Somerset, Kentucky 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS63 KJKL 131535
AFDJKL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
National Weather Service Jackson KY
1135 AM EDT Mon Jul 13 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Isolated to scattered pop-up storms are possible each afternoon,
  with the highest probability remaining near the Tennessee
  border.

-Temperatures warm through next week, reaching the upper 80s to
 around 90 degrees by Wednesday.

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.UPDATE...
Issued at 1135 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2026

Updated the grids with the latest observational and model data
from around the region. Temperatures trended slightly cooler,
otherwise the forecast remains largely on track.

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.SHORT TERM...(Today through Tuesday)
Issued at 314 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2026

Variable cloud cover and/or fog are in place across most of
eastern Kentucky this morning with temperatures within a few
degrees of 70F. An area of weak ~1017 mb low pressure is situated
to the south over the Middle Tennessee Valley. A weak surface
trough extends northeastward from the low along the western
foothills of the Central Appalachians. Looking aloft, we find a
remnant weak 500 hPa trough/low over the upper Tennessee Valley.
Further upstream, a strong ~599 dam high is centered over the Red
River Valley of the North but is still elongated to the southwest
across the Colorado River Valley with an around 1022 mb surface
high reflection centered over Iowa.

The remnant upper-level trough/low will settle southward across the
Southeastern CONUS and become diffuse through the short-term, with the
surface low retrograding to near/over Northern Mississippi and
likewise becoming fade. Meanwhile, the upper-level high will
stretch eastward to over the Mid-Atlantic while the associated surface
high settles across the Ohio Valley. As the high moves in, the
surface trough initially over the western foothills will drift
southwestward out of the area. Simultaneously, PWATs will
gradually trend lower on northeasterly flow around the periphery
of the incoming surface high, with PWATs dipping to near 1 inch in
the north by Tuesday afternoon while higher PWATs will still
linger around 2.0 inches near/south of the TN-KY border.

In more sensible terms, look for variable low clouds and fog early
this morning, yielding to a mix of sun and clouds today. Showers and
a few thunderstorms can be expected to develop with diurnal heating and
the nearby surface trough. Convection should be scattered to numerous
in nature from Jackson to Letcher counties southward where PWATs will
remain higher, but only isolated at best further north. It will be
seasonably mild with highs in the lower to middle 80s. For tonight,
skies should become partly cloudy with fog developing through many of
the river valleys. It will again be seasonable with lows in the lower
to middle 60s. Finally for Tuesday, it will be mostly sunny and
turning warmer with highs in the mid to upper 80s. Any isolated
shower or thunderstorm risk should be confined adjacent to the
TN-KY border and southward where deeper moisture will remain in
place.

.LONG TERM...(Tuesday night through Sunday)
Issued at 338 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2026

The long term period will open with troughing over the
northeastern CONUS and a strong 500mb high centered over the Upper
Midwest. Meanwhile, the vertically stacked low pressure system
responsible for this weekends active weather pattern will have
retreated to the southwest around the southern periphery of the
aforementioned high, landing in the vicinity of Mississippi and
Arkansas by the start of the period. At the surface, an area of
high pressure will be located across the Ohio Valley with ample
dry air. For Tuesday night, ideal radiative cooling conditions
will allow for a mild ridge/valley temperature split, with MOS
guidance suggesting temperatures will generally drop into the mid
60s for valley locations.

By midweek, the aforementioned 500 mb high will stretch eastward,
with the forecast area finding itself on the eastern periphery of
this ridging. Accordingly, high temperatures will rise above
average on Wednesday and Thursday, reaching into the upper 80s or
perhaps the low 90s. This pattern will also continue to suppress
convection, even as dewpoints begin to tick up, and rain chances
look to remain low across the forecast area. The potential
exception is again in our far southwestern counties, where an
afternoon storm or two cannot be ruled out. However, any rain
chances remain dependent on the positioning of ridging over the
forecast area.

Looking towards the weekend, upper level ridging will be
challenged as troughing digs into the eastern CONUS. Guidance has
been split regarding whether or not ridging will break down over
our area going into the weekend, but the latest 00z deterministic
guidance seems to be favoring the ridge breaking down locally by
Sunday. NBM PoPs have attempted to average these solutions and do
appear to be trending upward overall.

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.AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Tuesday morning)
ISSUED AT 728 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2026

Low stratus and fog is widespread across eastern Kentucky at the
12Z TAF issuance with MVFR to VLIFR conditions. The fog and low
clouds should gradually lift into a VFR cumulus deck by around
midday. Showers and storms are forecast to redevelop this
afternoon but mainly south of KJKL (most likely at KLOZ, KSME,
KBYL, KEKQ, KI35 and K1A6). The showers and storms could bring
gusty and erratic winds; as well as brief category reductions.
Outside of convection, winds are forecast to become northeasterly
at 10 kts or less during the daylight hours.

&&

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

&&

$$

UPDATE...GINNICK
SHORT TERM...GEERTSON
LONG TERM...FAGAN/GEERTSON
AVIATION...GEERTSON