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FXUS63 KJKL 132107
AFDJKL
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
507 PM EDT MON APR 13 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- UNSEASONABLY WARM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT
WEEK.
- THE WARMEST DAYS ARE FORECAST TO BE TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
NEW DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE, IF NOT LIKELY,
ON THE WARMEST DAYS.
- SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING, WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF MEASURABLE RAINFALL.
- SHOWER CHANCES AND SMALL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN LATE
TONIGHT AND LINGER INTO TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS/STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN INTO THE
WEEKEND.
SHORT TERM
(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 430 PM EDT MON APR 13 2026
LATE THIS AFTERNOON, AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WAS CENTERED IN THE
EASTERN GULF AND EXTENDED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AMERICA. AN
UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS CENTERED IN THE HUDSON BAY VICINITY WHILE AN
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDED ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CONUS.
THIS PATTERN IS RESULTING IN SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS EASTERN
KY AND THE OH VALLEY REGION. AT THE SURFACE, A RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE WAS CENTERED IN PARTS OF THE ATLANTIC AND EXTENDED INTO
THE SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. SHOWERS WERE MOVING ACROSS
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA AT THIS TIME AS WELL AS OVER
ELLIOTT COUNTY. RAINFALL HAS RANGED FROM A FEW SPRINKLES OR A
TRACES IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA TO AS MUCH AS THIRD OF AN
INCH OR SO NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. TEMPERATURES AS IF 4 PM
WERE MAINLY IN THE 70S WITH A FEW 60S WHERE SOME OF THE HEAVIER
SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING.
SOUTHWEST TO WEST SOUTHWEST FLOW SHOULD DOMINATE THROUGH THE SHORT
TERM PERIOD AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING REMAINS CENTERED IN THE
EASTERN GULF INTO PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST AND THE CURRENT WESTERN
CONUS TROUGH MOVES INTO THE HIGH PLAINS AND NEARS THE CENTRAL
CONUS. THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT, AS THE DISTURBANCE THAT IS AIDING
THE SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS THE REGION MOVES EAST OF THE AREA THIS
EVENING, SHOWER CHANCES WILL DIMINISH AND LOW AND MID LEVEL
CLOUDS SHOULD THIN AT LEAST FOR A FEW HOURS IN THE EVENING TO THE
OVERNIGHT PER MODEL TIME HEIGHT SECTIONS. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR
VALLEYS TO DECOUPLE AS THE CLOUDS THIN AND A MODERATE MAGNITUDE
RIDGE/VALLEY SPLIT. LOWER 50S SHOULD OCCUR IN THE NORMALLY COLDER
VALLEYS WHILE RIDGES SETTLE NEAR 60S. IF THERE IS SUFFICIENT
CLEARING WHERE SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAIN FELL, SOME FOG COULD FORM,
BUT CONFIDENCE WAS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE AT THIS POINT GIVEN
THE RECENT DRYNESS.
ANOTHER DISTURBANCE IN SOUTHWEST FLOW BETWEEN THE UPPER RIDGE
CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN GULF TO PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST AND AN
UPPER TROUGH THAT MOVES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CONUS
SHOULD APPROACH LATE TONIGHT AND CROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY. IN
ADVANCE OF IT, AN UPTICK IN THE LLJ SHOULD OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO
EARLY ON TUESDAY. THIS COULD RESULT IN SHOWER ACTIVITY TOWARD
DAWN, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHWEST, THOUGH RECENT CAM RUNS AND HAVE
MINIMAL ACTIVITY LATE TONIGHT AND ON TUESDAY FOR THAT MATTER. THE
PAST TWO GFS RUNS HAVE MORE IN THE WAY OF ACTIVITY FOR THAT
MATTER WHILE THE ECMWF ALSO IS MORE SCANT WITH ACTIVITY. THE
NEUTRAL HEIGHT TENDENCIES IF NOT SLIGHT RISES ON TUESDAY SUPPORT
THE IDEA OF MINIMAL ACTIVITY. FOR NOW ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POPS
WERE CARRIED FOR TUESDAY. WITH LESS SHOWER ACTIVITY AND SOUTHWEST
FLOW LEADING TO WARM AIR ADVECTION, TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM
COMPARED TO TODAY WITH WIDESPREAD HIGHS IN THE 80 ANTICIPATED.
RIDGING DOMINATES FOR TUESDAY NIGHT WITHE LESS POTENTIAL FOR LOW
AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS. THIS SHOULD SUPPORT AN EVEN WIDER RIDGE
VALLEY SPLIT OF LOW TO MID 50S EASTERN/SOUTHEASTERN VALLEYS TO LOW
TO MID 60S ON RIDGETOPS AND MORE OPEN TERRAIN LOCATIONS.
