Somerset, Kentucky 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS63 KJKL 060930
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
National Weather Service Jackson KY
530 AM EDT Fri Jun 6 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Highs near to slightly below normal are expected for today into
  the weekend.

- Shower and storm chances stay around through the weekend. Some
  strong storms are possible today into Saturday night with the
  potential for heavy rain and damaging wind gusts.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(Today through Saturday)
Issued at 450 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2025

08Z sfc analysis shows eastern Kentucky in the midst of a broad
area of low pressure and southeast of a nearly stalled cold front.
This is making for a mild night with partly cloudy skies and just
recently some scattered showers (potential thunderstorms)
developing along and north of I-64. In addition, some light fog
is noted across the area where clouds are less abundant.
Currently, temperatures and dewpoints are running in the mid to
upper 60s, amid light and variable winds.

The models, and their individual ensemble suites, continue to be
in good agreement aloft through the short term portion of the
forecast. They all depict 5h height falls for eastern Kentucky as
troughing presses in from the north through the start of the
weekend. This will bring the fast and nearly zonal mid level flow
through the state carrying a series of waves, some convectively
induced, to the JKL CWA into Saturday night. The first of these
is moving through this morning and helping to support some pre-
dawn convection north of I-64. The next arrives later this
evening with its own storm cluster likely. For Saturday, a
stronger impulse consolidates to the west and starts to move east
to our doorstep by evening along with further height falls. The
small model spread through Saturday evening continues to support
using the NBM as the starting point for the forecast grids with
minimal adjustments needed - mainly to add in some details from
the latest CAMs for PoPs and weather through the first part of the
weekend.

Sensible weather features an active start to the weekend as the
nearby boundary helps to guide MCS activity, some healthy -
others remnant, west to east through the Bluegrass State during
the period. The current timing for the main cluster of storms will
be later this afternoon into the evening - just after peak
heating. This will enable the storms to be organized and perhaps
capable of damaging wind gusts - depending on their evolution with
respect to outflow boundaries, bows, and QLCS structures. The
current CAMs and NAM models suggest that the storms slowly move
through the rest of the area late tonight only clearing out
Saturday morning. A lull in activity should follow for much of
the day Saturday before another organized round of storms
develops to the west and rolls in for that evening - with perhaps
some scattered storms ahead of this in the afternoon. Temperatures
will be mild at night and warm during the day - though highs will
be impacted by the timing and extent of the convection each
afternoon.

The changes to the NBM starting point were primarily focused on
adjustments to the PoPs per the latest CAMs guidance through
evening. As for temperatures - did not deviate far from the NBM
guidance through the period given the high moisture content.

.LONG TERM...(Saturday night through Thursday)
Issued at 530 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2025

The main adjustments to the NBM starting point again consisted of
including more terrain details for temperatures at night -
somewhat Sunday night but more consistently after Monday night
with a drier air mass moving into the region. Otherwise, the
active weather continues into Tuesday before calmer conditions
likely prevail for mid-week but also on the cool side of the mode
spread.

The previous long term discussion follows:

A trailing cold front passing through the area Saturday will produce
rounds of showers and storms from the afternoon through the evening,
some of which could produce damaging gusty winds, and isolated
instances of high water or flash flooding from thunderstorms. As
such the SPC has the area in a Slight Risk (Level 2 of 5) for severe
thunderstorms generally along and south of a line from Somerset to
Harlan. There is a Marginal Risk (Level 1 of 5) for the remainder
of Eastern Kentucky. The WPC also has a Marginal Risk (Level 1 of
4) for excessive rainfall generally along and south of I-64.

By Sunday, an upper level low over the Mid-Mississippi Valley will
lift and interact with a larger, more potent upper level low over
the Northern Plains. As a result a warm front will slowly progress
across the state, but may struggle to push north through the day.
Areas of showers and storms are anticipated to hug the frontal
boundary through the morning and afternoon, though most areas
will see a tenth or two. Showers look to tapper off overnight as
the overall system progress east of the area.

Monday, two upper level lows over the Northern Plains and Upper
Great Lakes regions look to play out a large scale Fujiwhara Effect,
rotating around each other. The upper level low over the Upper
Great Lakes region will have a trailing cold front passing through
the Ohio and Mississippi Valley during the day. This cold front
will move across Eastern Kentucky through Monday, producing
showers and thunderstorms. While this occurs the upper level low
over the Northern Plains ejects south and east into the Ohio
Valley Monday evening. This is expected to provide a resurgence of
showers and storms through Tuesday morning.

Wednesday, a ridge of high pressure tries to build in across the
Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, however, moisture sneaks in from the
south, with some moisture riding a cold front near or just east of
the area. This could lead to a low end chance of showers or
thundershowers Wednesday.

Thursday, a low over the Ozarks, and Mid-Mississippi Valley will
lift north into the Ohio Valley, while the systems occluded front
slowly lifts across Eastern Kentucky, provided the next chances
for showers.

Temperatures generally remain in the upper 70s to low 80s thorough
the extended, with lows in the mid to upper 60s through the weekend,
and upper 50s to low 60s through next week.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Friday night)
ISSUED AT 200 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2025

Although it will be mainly quiet overnight some isolated to
scattered activity could return to mainly northern locations
during the 08Z to 12Z window with chances gradually increasing by
18Z and thereafter. VFR should largely prevail during the period,
though some briefly MVFR or lower conditions are possible when
impacted by any stronger showers and storms. Light and variable
winds will be the rule through about 14Z, before becoming
southwest to west at generally less than 10 kts. Any location that
experiences convection could see stronger gusts.

&&

.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...GREIF
LONG TERM...GINNICK/GREIF
AVIATION...JP/GREIF