Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
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809 FXUS63 KJKL 130534 AFDJKL AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Jackson KY 134 AM EDT Sat Jul 13 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Hotter conditions make a comeback as we move into the weekend and for next week. - The next significant chance of rain will hold off until the middle of next week. && .UPDATE... Issued at 953 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2024 We have had some persistent showers and occasional thunderstorms that have been forming along and ahead of an eastward advancing outflow boundary. Given this updated to keep PoPs going for a small portion of the areas mainly along and north of the Mountain Parkway this evening. Some of these showers are producing brief heavy rainfall of three quarters of an inch to one inch an hour rates at times. Other than the PoPs no bigger changes are needed for this update. UPDATE Issued at 713 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2024 We have had a few more showers that have develop further east than expected. This could perhaps be an additional outflow boundary that was undiagnosed. Either way opted to add in 15 or less PoP in areawide for a few hours this evening. Outside this only minor update to add in the latest obs and trends. UPDATE Issued at 551 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2024 A weak wave is noted in the mid-levels toward SE Missouri. This has helped sparked off showers and a few thunderstorms across western and central parts of Kentucky this afternoon. An outflow off these storms is noted on satellite and WSR-88D data this afternoon tracking slowly east toward parts of eastern Kentucky. This has been aiding is developing a few showers and thunderstorms at times as it tracks east. Given this opted to keep 15 or less PoP right along our CWA border through the late afternoon hours. These are expected to relent through the evening, but HRRR (which has been verifying the best lately) has this going a little longer into the evening. This trend will be monitored for future updates. Outside this is a fairly minor update. && .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Saturday night) Issued at 312 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2024 The 15Z surface analysis continues to show high pressure situated over much of the eastern CONUS. A weak surface low remains present over the Central Plains with a surface boundary extending into the Ohio Valley. In eastern Kentucky, high pressure remains dominate with mostly sunny skies. Radar has been a little active over the last hour or so with pop-up showers developing along and southwest of the Mountain Parkway. These showers pulse up quickly then dissipate. Isolated showers will be possible over the next few hours before diminishing after sunset. Aloft, a trough continues to be situated over the Great Lakes. The CWA is presently situated at the base of the trough as it continues to pivot northeastward out of the area. This trough is helping trigger the shower activity across the area today but as the trough exits and daytime heating wanes, those showers will cease to exist. For the overnight, mostly clear skies will exist and allow for radiational cooling in the river valleys. Thus allowing for the development of areas of valley fog through the early morning hours of Saturday. Saturday brings about another hot and humid day as surface high pressure remains overhead. Aloft, west to northwesterly flow will usher in a drier airmass thus limiting the potential for shower activity but cannot rule out a stray shower Saturday afternoon. Overnight Saturday brings around another mostly clear night with areas of valley fog that`ll burn of early Sunday morning. Overall, the period will be mostly dry aside from a few isolated showers or storms with passing clouds. Highs are forecast to be in the mid to upper-80s into the lower-90s today before climbing into low to mid-90s for Saturday. Overnight lows will remain mild across the area too, as lows tonight will drop into the mid to upper-60s for tonight and again Saturday night. .LONG TERM...(Sunday through Friday) Issued at 432 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2024 There is reasonable agreement among models up until about mid week. We should reside near the southern edge of the westerlies aloft on Sunday. Our surface air mass is expected to modify to dew points in the 65-70 range by then, with strong sun pushing highs to about 90 or a little warmer. The resulting forecast soundings show ample instability. The question is whether or not there will be any feature on which convection can focus. Being at the southern edge of the westerlies aloft could provide something (perhaps a MCS remnant), and a 20% POP was used. After this, the faster flow aloft retreats to our north and northeast, and with this a dry forecast was used for Monday. However, heat will remain. After this, a large scale upper trough will be dropping southeast out of Canada toward the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. It will result in geopotential height falls over our region for Tuesday, and increasing mid/upper level flow by Wednesday along with further height falls. The trough will also support a cold front which is expected to approach Tuesday night and reach KY on Wednesday. Low level flow ahead of the front will bring higher dew points off the gulf into our area. The approaching upper level trough and increasing dew points may allow for a few showers/thunderstorms on Tuesday and Tuesday night. However, the highest POP looks like Wednesday as the front arrives, and likely category was used area wide. Model agreement drops off after this point with regard to frontal progression. The 12Z run of the GFS takes the front far enough to our south to allow for dry weather here on Thursday and Thursday night. The ECMWF is slower, with precip lingering longer, especially in our southeast counties. A model blend being used will take the differences into account in its averaging. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Saturday night) ISSUED AT 134 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 2024 VFR conditions are expected to prevail. Decided to remove any mention of fog with the exception of TEMPO groups to 6SM in BR at LOZ and SME between 08z and 13z. Otherwise, next concern will be the potential for an isolated shower or thunderstorm during the afternoon Saturday, with the highest probability toward SME and LOZ. With confidence low, will keep any mention of VCSH or VCTS out of the TAFs with the 06z package, but may add it in for the 12z package if confidence increases. Cloud bases look to average between 4 kft and 5 kft during the afternoon. Light winds are expected, with the exception of a light west-northwest breeze between 5 and 8 kts developing between 15z later this morning and 01z this evening. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && $$ UPDATE...DJ SHORT TERM...VORST LONG TERM...HAL AVIATION...CMC