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KEY MESSAGES

- Expect one more day with highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s, following mild overnight temperatures bottoming in the 50s and 60s. - Look for a small chance for showers and storms until a stronger cold front moves through the region later this evening and overnight into Sunday morning.

- Cooler temperatures arrive on Sunday and settle in through the start of the new week.

- Any showers and storms will provide some needed rainfall for eastern Kentucky.

UPDATE

Issued at 125 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2026

No significant changes were made to the forecast with mainly just the inclusion of the latest obs and trends for the T/Td/Sky grids. These minor adjustments have been sent to the NDFD and web servers along with a freshening of the zones.

UPDATE Issued at 1145 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2026

Clear to partly cloudy skies are noted across eastern Kentucky late this evening and will persist through the overnight. Look for temperatures to continue settling back into the mid 50s cooler sheltered valleys to the mid 60s thermal belt ridges by daybreak.

UPDATE Issued at 818 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2026

Leftover isolated showers are exiting/dissipating as diurnal heating has ceased. Forecast for quiet and mild conditions overnight remains on track.

LONG TERM

(Sunday through Friday) Issued at 337 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2026

The extended period begins with the CWA in the midst of a cold frontal passage. Lingering showers and storms are progged at the start of the period, but rain will taper off from northwest to southeast through the day Sunday. Behind the front, surface high pressure will build into the region and remain the dominant feature through the remainder of the period. Temperatures will return to seasonal normals for the early part of next week. Highs are progged to range from the mid 50s to mid 60s, but by Wednesday, temperatures will begin to climb back into the 70s. Post-frontal CAA will keep overnight lows quite cool to start the period. Lows from Sunday night through Tuesday night are forecast in the 30s. Should Tuesday night remain clear, eastern valleys could fall into the mid to upper 20s, making frost formation possible. Overnight lows will begin to rebound Wednesday night.

In summary, the extended period begins with FROPA before transitioning to surface high pressure, keeping the area dry. Following Sunday night, a temperature rollercoaster is expected before a warming trend establishes itself by the middle of next week.

AVIATION

(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Saturday night) ISSUED AT 205 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2026

VFR conditions are present across the area at the 06Z issuance. Variable mid and high level clouds can be expected for the rest of the night with light winds. Winds will pick up out of the southwest this morning at 8 to 14 knots with gusts up to 20 or 25 knots through the remainder of the day as a cold front approaches. This boundary will push a band of showers and thunderstorms across the aviation forecast area from west to east late in the afternoon through the evening. Expect conditions to fall into the MVFR and IFR conditions with the convection. Lower CIGs follow in the IFR range late tonight - post frontal.

JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.