RSS FeedsIssued by NWS Jackson, KY
000 AWUS83 KJKL 212103 RWSJKL KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-221000- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 403 PM EST SAT NOV 21 2009 MORNING TEMPERATURES HAD FALLEN INTO THE LOW AND MID 30S AROUND THE VALLEYS WHILE THE HIGHER TERRAIN HELD IN THE UPPER 30S...AND EVEN A REPORT OF 40 DEGREES WHICH CAME IN FROM AN OBSERVER NEAR GIMLET. IN ADDITION TO THE FORMATION OF SOME LIGHT FROST CAME THE FAMILIAR DEVELOPMENT OF SOME MODERATE FOG THROUGHOUT THE VALLEYS. CLEAR TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVER KENTUCKY PREVAILED AS THE MORNING PROGRESSED AND ENABLED TEMPERATURES TO REBOUND STEADILY. BY NOON...MOST OF THE AREA HAD REACHED THE 50 DEGREE MARK AND WAS STILL WARMING NICELY. AT 2 PM...MIDDLESBORO WAS CHECKING IN WITH 64 DEGREES WHILE SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS INCLUDING SOMERSET...MONTICELLO...BOONEVILLE AND BIG SANDY WERE SITTING AT 60 DEGREES OR BETTER. ELSEWHERE AROUND THE REGION TEMPERATURES WERE COMFORTABLY IN THE MID AND UPPER 50S UNDER SUNNY SKIES. AS ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END...THE HIGH PRESSURE WHICH BROUGHT THE FAIR WEATHER YESTERDAY AND TODAY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE LIFTING NORTH TOWARDS THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. IN ITS WAKE...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND HAS BEEN SLOWLY TRACKING TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN APPALACIANS LOOKS TO BRING CLOUDY SKIES ALONG WITH SOME CHANCES FOR RAIN BACK INTO OUR AREA BEGINNING SUNDAY AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES OUT ON MONDAY THERE WILL BE A BRIEF RESPITE FROM THE ACTIVE WEATHER. ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IT WAS A WINTER LIKE DAY AT THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE BACK IN 2000. AFTER A RECORD SETTING MORNING LOW OF 19 DEGREES...THE MERCURY ONLY PEAKED AT 30 DEGREES...WHICH TIED THE MINIMUM HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR NOVEMBER 21ST. IN ADDITION TO THE COLD WEATHER...THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE ALSO RECEIVED 0.4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. CLIMATE RECORDS FOR JACKSON DATE BACK TO 1981. $$ BECKER/GREIF
