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KEY MESSAGES

- Areas of frost are expected late tonight/early Thursday in sheltered rural hollows and 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 1055 PM EDT WED APR 8 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. We are on track for some spotty frost towards dawn, mainly for places that see some thinner high clouds. The minor adjustments to the grids have been sent to the NDFD and web servers along with a freshening of the SAFs and zones.

UPDATE Issued at 720 PM EDT WED APR 8 2026

23Z sfc analysis shows high pressure off to the east of the area but still is basically in control of the weather over eastern Kentucky. This is working to settle the winds this evening while skies are partly cloudy under high level one. Currently, temperatures are running in the low to mid 60s most places. Meanwhile, amid light south winds, dewpoints range from the mid 40s west to the lower 30s east. Have updated the forecast mainly to add in 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.

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 00Z TAFS through 00Z Thursday evening) ISSUED AT 745 PM EDT WED APR 8 2026

VFR conditions will hold through the period with just passing high clouds 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.