993  
FXUS63 KJKL 120943  
AFDJKL  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
443 AM EST TUE NOV 12 2024  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
 
- A COLD FRONT WILL INCREASE CHANCES FOR RAIN FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
TO THURSDAY EVENING.  
 
- TEMPERATURES WILL BE BE A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL TUESDAY  
THROUGH FRIDAY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WEDNESDAY.  
 

 
   
UPDATE
 
 
ISSUED AT 1230 AM EST TUE NOV 12 2024  
 
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FORECAST WITH JUST THE INCLUSION OF  
THE LATEST OBS AND TRENDS FOR THE T/TD/SKY GRIDS FOR THE UPDATE.  
THESE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE NDFD AND WEB SERVERS  
ALONG WITH A FRESHENING OF THE ZONES AND SAFS.  
 
UPDATE ISSUED AT 1007 PM EST MON NOV 11 2024  
 
NOT MANY CHANGES MADE TO THE GRIDS AS THEY'VE BEEN LARGELY ON  
TRACK. JUST A FEW TOUCH-UPS BASED ON THE LATEST SURFACE  
OBSERVATIONS AND UPDATES TO SKY GRIDS BASED ON LATEST SATELLITE  
IMAGERY. LASTLY, UPDATED EVENING TEXT AND RADIO PRODUCTS BASED ON  
THE CHANGES. GRIDS HAVE BEEN SAVED AND SENT.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM
 
(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 413 PM EST MON NOV 11 2024  
 
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AT THE AXIS OF N UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDED  
FROM THE HUDSON BAY REGION TO THE NORTHEASTERN CONUS TO THE  
CAROLINAS. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH/UPPER LOW MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER  
LEVEL TROUGH WAS OVER THE LOWER ST LAWRENCE VALLEY HEADED TO THE  
MARITIMES WHILE ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH/UPPER LOW WAS WORKING  
INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WAS CENTERED  
FROM MEXICO INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WITH RIDGING NORTH  
THROUGH TX TO THE DAKOTAS WHILE A TROUGH WAS WORKING INTO THE  
WESTERN CONUS. AT THE SURFACE, THE FRONT THAT CROSSES THE REGION  
LAST NIGHT INTO THIS MORNING WAS WORKING ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS  
WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE HAVING NOSED INTO THE LOWER OH  
VALLEY FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. ANOTHER SFC LOW WAS MOVING FROM  
ONTARIO INTO QUEBEC WITH THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT NEARING THE  
LOWER OH VALLEY FROM THE MID MS VALLEY. A SFC RIDGE HIGH PRESSURE  
WAS IN PLACE FROM MANITOBA AND WESTERN ONTARIO INTO THE DAKOTAS  
AND UPPER MS VALLEY. DRIER AIR HAS MOVED INTO EASTERN KY BEHIND  
THE FIRST COLD FRONT WITH CURRENT DEWPOINTS GENERALLY RANGING  
THROUGH THE 40S THOUGH AFTERNOON MIXED DEWPOINTS IN SOME CASES  
WERE IN THE UPPER 30S.  
 
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY, THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH NEARING THE EASTERN  
GREAT LAKES AT PRESENT WILL ROTATE INTO THE NORTHEAST AND THEN TO  
THE MARITIMES TO WESTERN ATLANTIC WITH THE AXIS OF THE MEAN UPPER  
LEVEL TROUGH ALSO WORKING WELL EAST OF EASTERN KY. MEANWHILE, THE  
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO THE WEST WILL WORK EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS  
AND BUILD INTO THE MS VALLEY AND THEN TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES  
TO THE LOWER OH VALLEY TO THE GULF OF MEXICO. TO THE WEST, AN  
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL WORK DEEPER INTO THE WESTERN CONUS AND  
THEN TO THE ROCKIES. TUESDAY NIGHT, THE AXIS OF THE UPPER LEVEL  
RIDGE WILL SHIFT TO A JAMES BAY TO EASTERN GREAT LAKES TO  
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TO EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO LINE. AT THE  
SURFACE, THE UPSTREAM COLD FRONT WILL DROP TO NEAR THE OH RIVER  
DURING THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PART OF THE EVENING AND INTO EASTERN  
KY LATE IN THE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS BOUNDARY  
SHOULD SAG SOUTH OF EASTERN KY BY DAWN AS SFC HIGH PRESSURE  
BUILDING EAST ACROSS ONTARIO AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND INTO THE  
LOWER TO MIDDLE OH VALLEY AND EASTERN KY. THIS BOUNDARY WILL  
BECOME MORE DIFFUSE ON TUESDAY AS IT SAGS FURTHER SOUTH AS HIGH  
PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT DOMINATES WITH RISING HEIGHTS  
EXPECTED AT 500 MB. HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL  
CONTINUE TO DOMINATE ON TUESDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS BOTH SHIFT EAST.  
BEHIND THE BOUNDARY TONIGHT, PW IS PROGGED TO FALL TO THE 0.2 TO  
0.3 INCH RANGE IF NOT SLIGHTLY LOWER, OR CLIMATOLOGICALLY BELOW  
THE 10TH PERCENTILE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, WITH ONLY A MODEST  
INCREASE IN PW TO ABOUT 0.2 TO 0.4 BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. 850 MB  
TEMPERATURE, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH AND EAST WILL BE A COUPLE OF  
DEGREES COLDER ON AVERAGE COMPARED TO TODAY.  
 
THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT MAY BRING A BIT OF AN INCREASE IN MIXINESS  
AS IT PASSES SO THE TIMING AND INTENSITY OF FOG FORMATION IN  
DEEPER VALLEYS IS UNCERTAIN. IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE A BIT OF  
INCREASE IN MOISTURE GENERALLY BELOW 850 MB AS THE FRONT PASSES SO  
A FEW TO SCATTERED LOW TO MID LEVEL CLOUDS CANNOT BE RULED OUT.  
OTHERWISE, ANY LINGERING CLOUDS AND VALLEY FOG SHOULD LIFT AND  
MIX ON TUESDAY MORNING AND GIVE WAY TO MOSTLY SUNNY TO SUNNY  
SKIES. UNDER HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTING EASTWARD AND A TREND TO  
SOUTHERLY GRADIENT/FLOW FOR RIDGES, A MODERATE RIDGE/VALLEY SPLIT  
IS EXPECTED FOR TUESDAY NIGHT. SOME DEEPER VALLEY FOG MAY AGAIN  
FORM, ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY.  
   
LONG TERM
 
(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)  
ISSUED AT 443 AM EST TUE NOV 12 2024  
 
THE EXTENDED WILL START OFF QUITE ACTIVE, AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW  
PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. THIS SYSTEM WILL  
BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS TO THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEY  
REGIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER  
OFF THURSDAY NIGHT, AND SHOULD EXIT THE AREA BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  
THE LATEST MODELS HAVE A LARGE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE SPINNING OFF  
THE EASTERN SEABOARD, WITH STRONG HIGH PRESSURE, AT THE SURFACE AND  
ALOFT, SPRAWLED ACROSS NEW ENGLAND, THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES, AND  
SOUTHWARD DOWN THE EASTERN CONUS INTO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO.  
WEST OF THE HIGH OUR NEXT WEATHER MAKER WILL BE TAKING SHAPE AND  
MOVING OUT OF THE GREAT PLAINS AND ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY  
INTO THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS TO BEGIN THE PERIOD. ANOTHER  
HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE IN PLACE ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND  
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PLAINS, WITH ANOTHER WELL DEVELOPED LOW  
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS OVERALL  
PATTERN WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST MID-WEEK, BRINGING RAIN TO EASTERN  
KENTUCKY. AFTER THE FIRST LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO OUR EAST  
EARLY FRIDAY, THE WESTERN RIDGE WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND  
OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS SYSTEM  
WILL BRING DRY AND WARMER WEATHER TO OUR AREA. COOLER TEMPERATURES  
WILL BE ON TAP AGAIN IN THE WAKE OF THE FIRST LOW PRESSURE AREA. THE  
WEEKEND RIDGE SHOULD BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN AND MOVE OFF TO OUR EAST TO  
BEGIN THE NEW WORK, AS ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM  
THE WEST. THIS SYSTEM COULD BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS BACK TO EASTERN  
KENTUCKY SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. NO WEATHER HAZARDS  
EXPECTED IN THE EXTENDED AT THIS TIME.  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY NIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 1245 AM EST TUE NOV 12 2024  
 
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS ALL TAF SITES THROUGH THE  
AVIATION FORECAST PERIOD. FOG IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT BUT  
WILL NOT FILTER INTO ANY OF THE TAF SITES. LASTLY, WINDS ARE  
FORECAST TO BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE WITH A SLIGHT IN BUMP IN  
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 

 
   
JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
NONE.  

 
 

 
 
UPDATE...GREIF  
SHORT TERM...JP  
LONG TERM...AR  
AVIATION...VORST/GREIF  
 
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