Carter, KY Fire Weather Outlook

 Fire Weather Planning Forecast
 National Weather Service Charleston WV
 341 PM EST Thu Jan 29 2026
 
 .DISCUSSION...
 Light snow shower activity will continue at times this afternoon 
 across northern West Virginia. Elsewhere, clear to partly cloudy 
 skies are expected.
 
 Winter Storm Warnings have been issued across southwest Virginia and 
 McDowell county in West Virginia Friday morning through Saturday 
 night. In addition, Winter Weather Advisories have also been issued 
 for Wyoming and eastern Raleigh counties. In the warned areas, 3 to 
 5 inches of snow is expected. In the advisory areas, 2 to 4 inches 
 of snow is expected.
 
 In addition, very cold temperatures are expected to continue across 
 the area into this weekend, with temperatures not anticipated to 
 rise above freezing until the middle of next week.
 
 Please check on neighbors and make sure your pipes are protected.
 
 
 Carter-
 Including the cities of Grayson, Grayson Lake State Park, 
 Carter Caves State Park, and Olive Hill
 341 PM EST Thu Jan 29 2026
 
                       Tonight      Fri          Fri Night    Sat          
 
 Cloud cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        
 Precip type           None         None         Snow         None         
 Chance precip (%)     0            0            20           0            
 Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
 Min/Max TEMP          7            23           4            18           
 Max/Min RH %          91           53           80           49           
 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph)                Lgt/Var                   Lgt/Var      
 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph)   Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      N  5         
 Precip amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.00         
 Precip duration                                 2                         
 Precip begin                                    7 PM                      
 Precip end                                      6 AM                      
 Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)             3190                      3960         
 Transport wnd (mph)                NE  8                     N 13         
 Vent rate (kt-ft)                  23100                     42060        
 Dispersion            VERY POOR                 VERY POOR                 
 ADI early             2 VERY POOR  14 GEN POOR  7 POOR       22 FAIR      
 ADI late              1 VERY POOR  33 FAIR      7 POOR       33 FAIR      
 Max LVORI early       6            7            4            4            
 Max LVORI late        7            3            4            2            
 
 Remarks...None.
 
 .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
 .SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Lows around 3.
 Highs around 18. Northwest winds around 5 mph. 
 .MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 4. Highs in the upper 20s.
 Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph. 
 .TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 16. Highs in the lower 30s.
 West winds 5 to 10 mph. 
 .WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow, rain and
 freezing rain. Lows around 18. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest
 winds 5 to 10 mph. 
 .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow and rain. Lows
 around 20. Highs in the lower 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.