LONG TERM
(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 507 PM EDT MON APR 13 2026
AN AMPLIFIED LONG WAVE PATTERN CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
A STRONG AND PERSISTENT RIDGE WILL REMAIN PLANTED FROM CENTRAL
MEXICO TO FLORIDA THROUGH EARLY THIS WEEKEND. THIS FEATURE WILL THEN
PIVOT MORE SOUTHEAST BY EARLY NEXT WEEK, AS AN ONSLAUGHT OF EASTERN
PACIFIC ENERGY THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK FINALLY DISLODGES IT. MODEL
AGREEMENT IS DECENT EARLY ON, BUT THEN BECOMES LESS, WITH GREATER
DIFFERENCES SHOWING UP BY THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
EASTERN KENTUCKY WILL CONTINUE TO FIND ITSELF UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
THE STRONG RIDGING TO OUR SOUTHEAST THROUGH SATURDAY. WELL ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES, NEARING RECORD STATUS AT TIMES, WILL REMAIN
IN PLACE. HIGHS EACH DAY WILL AVERAGE IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S,
WITH A FEW LOW 90S POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AND
FRIDAY/SATURDAY. LOWS WILL AVERAGE IN THE 50S AND 60S EACH NIGHT.
THE NEXT DECENT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL MOVE IN THURSDAY AFTERNOON
INTO THURSDAY NIGHT, AS A WELL-DEFINED SHORT WAVE TROUGH TRACKS
EAST FROM THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH THE OHIO AND
TENNESSEE VALLEYS. POPS WILL PEAK IN THE 40-60% RANGE.
UNFORTUNATELY, QPF CONTINUES TO LOOK LEAN, WITH MOST LOCATIONS
LIKELY SEEING A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS, ALTHOUGH ANY
THUNDERSTORMS COULD LOCALLY OVERACHIEVE.
A MUCH DEEPER TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM THE PLAINS TO THE EASTERN CONUS
THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, WITH A SURFACE COLD FRONT FINALLY
MAKING IT ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH. QPF COULD BE MORE SUBSTANTIAL AND
BENEFICIAL WITH THIS SYSTEM; HOWEVER, WILL AWAIT FURTHER MODEL
TRENDS BEFORE GETTING TOO OPTIMISTIC. POPS PEAK IN THE 50-60%
RANGE SATURDAY NIGHT, WITH SOME CHANCES EXTENDING INTO SUNDAY,
DEPENDING ON THE TIMING. THIS COLD FRONT WILL ALSO BRING AN END TO
THE HEATWAVE, WITH HIGHS RETREATING TO MAINLY THE 60S FOR BOTH
SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SOME FROST POTENTIAL MAY FOLLOW FOR SUNDAY
NIGHT AND PERHAPS MONDAY NIGHT IN THE VALLEYS, DEPENDING ON MODEL
TRENDS.
AVIATION
(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 235 PM EDT MON APR 13 2026
VFR PREVAILED AT TAF ISSUANCE TIME. SHOWERS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE
REGION, THOUGH THESE WERE NOT RESULTING IN REDUCTIONS BELOW VFR.
SOME GUSTS FROM THE SOUTHWEST OF 20KT WERE OCCURRING, WITH A FEW
BRIEFLY STRONGER GUSTS ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SHOWER
ACTIVITY.
SHOWERS SHOULD DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST/NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
DURING THE FIRST 6 HOURS OF THE PERIOD. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
AVERAGE BETWEEN 6 AND 13KT TO BEGIN THE PERIOD, THOUGH THESE
SHOULD DIMINISH TOWARD WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. WINDS
WILL INCREASE ALOFT AS A DISTURBANCE APPROACHES AFTER ABOUT 04Z
WHICH WILL RESULT IN A MARGINAL LLWS THREAT BETWEEN ABOUT 06Z AND
12Z. SOME SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY AFFECT LOCATIONS
NEAR AND NORTH OF I-64 INCLUDING KIOB AND KSYM PRIOR TO 12Z AS THE
DISTURBANCE APPROACHES. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD SPREAD SOUTHEAST TO
END THE PERIOD AND COULD BRING BRIEF SUB VFR REDUCTIONS. SOUTHWEST
WINDS AT 5 TO 15KT WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20KT SHOULD RETURN TO END
THE PERIOD.
JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...JP
LONG TERM...JKL
AVIATION...JP
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