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KEY MESSAGES

- Frost is possible overnight in sheltered valleys.

- Low humidities are expected each afternoon through Friday afternoon. - Temperatures climb to 10 to 15 degrees above normal by Friday and Saturday, and potentially near 20 degrees above normal for Sunday, with mainly rain-free weather expected.

- The next better chance of rainfall doesn't arrive until the middle of next week.

UPDATE

Issued at 1108 AM EDT WED APR 8 2026

With temperatures having warmed well above freezing, the frost advisory and freeze warning were cancelled early. For the remainder of the day, current satellite imagery shows high clouds entering the area, although they remain relatively thin and wispy. Given this trend, cloud cover was decreased and high temperatures have been bumped up a few degrees across the area. The rest of the forecast remains on track.

UPDATE Issued at 747 AM EDT WED APR 8 2026

Hourly temperatures and dewpoints were fine tuned based on recent observations and trends. This led to no substantial changes at this time. Temperatures have bottomed out or nearly have bottomed out at this point and frost or freezing temperatures should not be a threat after 10 AM EDT. Otherwise, the rather dry airmass will moderate today and low min humidity is anticipated. A few of the normally colder locations may experience a bit of frost tonight as well.

LONG TERM

(Friday through Wednesday) Issued at 400 PM EDT WED APR 8 2026

Mainly amplified flow will control the pattern through the middle of next week. A ridge axis will shift quickly from the Continental Divide to the eastern CONUS through this weekend. Ridging will then remain anchored over the southeastern CONUS through the middle of next week. At the same time, a deeper closed low will rotate onshore from the eastern Pacific by the end of the week, before gradually dampening and moving east, reaching the Plains by next Wednesday. Plenty of lead short wave energy will be traversing the west southwest flow set up across the center of the CONUS, with the majority of this activity staying just northwest of the Commonwealth into early next week, before edging closer towards the end of the period, providing eastern Kentucky with a better chance of measurable rainfall.

Warm and mainly dry weather will be the rule across eastern Kentucky through this weekend. Highs on Friday will be in the mid to upper 70s. A cold front will approach from the northwest Friday night and essentially dissipates as it crosses the area on Saturday. A few showers will be possible north of KY-80 Friday night, with slight rain chances creeping a bit further south on Saturday. Unfortunately, if these do actually initiate, they will not provide any meaningful rainfall that is needed across eastern Kentucky.

Temperatures will stall a bit in our north behind the cold front on Saturday, with slightly cooler highs in the low to mid 70s. On Sunday, temperatures will rebound well into the 80s, thanks to sharper ridging aloft. Readings will threaten some record highs for that date. Highs will continue to be mainly in the 80s, although modulated by an increase in cloud cover into next week. Lows will moderate from the 50s to eventually the 60s. Slight rain chances will threaten from the northwest early next week, with the better rain chances likely holding off until at least Wednesday.

AVIATION

(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Thursday afternoon) ISSUED AT 137 PM EDT WED APR 8 2026

VFR conditions will hold through the period with just a few high clouds passing from time to time as sfc and upper level ridging dominate. Variable to south southeast winds can be expected through the period at around 5 kts or less.

JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.