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Issued by NWS Louisville, KY
Issued by NWS Louisville, KY
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973 FXUS63 KLMK 091108 AFDLMK Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Louisville KY 708 AM EDT Wed Jul 9 2025 ...Updated Aviation Discussion... .KEY MESSAGES... * Isolated to scattered showers and storms could produce locally gusty winds and brief torrential rainfall today, mainly in the afternoon. * Warm and humid all week and into the weekend, with scattered showers and thunderstorms expected each day. Organized severe weather is not expected. && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... Issued at 403 AM EDT Wed Jul 9 2025 Mid level trough will slowly work across the Ohio Valley today with an associated vort max crossing IN and central KY later this morning and afternoon. At the sfc, a weak cold front will drop southeast across IL/IN during the day into the evening. Good moisture advection ahead of this feature will allow PWAT values to rise to around 2.00" with a good amount of instability around 2000 J/kg in the afternoon. All of this along with daytime heating and the muggy airmass will allow for the development of isolated to scattered showers and storms. While the best chance is during the afternoon, we could see some shower/storm activity in the morning as the shortwave trough and vort max start to work in from the west. It will remain warm with highs in the mid/upper 80s and dew points near 70. Once again the lack of shear will keep the activity sub severe with torrential rainfall, lighting and possible gusty winds as the main threat. As the weakening boundary approaches from the northwest and the the shortwave trough stalls over the Ohio Valley, we could see a few lingering showers and thunderstorm overnight. Cloud cover will keep lows in the upper 60s/low 70s. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... Issued at 403 AM EDT Wed Jul 9 2025 A secondary cold front will drop southward through the Ohio Valley on Thursday. This boundary is associated with a sfc low that will be working across the eastern Great Lakes and southern Ontario during the day Thursday. Front is not expected to make it into our CWA but we will see slightly drier air filter behind the passing trough axis as PWAT values drop to around 1.50". While we remain in the warm and muggy airmass, with continued diurnally driven showers and storms both Thursday and Friday afternoon. Like the past several days, any convection will remain unorganized and subsevere producing heavy rainfall, lighting and potential gusty winds. Highs will also remain warm in the upper 80s to low 90s. A series of shortwaves troughs and a frontal boundary will work across the Great Lakes and the Ohio Valley over the weekend. We will continue to remain warm and muggy with highs in the upper 80s/low 90s both Saturday and Sunday with dew points in the lower 70s. Shower and storm chances continue each afternoon with the peak of daytime heating. && .AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY/... Issued at 708 AM EDT Wed Jul 9 2025 Clouds associated with a mid-level trough is working across the Ohio Valley. Most of the stratus is between 5-10K feet with scattered clouds between 2500-3500 ft. There could be periods where we get some brief periods of MVFR before we see the lower layer scatter out more for more VFR flight categories. As this mid-level feature approaches, we do increase the chance of showers and possible thunderstorms through out the day with the best chance later this afternoon. Went ahead and went with PROB30 for all TAF sites this afternoon. For SDF/HNB a shower or storm can`t be ruled out this morning but the probability is higher later today. Activity is expected to diminish with the loss of daytime heating but a few showers/storms are possible tonight with MVFR to IFR CIG and VIS towards tomorrow morning for a few locations. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...None. IN...None. && $$ SHORT TERM...BTN LONG TERM...BTN AVIATION...BTN