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FXUS63 KLMK 230511
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Louisville KY
111 AM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024

.KEY MESSAGES...

*   Scattered showers and storms possible Sunday, and again by the 
    middle of next week. Gusty winds the primary threat in any 
    stronger storms that develop.

*   Heat Index may rise above 100 degrees on Tuesday, especially 
    west of the I-65 corridor.

&&

.UPDATE...
Issued at 728 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024

Current radar shows a few isolated showers continuing to push NE 
through the CWA, but these are slowly dissipating as we lose 
heating. Expect a quiet, yet warm, night as lows only fall into the 
low to mid 70s. Going forecast remains on track with no major 
updates needed this evening.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
Issued at 304 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024

It's another hot and humid afternoon with temperatures as of 2pm at 
or just above 90 degrees with dew points near 70 making it feel like 
the mid/upper 90s. The forecast is still on track for locations to 
see heat index values over 100 later this afternoon. Along with the 
heat we've seen the development of scattered cumulus and even a few 
isolated showers. SBCAPE is 1000-2000 J/kg with steep low-level 
lapse rates but mid-level lapse rates really fall off and any 
activity that gets started dissipates as quickly as it got started. 
Most will remain dry but can't rule out a very brief isolated 
shower/storm this afternoon into the early evening before sunset. 

The overnight will remain dry, muggy and warm as the focus in the 
short term turns to a weak shortwave trough and associated sfc low 
working across the Great Lakes overnight into tomorrow. Hi-res 
models continue to show the development of a convective line of 
showers and storms across northern IL into western MI this evening 
ahead of an approaching cold front. As this convective system 
quickly works east and south, it will outpace the best forcing 
dynamics and dissipate as it works towards southern IN and the Ohio 
River by daybreak tomorrow. By the time this activity arrives 
between 10-12z tomorrow, expected a few scattered showers and 
embedded thunderstorm across southern IN/north central KY before 
dissipating into central KY. Lows will remain warm tomorrow morning 
only dropping into the low/mid 70s. 

Residual outflow left over from the morning activity as well as the 
arrival of the weak sfc boundary will help to develop more 
convection late morning into the afternoon. With highs once again 
approaching the upper 80s to near 90 and dew points in the low 70s 
SBCAPE will be between 1500-2500 J/kg. SPC has most of our area in a 
marginal risk for strong to severe storms with hail and gusty winds 
being the main threat with deep layer shear values marginal or under 
30kts but DCAPE over 1000 J/kg. A lot of this activity will depend 
on how well we clear out from the morning activity and how our 
low/mid level lapse rates recover in the afternoon.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
Issued at 304 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024

High pressure overhead will bring us dry weather once the Sunday 
evening showers/storms dissipate and move out. With clearing skies 
and light winds, after possible scattered Sunday afternoon/evening 
rain, we may see some valley fog by sunrise Monday, especially in 
the Lake Cumberland region. During the day on Monday, while it will 
be another very warm day with highs around 90, dew points behind the 
Sunday front will be slightly more comfortable in the low-mid 60s.

That minor relief will be short-lived as moisture returns on Tuesday 
behind the departing high. A weak 5H shortwave trough over the 
Midwest and surface cold front will approach from the northwest by 
afternoon/evening. There will be plenty of instability available and 
while shear and mid-level lapse rates won't be impressive, and the 
forcing will remain rather far off to our northwest, isolated heat-
of-the-day summertime thunderstorms can't be ruled out especially in 
the evening in southern Indiana closer to the forcing to our north.

The bigger story on Tuesday will likely be the heat. With dew points 
edging back up a few degrees, possibly over 70 west of I-65, and 
temperatures rising into the lower and middle 90s, the afternoon 
heat index should touch 100 along and west of I-65.

The Tuesday front will push through our area Wednesday and Wednesday 
night, bringing us our best shot at rain over the next 7 days as 
surface dew points rise into the lower 70s. Instability and shear 
will once again not be particularly strong, but with frontal forcing 
and some upper level divergence under the entrance region of a 
slightly enhanced upper jet from Ohio to the St Lawrence Valley, 
some stronger storms will be possible. Right now general QPF for 
Wednesday-Wednesday night is around a third to half an inch, but 
amounts will vary given the convective nature of the precipitation.

Dry weather will return Thursday and Friday as high pressure 
advances form the Great Lakes to New England. Forecast data have 
been trending warmer recently for these two days, with highs around 
90 on Thursday and in the low-mid 90s Friday.

Saturday a cold front will approach from the northwest, but there 
are timing differences in the model output. As of now the consensus 
seems to be that the front will still be pretty far away on 
Saturday, with a better chance of fropa, and rain, on Sunday.

&&

.AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z MONDAY/...
Issued at 109 AM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024

A line of showers and storms have developed ahead of a frontal 
boundary stretching from northern Missouri into the Great Lakes 
region. This activity will steadily approach us this morning, but 
greatly weaken and likely dissipate somewhere over southern Indiana 
and/or northern Kentucky shortly after dawn. 

Winds will pick up shortly after sunrise from the southwest, and 
gusts ~20kts will be common at all TAF sites. Renewed scattered 
shower/storm development will occur along the frontal boundary and 
other mesoscale boundaries across our region this afternoon, mainly 
south of the Ohio river. Any TAF site that is impacted by one of 
these showers or storms will see briefly reduced cigs/vis and 
potentially gusty, erratic winds. Winds will turn northwest behind 
the front and drier air will filter in behind the front this evening 
giving way to mostly clear skies.

&&

.LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...None.
IN...None.

&&

$$

UPDATE...CRG
SHORT TERM...BTN
LONG TERM...13
AVIATION...DM