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Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
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238 FXUS63 KJKL 021503 AAB AFDJKL AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED National Weather Service Jackson KY 1103 AM EDT Tue Jul 2 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Temperatures and humidity will return to uncomfortable summertime levels this week. - Dry weather lasts through Wednesday, then the potential for showers and thunderstorms returns by Thursday, Independence Day, and lasts into the weekend. The highest probability of rain is on Thursday and Friday. && .UPDATE... Issued at 1103 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2024 Hourly grids were freshened up based on satellite trends as well as trends in observations. Temperatures as of 11 AM were already nearing observed highs from Monday. With return flow around high pressure well underway, a warmer and more moist airmass is being advected into the region and highs this afternoon should average 10 degrees warmer than Monday. UPDATE Issued at 712 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2024 Have rerun hourly temps for the day using 6 AM obs as mins. Have also used satellite obs and latest NAM to update the timing of scattered low clouds moving north into the area this morning. && .SHORT TERM...(Today through Wednesday) Issued at 429 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2024 A large area of surface high pressure centered over the northeast CONUS early this morning has been supplying our cool air mass (by summertime standards), but is weakening and moving away to the east. Warm air advection on the back side of the departing high will bring an end to our reprieve from summer heat. Moisture will also increase. This is already resulting in some clouds in the 5-7K ft level early this morning, mainly over the Cumberland Basin. The low clouds (mainly scattered) will spread over the area and persist to some extent through the short term period. However, the ridging aloft will largely inhibit precip and should allow enough sunshine for temperatures to jump to what will become uncomfortable levels when the humidity is considered. Isolated thunderstorms can`t be ruled out north of I-64 by Wednesday evening as a broad northern CONUS trough begins to suppress the ridge southward and allows a cold front to approach. .LONG TERM...(Wednesday night through Monday) Issued at 338 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2024 An active forecast period is expected as multiple disturbances are expected to move across the area. At the start of the forecast period, an upper-level shortwave is forecast to be tracking across southern Canada with a surface low and associated cold front moving through the Great Lakes. The aforementioned cold front will be on the doorstep of the CWA at the start of the forecast period with increasing showers and storms Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Upper-level flow is forecast to outrun the front thus leaving a stationary boundary draped across the CWA. To the west, another shortwave is forecast to develop over the mid-Mississippi Valley with surface cyclogenesis occurring. Models are in agreement with this low moving northeast into the Great Lakes while dragging a cold front through the Commonwealth beginning early Friday morning and persisting through the day Friday before the front slowly exits by Saturday afternoon. Between the two fronts moving through the area, forecast QPF through 00Z Sunday is expected to range from over an inch in the Bluegrass to two-thirds of an inch near the KY/VA/TN state line. High pressure builds into the region for Sunday into Monday before another upper-level shortwave brings another front through the area beginning Monday afternoon and continue through the end of the forecast period. Overall, the period will highlighted with periods of showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures will return to more seasonal ranges as daytime highs in the mid-80s to low-90s and overnight lows ranging from the upper-50s to upper-60s. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Wednesday morning) ISSUED AT 712 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2024 Some limited valley fog is present in southeast KY early this morning, but is not affecting any reporting airports. A bit of valley fog is forecast again tonight in the deepest valleys, but should not affect TAF sites. Outside of fog, VFR conditions are expected through the period. Winds will be less than 10 kts. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && $$ UPDATE...JP SHORT TERM...HAL LONG TERM...VORST AVIATION...HAL