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State Weather Summary (RWS, AWUS83 KLMK)

This is a routine product that is issued once daily around 4:00 p.m. It provides a brief weather summary, in narrative form, for weather events throughout the state of Kentucky, including NWS Paducah's and NWS Jackson's area of responsibility. Recent, past weather (up to 24 hours prior), current present weather, and forecast conditions (up to 24 hours in the future) will be provided in the product.

Record or near-record temperatures and/or precipitation amounts will often be mentioned. The synoptic features causing the weather may also be mentioned in simple, non-technical terms.

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ABUS30 KSDF 292001
SWSKY 

KENTUCKY WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
400 PM EDT SUN SEP 29 2002

CLEAR SKIES AND COOL TEMPERATURES PREVAILED ACROSS THE STATE OF 
KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT. ONCE AGAIN...A FEW LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY
DENSE FOG FORMED AROUND SUNRISE. SKIES WERE SUNNY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MID 70S TO THE LOWER
80S. LOWS THIS MORNING WERE IN THE LOWER AND MID 50S.

HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO THE NORTHEAST... WITH RIDGING SOUTHWEST 
ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY...WILL DRIFT TO THE EAST THROUGH MONDAY. 
WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY WHICH WILL ALLOW MOISTURE TO 
RETURN TO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY.

TONIGHT...SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR WITH PATCHY FOG AGAIN MAINLY
IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM
THE MID 50S TO THE LOWER 60S. SKIES WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY ON MONDAY
WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS 
ACROSS SOUTHERN KENTUCKY.

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