RSS FeedsIssued by NWS Jackson, KY
000 AWUS83 KJKL 250945 RWSJKL KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-252200- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 445 AM EST WED NOV 25 2009 CLOUD COVER BRIEFLY ERODED DURING THE EVENING HOURS... BUT THEN FILLED BACK IN AFTER MIDNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHED FROM THE WEST. A BAND OF SHOWERS PRECEDED THE FRONT AS WELL... BUT ANY ACCUMULATIONS WERE VERY LIGHT... AMOUNTING UP TO A COUPLE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH AT MOST FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY NORTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY. TEMPERATURES FELL QUICKLY INTO THE 40S FOR MOST LOCATIONS AS THE CLOUDS PARTED DURING THE EVENING... BUT INCHED BACK UPWARDS AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOST LOCATIONS REPORTED TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S AT 4 AM. THE COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA BY OR SHORTLY AFTER NOON TODAY WITH LITTLE FANFARE. SOME SUNSHINE IS EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON HELPING TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE 50S TO NEAR 60. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL THEN PASS THROUGH THE AREA THANKSGIVING MORNING USHERING IN A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS. A SHOWER OR TWO MAY ACCOMPANY THE FRONT... BUT A BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS LIES BEHIND THE FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WHILE MOST OF THIS PRECIPITATION SHOULD FALL AS RAIN IN THE VALLEYS... SOME SNOW MAY MIX IN AT TIMES AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 30S. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS TO EXPERIENCE SOME SNOW ARE THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE VIRGINIA BORDER WHERE A DUSTING MAY ACCUMULATE BY DAWN ON FRIDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL DEPART TO OUR NORTHEAST QUICKLY FRIDAY LEAVING DECREASING CLOUDS FRIDAY NIGHT WITH FAIR SKIES AND MODERATING TEMPERATURES LIKELY FOR SATURDAY. ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY... IN 1950... A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WAS PLASTERING THE EASTERN U.S. WITH HEAVY SNOW... WINDS AS HIGH AS 130 MPH AND RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES. THE STORM BEGAN DEVELOPING ON NOVEMBER 24TH... AND FINALLY DISSIPATED OFF THE COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND CANADA ON NOVEMBER 30TH. EAST KENTUCKY WASN/T SPARED FROM THE STORM. PAINTSVILLE WAS UNDER 8 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE 25TH AND 26TH... FLEMINGSBURG MEASURED 2.15 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WITH 10 INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE 2 DAY PERIOD... AND MANCHESTER REPORTED A STORM TOTAL OF 13 INCHES OF SNOW... WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE 25TH OF 17 AND A LOW OF 3. $$ ABE
