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Somerset, Kentucky 7 Day Weather Forecast
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NWS Forecast for Somerset KY
National Weather Service Forecast for: Somerset KY
Issued by: National Weather Service Jackson, KY
Updated: 2:21 am EDT Jun 6, 2026
 
Overnight

Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. Calm wind.
Partly Cloudy

Saturday

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 85. Light south wind becoming west southwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.
Decreasing
Clouds

Saturday
Night
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm  in the evening.
Partly Cloudy

Sunday

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Partly Sunny

Sunday
Night
Sunday Night: A slight chance of showers between 3am and 5am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am.  Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Calm wind.  Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Mostly Cloudy
then Slight
Chance
T-storms
Monday

Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a chance of showers between 7am and noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon.  Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Showers
Likely

Monday
Night
Monday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms.  Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69.
Chance
T-storms then
Chance
Showers
Tuesday

Tuesday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm.  High near 84. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Showers then
T-storms

Tuesday
Night
Tuesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am.  Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
T-storms
Likely then
Showers
Likely
Lo 62 °F Hi 85 °F Lo 64 °F Hi 86 °F Lo 68 °F Hi 83 °F Lo 69 °F Hi 84 °F Lo 70 °F

 

Overnight
 
Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. Calm wind.
Saturday
 
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 85. Light south wind becoming west southwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.
Saturday Night
 
Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday
 
Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
 
A slight chance of showers between 3am and 5am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Monday
 
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a chance of showers between 7am and noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Monday Night
 
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69.
Tuesday
 
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 84. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Tuesday Night
 
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Wednesday
 
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Wednesday Night
 
Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday
 
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.
Thursday Night
 
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly clear, with a low around 72.
Friday
 
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 90.

 

Forecast from NOAA-NWS for Somerset KY.

Weather Forecast Discussion
976
FXUS63 KJKL 060540
AFDJKL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
National Weather Service Jackson KY
140 AM EDT Sat Jun 6 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Temperatures rise to the middle and upper 80s by the start of
  the weekend.

- Dry conditions remain in place through Saturday, but a pattern
  shift will bring daily shower and thunderstorm chances back to
  the region from Sunday into new work week.

&&

.UPDATE...
Issued at 1200 AM EDT SAT JUN 6 2026

As of 04Z, Advanced nighttime imagery shows high level clouds
continuing to stream into the area from the west. Mostly clear
skies are expected through the overnight hours with patchy areas
of valley fog developing over the next several hours. This fog
should mix out by mid morning. Minor temperature adjustments were
made to better reflect current conditions.

UPDATE Issued at 928 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2026

The overall forecast remains on track with some minor edits made
to temperatures this evening and tomorrow evening. Temperatures
have fallen off a tad quicker in places. Therefore, the latest
observational data was incorporated and diurnal temperature
curves were tweaked for the overnight hours.

UPDATE Issued at 606 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2026

High clouds continue to move across the forecast area. Updates
were made to the forecast to incorporate the latest observational
data from around the region and to recalculate the diurnal
temperature curve heading into this evening. No major changes were
made to the forecast.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Saturday night)
Issued at 242 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2026

High pressure gets shunted south over the next 24 hours, with
westerly flow and a passing shortwave impinging south within this
flow across the Ohio Valley later tonight into Saturday. Weak flow
then develops Saturday night as narrow upper ridging builds well off
to the north, with some connection to the lingering ridge over the
Southeast US. Meanwhile, a surface cold front will move south to the
northern Ohio River Valley, becoming situated in a west-east fashion
well north of the area by dawn Sunday.

A drier air mass lingers through tonight keeping the atmosphere
stable, but moisture and weak instability will begin to move up the
Ohio River Valley and into western and northern parts of the
forecast area by Saturday afternoon, then move into much of the rest
of the forecast area Saturday night as a mid-level disturbance moves
northeast into central Kentucky. Low-end PoPs are introduced for the
last hour of the short-term period just before 12z Sunday as
sufficient moisture, instability, and forcing for ascent become
present.

Temperatures will continue an upwards trend as the area will
reside within the warm sector through the period, with the more
notable upwards trend with overnight lows for tonight and
Saturday night with increasing warm/moisture advection.

.LONG TERM...(Sunday through Friday)
Issued at 316 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2026

After a dry and tranquil period, the extended brings back chances of
precipitation and keeps these chances in place every day from Sunday
through next Friday.

The strong ridge that`s been in place across eastern KY and much of
the far Southeast conus will begin to degrade Saturday night into
Sunday morning as a strong shortwave moves through, allowing for
lowering heights and for frontal boundaries to finally be able to
progress southeast towards the CWA. The first of these will reach
the Ohio Valley by Sunday morning, connected to a strong low
pressure system moving across New England, and another low moving
into the Northern Plains. It will quickly drop south into eastern KY
during the day Sunday, but will then stall overnight, before the
west side of the state sees the front continue to lift back north as
a warm front during the day Monday. This is likely due to increasing
heights across the eastern half of the Ohio Valley, while a strong
upper level low takes shape across the Central Plains. As the upper
level low continues to lift northeast traveling along the outside
edge of the ridge, the associated surface system will also move
northward, pivoting the western edge of the front northward as a
warm front (in western KY), but keeping it stationary across eastern
KY. The front will remain positioned across eastern KY through
Tuesday as the above-mentioned upper level low weakens into a
shortwave and moves east across the state. The surface front will
finally lift completely north of the state and dissipate on
Wednesday as the upper level ridge begins to re-establish itself.
While high pressure should be in place for Thursday and even into
Friday, eastern KY will find itself on the return flow side of the
surface high, with continued SW flow which will allow moisture and
precipitation chances both days, especially during daytime peak
heating/mixing.

As for sensible weather, with the frontal boundary lingering around
eastern KY for a few days, daytime high temperatures will stay
fairly steady-state, but warm and humid, in the mid and upper 80s,
from Sunday through Tuesday. Then as the front finally lifts north
on Wednesday and warmer return flow remains in place through the end
of the period, allowing temperatures to continue to modify warmer,
into the upper 80s and low 90s for both Thursday and Friday.
Overnight lows will also be very mild, in the upper 60s and low 70s
through the period. Overall not expecting any large airmass changes,
so also not expecting any swings in temperature.

As mentioned at the beginning, shower and thunderstorm chances are
on tap each day, especially during the afternoon with peak heating
and mixing. Best daily chances for precip will be from Monday
through Wednesday as the shortwave passes from east to west across
the region allowing for extra lift/energy, combining with the
pivoting warm front across the CWA Monday through Tuesday, and then
increased southerly flow on Wednesday as high pressure takes hold to
our east.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Saturday night)
ISSUED AT 140 AM EDT SAT JUN 6 2026

VFR conditions will prevail through the TAF period. High clouds
continue to pass over the area early this morning. Patchy fog is
also possible through daybreak but should mainly be confined to
the valleys and is not expected to effect any TAF locations.
Additionally, shallow diurnal cumulus field is expected from late
morning through the afternoon hours. Winds are light and variable
but will become southwest around 10 kts or less after 14-15Z.

&&

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

&&

$$

UPDATE...GINNICK
SHORT TERM...CMC
LONG TERM...JMW
AVIATION...GEERTSON/GINNICK
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