RSS FeedsIssued by NWS Jackson, KY
000 AWUS83 KJKL 240942 RWSJKL KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-242200- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 442 AM EST TUE NOV 24 2009 THE LATE NIGHT SURFACE CHART INDICATED HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE FROM NEW ENGLAND SOUTHWARD INTO THE DEEP SOUTH. DESPITE THE HIGH PRESSURE... PLENTIFUL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RESULTED IN A NEAR SOLID LOW CLOUD DECK COVERING THE OHIO... CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS. PATCHY FOG AND DRIZZLE WAS OBSERVED IN SOME AREAS... PARTICULARLY WEST OF I-75 AND NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. TEMPERATURES WERE KEPT MILD OVERNIGHT BY THE CLOUD COVER WITH MOST LOCATIONS REPORTING UPPER 40S AT 4 AM. SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND TONIGHT BUT THE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN U.S. WILL GET SHUNTED EASTWARD BY AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE FRONT WILL BE MOISTURE STARVED AND ANY ASSOCIATED RAIN SHOWERS WILL REMAIN ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 50S TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS REMAINING IN THE 40S FOR MOST LOCATIONS. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL THEN PASS THROUGH THE AREA THANKSGIVING MORNING WITH A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS TO FOLLOW 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. $$ ABE
