RSS FeedsIssued by NWS Jackson, KY
000 AWUS83 KJKL 222101 RWSJKL KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-222215- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 400 PM EST SUN NOV 22 2009 AS HAS BEEN THE CASE LATELY...AN IMPRESSIVE RIDGE/VALLEY SPLIT IN TEMPERATURES HAD DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT. WHILE MANY OF THE OBSERVERS IN THE VALLEY LOCATIONS WERE REPORTING TEMPERATURES IN THE MID AND UPPER 20S THIS MORNING...ALONG WITH HEAVY FROST AND MODERATE TO DENSE FOG...MOST HIGHER ELEVATION SITES WERE CHECKING IN WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S. AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OUTSIDE OF JACKSON THE 7 AM TEMPERATURE UPON THE RIDGE WAS 43 DEGREES WHILE THE ADJACENT VALLEY WAS HOVERING AROUND THE 30 DEGREE MARK. CLOUDS INCREASED STEADILY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AS THE MORNING PROGRESSED IN RESPONSE TO A RELATIVELY WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GULF STATES. AS A RESULT...TEMPERATURES AROUND THE REGION HAVE GENERALLY BEEN LIMITED TO THE MID 50S. AT 3 PM...MESONET SITES AT MOREHEAD...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE AND QUICKSAND OUTSIDE OF JACKSON WERE REPORTING 56 DEGREES. MIDDLESBORO ALONG WITH BOTH THE HAZARD AND PIKEVILLE AIRPORTS WERE AT 55...LONDON AND SOMERSET WERE AT 54. ELSEWHERE AROUND THE REGION TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY TOPPING OUT IN THE LOWER 50S AS CLOUD COVER CONTINUED TO INCREASE. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO OUR SOUTH WILL BE THE MAIN PLAYER IN OUR WEATHER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT MAKES ITS WAY TOWARDS THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL BE THE RULE TO START THE WORK WEEK WITH CHANCES FOR RAIN BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING. AS THIS SYSTEM PASSES THERE WILL BE A BRIEF AND PARTIAL CLEARING ON TUESDAY BEFORE THE NEXT SYSTEM ARRIVES TUESDAY NIGHT AND BEGINS TO IMACT OUR WEATHER THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1991...A STORM SYSTEM MOVED FROM GEORGIA INTO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...THEN NORTHEASTWARD INTO PENNSYLVANIA ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS SYSTEM PRODUCED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL FROM ALABAMA INTO VIRGINIA. ATLANTA SAW 3 INCHES...AND KNOXVILLE PICKED UP NEARLY 4 INCHES. CLOSER TO HOME...NEW DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE ESTABLISHED AT BOTH THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE WITH 2.99 INCHES...AND THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT WHICH RECORDED 2.18 INCHES. BARBOURVILLE MEASURED 1.54 INCHES AND THERE WAS 2.15 IN HAZARD. PAINTSVILLE SAW A BIT MORE THAN 2 INCHES...AND THE STORM TOTAL IN PIKEVILLE WAS JUST SHY OF 3 INCHES. IN SPITE OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL... NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OCCURRED AS SO LITTLE RAINFALL FELL DURING PRECEDING WEEKS. $$ BECKER/GREIF
