RSS FeedsIssued by NWS Jackson, KY
000 AWUS83 KJKL 242054 RWSJKL KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-251200- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 354 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009 THICK CLOUD COVER FROM THE OVERNIGHT HOURS HELPED TO KEEP EASTERN KENTUCKY FAIRLY MILD THROUGH SUNRISE THIS MORNING. 7 AM TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S ACROSS THE BOARD...A REFLECTION OF THE OVERNIGHT LOWS. CLOUDS CONTINUED TO BLANKET THE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING WHILE THE LAST OF THE RAIN DISSIPATED AS IT HEADED INTO WEST VIRGINIA. AROUND NOON TEMPERATURES HAD WARMED THEIR WAY INTO THE 50S AND WHILE WE WERE STILL UNDER OVERCAST SKIES...SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. BY 3 PM...TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT EASTERN KENTUCKY WERE JUST ABOUT MAXED OUT IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S UNDER A BROKEN LAYER OF MID LEVEL CLOUDS WHICH WERE CONTINUING TO DIMINISH. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN SPAWNING THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE LIFTING INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING CLOUDS BACK INTO THE REGION ALONG WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY AND LIMIT THE AFTERNOON HIGHS TO THE 50S...BUT WILL ALSO KEEP THE OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 40S. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN PASS THROUGH THE AREA THANKSGIVING MORNING WITH A MUCH COOLER AIR MASS BEHIND IT TO END THE WORK WEEK. IN FACT...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS MIXING IN WITH RAIN SHOWERS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED EXCEPT FOR MAYBE A DUSTING OVER THE HIGHEST RIDGES ALONG THE VIRGINIA BORDER. ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY... A STRONG COLD FRONT BROUGHT DAMAGING WINDS AND A DRAMATIC TEMPERATURE DROP TO THE AREA IN 2003. TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN MANY COUNTIES FROM WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 60 MPH AS THE FRONT BARRELED THROUGH JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY WERE IN THE 60S AROUND MIDNIGHT JUST IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT... BUT FELL INTO THE 30S BY DAWN BEHIND THE FRONT AND A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WERE OBSERVED OFF AND ON THROUGHOUT THE DAY. $$ BECKER/ABE
