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KEY MESSAGES
- After a chilly Friday, mild air returns Saturday ahead of a cold front passage before a brief cooldown again Sunday. - Periodic rain chances are forecast from Monday night to Thursday, with temperatures trending to about 15 degrees above normal for Christmas.
UPDATE
Issued at 954 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2025
A quiet December night is unfolding across eastern Kentucky under cresting high pressure. No substantive changes to forecast were needed at this time.
UPDATE Issued at 657 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2025
Quiet conditions continue across eastern Kentucky this evening as temperatures fall through the 30s across most of the area and into the upper 20s through the colder hollows. Still expect overnight lows in the mid 10s to mid 20s.
LONG TERM
(Sunday through Friday) Issued at 152 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2025
Surface high pressure builds into the region from the northwest during the day Sunday, with backing low-level flow keeping cold advection continuing through the day. Highs will thus be lower than Saturday, generally in the lower 40s north to near 50 degrees along the Tennessee border. Surface high pressure moves over the area Sunday night, providing for good radiational cooling conditions, and thus widespread sub-freezing temperatures once again.
Fast zonal flow with increasing heights then occurs for the early to middle part of next week, with pronounced warm advection beginning Monday and continuing through the holiday week. With the warm advection will come increasing moisture and lower stability. Therefore, at least slight chance PoPs are in the forecast from late Monday through Friday as occasional shower activity can be expected within a warm sector that is expected to remain in place through this time period. With building heights and a surface front that remains mostly north of the area, temperatures will rise to well above normal readings, peaking around Christmas Day.
AVIATION
(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Saturday evening) ISSUED AT 657 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2025
VFR conditions prevail across the forecast area at the 00z TAF issuance and should continue through the rest of the TAF period. Winds will be light and variable tonight, before increasing to 5 to 10 kts out of the south or southwest during the day on Saturday.
JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
None.
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