RSS FeedsIssued by NWS Jackson, KY
000 AWUS83 KJKL 231005 RWSJKL KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-240115- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 505 AM EST MON NOV 23 2009 SKIES REMAIN CLOUDY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. THOUGH TOTALS WERE LIGHT...SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVED SOME MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL AS ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS MOVED THROUGH THE REGION. TEMPERATURES REMAINED MILD AT 5 AM THIS MORNING...GENERALLY IN THE MID AND UPPER 40S. OUR COOLEST SPOT WAS BLACK MOUNTAIN...WHICH REPORTED A COOL 38 DEGREES. OUR WARM SPOT THIS MORNING WAS MIDDLESBORO...WHICH CAME IN AT A RELATIVELY BALMY 50 DEGREES. CLOUDS WILL LINGER ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY...KEEPING TEMPERATURES MUCH CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR ONE MORE DAY. A WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF RAIN IN THE FORECAST TODAY AS WELL. FOLLOWING THIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA BRINGING A BRIEF SPELL OF DRY AND SEASONABLY WARM WEATHER FOR TUESDAY. 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. $$ RAY
