RSS FeedsIssued by NWS Jackson, KY
000 AWUS83 KJKL 232100 RWSJKL KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-241000- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 400 PM EST MON NOV 23 2009 CLOUDY SKIES PERSISTED OVERNIGHT BRINGING POCKETS OF LIGHT RAIN ALONG WITH MILD TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT EASTERN KENTUCKY. 7 AM TEMPERATURES AROUND THE REGION WERE IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S WITH AN ISOLATED 50 DEGREES AT CAVE RUN LAKE...THE HOT SPOT OF THE MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE GENERALLY BETWEEN A TRACE AND A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH WITH A HANDFUL OF OBSERVERS REPORTING AS MUCH AS 6 TO 8 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH SINCE YESTERDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES DID NOT RECOVER MUCH AS CLOUDS CONTINUED TO BLANKET THE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. AT NOON...MOST OF THE THERMOMETERS IN THE AREA WERE HOVERING AROUND THE 50 DEGREE MARK WITH A LIGHT BAND OF RAIN FALLING MAINLY ALONG AND TO THE NORTH OF THE CUMBERLAND PARKWAY. BY 3 PM...MOST OF THE AREA HAD MANAGED TO WARM INTO THE LOWER 50S AS ISOLATED POCKETS OF LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH OUR AREA AND INTO WEST VIRGINIA. CLOUDS WILL LINGER ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS EVENING WITH TEMPERATURES BOTTOMING OUT TONIGHT IN THE LOWER 40S AGAIN. ON TUESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA BRINGING A BRIEF SPELL OF DRY AND SEASONABLY WARM WEATHER. HOWEVER...COOLER AND MORE DAMP WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK...INCLUDING THANKSGIVING DAY. IN FACT...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS MIXING IN WITH RAIN SHOWERS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1963...TIROS II WAS LAUNCHED. THIS WAS ONLY THE SECOND OF A SERIES OF WEATHER SATELLITES THAT LED TO AN ENORMOUS LEAP IN METEOROLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY. THE SATELLITE WAS 42 INCHES IN DIAMETER...19 INCHES HIGH...AND WEIGHED 280 POUNDS. IT WAS MADE OF AN ALUMINUM ALLOY AND STAINLESS STEEL COVERED BY 9260 SOLAR CELLS WHICH WERE USED TO RECHARGE IT/S NICAD BATTERIES. IT WAS MOUNTED WITH TWO TELEVISION CAMERAS...ONE OF HIGH AND THE OTHER OF LOW RESOLUTION. A MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDER FOR EACH CAMERA SUPPLIED STORAGE ROOM FOR PHOTOGRAPHS UNTIL THEY COULD BE TRANSMITTED BACK TO EARTH. TIROS II TOOK 25,574 PHOTOS DURING IT/S 376 DAY LIFE SPAN... OPENING THE DOOR TO A NEW WORLD OF UNDERSTANDING OF WEATHER PATTERNS FOR EARTHBOUND METEOROLOGISTS. $$ BECKER/RAY
