419  
FXUS63 KJKL 120811  
AFDJKL  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
311 AM EST THU FEB 12 2026  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES WILL LAST INTO THE WEEKEND, WITH MILDER  
READINGS THEN RETURNING EARLY NEXT WEEK.  
 
- THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A SOAKING RAIN DURING THE WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM
 
(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)  
ISSUED AT 312 AM EST THU FEB 12 2026  
 
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY TODAY  
WILL SLOWLY SHIFT TO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS BY FRIDAY.  
MEANWHILE, NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PERSIST OVER OUR AREA, WITH  
ONLY MINOR WAVES EMBEDDED. THE REGIME WILL BRING CONTINUED DRY  
WEATHER WITH ONLY SOME VARIATIONS IN SKY COVER DUE TO THE  
MID/UPPER LEVEL WAVES. WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION EASING, SUNSHINE  
WILL BEGIN TO BRING WARMER TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY.  
   
LONG TERM
 
(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 312 AM EST THU FEB 12 2026  
 
AN UPDATED LONG TERM DISCUSSION WILL BE SENT SHORTLY.  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 1150 PM EST WED FEB 11 2026  
 
CONDITIONS ARE VFR ACROSS THE BOARD FOR THE 06Z TAF CYCLE. HIGH  
CLOUDS DO CONTINUE TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST, BUT THESE WILL NOT  
IMPACT AVIATION CONCERNS. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT SOME PATCHY  
VALLEY FREEZING FOG DEVELOPS AFTER 06Z HOWEVER CONFIDENCE TOO LOW  
AT THIS TIME THAT IT WILL AFFECT ANY TAF SITES, SO IT WAS NOT  
INCLUDED. OTHERWISE, VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF  
PERIOD. LOOK FOR WINDS TO BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE DURING THE REST OF  
THE NIGHT AND THE DAY, THURSDAY.  
 

 
   
JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...HAL  
LONG TERM...VORST  
AVIATION...GREIF  
 
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