200  
FXUS63 KLMK 090142  
AFDLMK  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY  
942 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2025  
   
..FORECAST UPDATE
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
* FRIDAY MORNING WILL BE THE COOLEST OF THE SEASON SO FAR, WITH  
LOWS IN THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S. SOME PATCHY FROST WILL BE  
POSSIBLE IN SHELTERED, RURAL VALLEYS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND  
NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY.  
 
* DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  
 
* GRADUAL WARMING TREND POSSIBLE FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK, POSSIBLY  
SEEING HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S.  
 

 
   
UPDATE
 
 
ISSUED AT 941 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2025  
 
THINGS ARE QUIET ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH CLEAR SKIES EXPECTED  
AND LIGHT NE WINDS. EXPECTING IT TO BE PRETTY CHILLY BY SUNRISE WITH  
LOWS IN THE 40S FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE. LOW 40S EXPECTED ACROSS  
OUR NE CWA, SO MIGHT WANT TO BUNDLE UP A LITTLE EXTRA FOR THE BUS  
STOP.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/
 
 
ISSUED AT 343 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2025  
 
BKN LOW CLOUDS LINGER OVER ALBANY IN THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN PART OF  
THE FORECAST AREA, BUT OTHERWISE, CONDITIONS ARE MOSTLY SUNNY THIS  
AFTERNOON. THE LOW CLOUDS CONTINUE TO CLEAR FROM NORTH TO SOUTH IN  
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN KY. TEMPERATURES ARE RUNNING IN THE  
UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S IN MOST PLACES. BREEZY NE WINDS OF 10-20 MPH  
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET.  
 
COOL, DRY NE FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. STRONG SFC  
HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO SLIDE EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES,  
REACHING THE NORTHEAST US BY THURSDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE  
FORECAST TO RUN A BIT BELOW NORMAL DURING THIS TIME FRAME. LOWS  
TONIGHT WILL REACH THE LOW TO MID 40S. THURSDAY LOOKS SUNNY, WITH 10-  
15 MPH WINDS FROM THE NE. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID/UPPER  
60S IN SOUTHERN IN AND NORTH-CENTRAL KY, AND UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S  
IN SOUTH-CENTRAL KY.  
 
WINDS LOOK JUST A BIT LIGHTER THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE PRESSURE  
GRADIENT RELAXES. WITH CLEAR SKIES ONCE AGAIN, EXPECT LOWS FRIDAY  
MORNING IN THE MID 30S TO NEAR 40 IN SOUTHERN IN AND NORTH-CENTRAL  
KY. FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL KY, LOWS WILL BE IN THE LOW/MID 40S. FOR THE  
COOLEST SPOTS, ESPECIALLY SHELTERED RURAL VALLEYS IN THE NORTHERN  
HALF OF THE AREA, PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 343 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2025  
 
===== FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT =====  
 
STRONG SFC HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS OFF THE NORTHEAST US COAST ON  
FRIDAY. MEANWHILE, AN OCCLUDING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DROPS SOUTHEAST  
OVER LAKE SUPERIOR AND DRAGS A COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE  
MIDWEST. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SW FLOW WAA IN THE  
OHIO VALLEY.  
 
AFTER THE CHILLY START ON FRIDAY, TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE  
LOW TO MID 70S FRIDAY AFTERNOON, WHICH IS NEAR NORMAL FOR THIS TIME  
OF YEAR. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BACK INTO THE 40S EARLY SATURDAY  
MORNING. WE MAY START TO SEE AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER LATE FRIDAY  
NIGHT AHEAD OF BOUNDARY APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST.  
 
===== THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK =====  
 
THE CUTOFF LOW STALLS OVER THE GREAT LAKES THIS WEEKEND, WITH THE  
WEAK COLD FRONT WASHING OUT OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. WE MAY SEE A BRIEF  
UPTICK IN CLOUD COVER ON SATURDAY, BUT DRY WEATHER STILL LOOKS  
LIKELY DUE TO A LACK OF MOISTURE WITH THIS SYSTEM. HIGHS IN THE  
LOW/MID 70S LOOK LIKELY OVER THE WEEKEND.  
 
THE LOW TO OUR NORTH EVENTUALLY MERGES WITH A LOW OVER THE EAST  
COAST EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE ROTATING OFFSHORE. MID AND UPPER LEVEL  
RIDGING APPEARS LIKELY TO BUILD IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. MAINLY DRY  
AND WARMER CONDITIONS STILL LOOK LIKELY EARLY NEXT WEEK, THOUGH  
CONFIDENCE IS LOWER AT THIS TIME RANGE. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO NEAR  
80 WILL BE POSSIBLE.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 731 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2025  
 
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THIS FORECAST CYCLE WITH SURFACE  
HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION. LOOK FOR STEADY  
NE SURFACE WINDS THROUGH THE THE PERIOD, WITH VIRTUALLY CLOUDLESS  
SKIES. PERHAPS A FEW GUSTS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH ARE POSSIBLE  
THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON, BUT WON'T INCLUDE ANY MENTION AT THIS  
TIME AS THEY SHOULD BE MORE SPORADIC.  
 

 
   
LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
KY...NONE.  
IN...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
UPDATE...BJS  
SHORT TERM...EBW  
LONG TERM...EBW  
AVIATION...BJS  
 
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