 41° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 16° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 31° | ||||
| TEMP | 34° | 34° | 32° | 31° | 29° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 18° | 20° | 22° | 23° | 25° | 27° | 29° | 29° | 31° | 29° | 27° | ||||
| SKY COVER | 81% | 86% | 89% | 92% | 91% | 90% | 89% | 85% | 81% | 80% | 69% | 35% | 38% | 43% | 39% | 51% | 41% | 41% | 29% | 17% | 14% | 11% | 8% | 13% | 18% | ||||
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| DEW PT | 25° | 25° | 25° | 22° | 22° | 18° | 16° | 16° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 7° | 7° | 7° | 7° | 7° | 7° | 7° | 9° | ||||
| RH | 68% | 68% | 71% | 71% | 74% | 68% | 65% | 65% | 64% | 64% | 67% | 68% | 70% | 67% | 67% | 62% | 56% | 50% | 45% | 43% | 38% | 37% | 37% | 40% | 43% | ||||
| POP 12HR | -- | 30% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 14% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| RAIN/SNOW (liq.equ) | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| SNOWFALL | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0in | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| WIND SPEED(MPH) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| WIND Gust(MPH) | 13 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 8 | ||||
| WIND DIR | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | SW | SW | ||||
| DEW | Frost | Frost | Frost | -- | -- | Freeze | -- | Freeze | -- | Freeze | Freeze | Freeze | Freeze | Freeze | Freeze | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| HeatIndex | 29 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 21 | ||||
| Snow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Snow Showers | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Rain | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| WIND CHILL | 29° | 29° | 27° | 25° | 23° | 21° | 22° | 19° | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11° | 14° | 15° | 15° | 17° | 20° | 22° | 22° | 25° | 23° | 21° | ||||
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| DRY COND |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||
| LIVESTOCK COLDSTRESS |  | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||
| DAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 20° | -- | -- | 31° | -- | -- | -- | -- | 9° | -- | -- | 31° | -- | -- | 16° | 47° | -- | -- | 27° | 40° | -- | -- | 20° | 45° | -- | -- | 29° | 45° | -- |
| TEMP | 25° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 20° | 22° | 29° | 31° | 22° | 18° | 13° | 9° | 9° | 16° | 27° | 31° | 22° | 16° | 18° | 43° | 38° | 31° | 27° | 36° | 29° | 22° | 20° | 43° | 36° | 31° | 29° | 41° | 34° |
| SKY COVER | 23% | 36% | 37% | 31% | 35% | 32% | 29% | 28% | 27% | 27% | 29% | 33% | 32% | 23% | 19% | 34% | 44% | 21% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 12% | 50% | 68% | 76% | 72% | 39% | 24% | 20% | 51% | 53% | 42% | 57% | 84% | 77% | 70% |
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| DEW PT | 9° | 9° | 9° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 9° | 4° | 2° | 2° | 0° | -1° | -1° | -4° | -4° | -3° | 0° | 4° | 5° | 14° | 22° | 27° | 27° | 22° | 18° | 16° | 16° | 20° | 22° | 25° | 27° | 31° | 31° |
| RH | 47% | 52% | 52% | 56% | 57% | 54% | 54% | 56% | 57% | 59% | 61% | 70% | 59% | 42% | 32% | 41% | 49% | 55% | 59% | 59% | 38% | 24% | 22% | 36% | 59% | 56% | 30% | 54% | 81% | 99% | 56% | 63% | 80% | 80% | 39% | 56% | 78% | 87% | 67% | 84% |
| POP 12HR | 0% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0% | -- | -- | -- | 2% | -- | -- | -- | 0% | -- | -- | -- | 0% | -- | 0% | -- | 5% | -- | 32% | -- | 14% | -- | 9% | -- | 17% | -- | 24% | -- | 42% |
| 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) | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| WIND DIR | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | W | W | W | W | NW | NW | W | W | W | W | SW | S | S | S | SW | SW | SW | W | W | NW | S | S | SW | S | S | SE | SE | E |
| HeatIndex | 21 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 38 | 33 | 27 | 22 | 32 | 29 | 22 | 20 | 38 | 33 | 28 | 25 | 37 | 29 |
| Snow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Snow Showers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Rain | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Chance | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Slight Chance | Chance | Chance | Chance |
| WIND CHILL | -- | 19° | 19° | 16° | 15° | 17° | 17° | 15° | 14° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 11° | 19° | 24° | 15° | 11° | -- | -- | -- | 9° | 21° | 26° | -- | -- | 10° | 37° | 34° | 26° | 22° | 31° | -- | -- | -- | 39° | 32° | -- | 24° | 36° | 29° |
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| DRY COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LIVESTOCK COLDSTRESS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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 WHITLEY County, Kentucky
Issued at 500 PM EST SAT JAN 17 2026
SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS JACKSON MOCLDY 39 24 55 W3 30.03R LONDON MOCLDY 40 26 57 W7 30.05R SOMERSET CLOUDY 39 28 65 W10 30.06R WCI 32 MIDDLESBORO CLOUDY 45 24 43 SW5 30.05S MONTICELLO CLOUDY 40 28 62 W9 30.10R WCI 34
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 WHITLEY County, KY
Provided by the National Weather Service:
Issued at: Sat Jan 17 05:05:01 PM EST 2026
605 AM EST Sat Jan 17 2026
Today Tonight Sun
Cloud Cover Mcldy Mcldy Mclear
Chance precip (%) 10 20 0
Precip type flurries flurries None
Temp (24H TREND) 38 (-8) 15 (-18) 31
Rh % (24H TREND) 68 (+40) 100 (+1) 32
20ftwnd-AM(mph) SW 5 G17 Lgt/Var
20ftwnd-PM(mph) W 5 G17 Lgt/Var Lgt/Var
Precip duration 1 1
Precip begin
Precip end
Precip amount 0.00 0.01 0.00
Mixing hgt(ft-AGL) 4600 4400
Transport wnd (mph) SW 10 W 12
Vent rate (kt-ft) 41400 44000
ADI Early 37 13 50
ADI Late 36 24 45
Max LVORI Early 8 5 3
Max LVORI Late 4 3 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 WHITLEY County, Kentucky
255 PM EST Sat Jan 17 2026
DAY ONE Tonight.
No hazardous weather is expected at this time.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN Sunday through Friday.
No hazardous weather is expected at this time.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
Latest WHITLEY County, Kentucky Watches, Warnings and Advisories.
Additional Drought Info.:
UKAWC Drought Page,
Kentucky Drought Watch
7-Day Forecast For WHITLEY County, KY
TONIGHT
Mostly cloudy. A chance of flurries and sprinkles this evening. Much colder with lows around 19. West winds around 5 mph.
SUNDAY
Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Cooler with highs in the lower 30s. West winds around 5 mph.
SUNDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY
Partly sunny. Cold with highs in the lower 30s. West winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
MONDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Colder with lows around 9 above. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT
Clear, cold. Highs in the lower 30s. Lows around 20.
WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy. Not as cool with highs in the upper 40s.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow and rain overnight. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy. Highs around 40. Lows in the lower 20s.
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s. Lows in the lower 30s.
SATURDAY
Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Highs in the mid 40s.
