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FXUS63 KJKL 121930
AFDJKL
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
330 PM EDT SUN APR 12 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED UNTIL EARLY THIS
EVENING FROM THE COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY, SUNNY TO MOSTLY
SUNNY SKIES, NEAR- RECORD WARM CONDITIONS, DRY FUELS, AND BREEZY
CONDITIONS. BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED AS FIRE BEHAVIOR COULD
BECOME ERRATIC.
- UNSEASONABLY WARM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT
WEEK. THE WARMEST PERIODS WILL BE TODAY AS WELL AS TUESDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY OF THIS WEEK. NEW DAILY RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL POSSIBLE, IF NOT LIKELY, ON THE WARMEST DAYS.
- LOW CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURN FOR MONDAY AND
PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THIS WEEK AS THE AREA WILL BE ON THE
FAR EASTERN/SOUTHEASTERN PERIPHERY OF AN ACTIVE STORM TRACK FROM
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES REGION.
SHORT TERM
(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 325 PM EDT SUN APR 12 2026
LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS REVEALS THE FORECAST AREA IS FIRMLY
ENTRENCHED WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR OF A DEPARTING WARM FRONT. THIS
BOUNDARY IS CURRENTLY LIFTING NORTHEAST THROUGH OHIO AND WEST
VIRGINIA, ALLOWING WARM AND BREEZY CONDITIONS TO FILTER INTO EASTERN
KENTUCKY. TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED INTO THE 80S ACROSS THE REGION,
WITH SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN CWA REACHING
THE MID 80S. NOTABLY, A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN
ESTABLISHED AT KJKL, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET IN 2014.
WHILE KLOZ MAINTAINS A RECORD OF 86 DEGREES FROM 1977, CURRENT
OBSERVATIONS THERE HAVE REMAINED IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 25 MPH, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE I-75 CORRIDOR. THESE HOT, WINDY
CONDITIONS, COMBINED WITH LOWERED TDS, CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
WIDESPREAD ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON, TEMPERATURES WILL PEAK IN
THE MID TO UPPER 80S. PERSISTENT SOUTHWESTERLY BREEZES AND ELEVATED
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET. THE SURFACE LOW
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MORNING WARM FRONT IS TRACKING INTO THE GREAT
LAKES, SUBSEQUENTLY DRAGGING A WEAK COLD FRONT TOWARD THE OHIO
VALLEY. TONIGHT WILL REMAIN MILD AND BREEZY WITH INCREASING CLOUD
COVER AS LOWS DROP ONLY INTO THE LOW TO MID 60S. THESE PERSISTENT
WINDS ARE A RESULT OF A STRENGTHENING LLJ. WHILE THE CORE OF THE LLJ
IS FOCUSED OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY, WESTERN BORDER COUNTIES WILL
EXPERIENCE ENHANCED SURFACE GUSTS OVERNIGHT.
AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES, PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE
MONDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE LINE OF
SHOWERS IS EXPECTED TO UNDERGO FRONTOLYSIS AS IT NEARS THE CWA,
LEADING TO A GRADUAL LOSS OF ORGANIZED FORCING. CONSEQUENTLY, POPS
ARE CAPPED AT 30 TO 50 PERCENT, WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITIES
FOCUSED ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS REGION. GIVEN THE WEAKENING NATURE OF
THE FRONT, QPF REMAINS MEAGER AT 0.10 INCHES OR LESS. MONDAY WILL BE
NOTABLY COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S, THOUGH BREEZY CONDITIONS
WILL REMAIN.
SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL WANE MONDAY EVENING, LEADING TO A DRY OVERNIGHT
PERIOD. HOWEVER, REMNANT UPSTREAM ENERGY IS PROGGED TO DIVE
SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE CWA BY TUESDAY MORNING, POTENTIALLY BRINGING
ISOLATED POP CHANCES BACK TO THE AREA. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BRIEFLY INFLUENCE THE REGION, BUT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN
ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK.
LONG TERM
(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 330 PM EDT SUN APR 12 2026
RIDGING AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT OVER THE SOUTHEAST CONUS WILL
REMAIN PERSISTENT DURING MOST OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD. A MEAN,
POSITIVELY TILTED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE SITUATED MAINLY OVER
THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CONUS, WITH AN ASSOCIATED, WAVERING
FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO GREAT LAKES.
ASCENDING FLOW OFF THE GULF (WITH HIGHER MOISTURE CONTENT) WILL
BE MORE PREDOMINANT FURTHER TO OUR WEST AND NORTHWEST, CLOSER TO
THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL BOUNDARY, AND THAT IS WHERE THE HIGHER
POP WILL BE IN GENERAL. HOWEVER, OCCASIONAL SHORTWAVE TROUGHS
PRESSING INTO THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE FLOW
WILL PROBABLY BE ENOUGH TO BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS
INTO OUR AREA AT TIMES. THE GFS AND ECMWF AGREE ON THE TWO MOST
PROMINENT WAVES GIVING US OUR HIGHEST POPS ON THURSDAY INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT AND ON SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. WITHOUT ANY COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGES THROUGH SATURDAY, MUCH ABOVE TEMPERATURES WILL
DOMINATE THE PERIOD, WITH TEMPERATURES INFLUENCED BY THE POTENTIAL
OCCURRENCE OF CLOUDS/PRECIP. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WAVE ALOFT WILL
BE THE ONE NEXT WEEKEND, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO
FINALLY BRING ANOTHER COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE, WITH SOMEWHAT LOWER
TEMPERATURES BY SUNDAY.
AVIATION
(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 146 PM EDT SUN APR 12 2026
VFR CONDITIONS ARE PREVAILING ACROSS ALL TAF SITES AT THE 18Z TAF
ISSUANCE. BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE STARTING TO PICK UP WITH
SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 10 TO 15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KNOTS.
ALSO, FAIR-WEATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP. THIS
WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
TOWARD THE OVERNIGHT, CLOUDS WILL START TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE
AND WINDS SLACKEN OFF A LITTLE BIT BUT AS A LOW-LEVEL JET DEVELOPS
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT, SURFACE WINDS WILL START TO
PICK UP AGAIN OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE GUSTY
THROUGH THE ENTIRE COLUMN AND THEREFORE OPTED TO SHIFT AWAY FROM
LLWS SINCE ITS MORE OF A TURBULENT MIXING REGIME. AS THE FRONT
APPROACHES THE REGION, INCREASING SHOWER CHANCES WILL EXISTS BUT
MAINLY AFTER 12Z THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD. ALL TERMINALS
HAVE A PROB30 FOR THIS TIMEFRAME WITH KIOB GETTING A PREVAILING
SHOWER GROUP AS THAT SITE HAS THE BEST CHANCES OF SEEING SHOWER
ACTIVITY MONDAY MORNING.
JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...VORST
LONG TERM...HAL
AVIATION...VORST
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