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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
307 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WAS PRESENT ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY
THIS MORNING. AN AREA OF SNOW MOVED NORTH THROUGH THE COAL
FIELDS...FOLLOWED BY SLEET AND A RAIN/SNOW MIX AND FINALLY TRAILED
BY JUST RAIN. BY NOONTIME...A COLD RAIN WAS IN PLACE ACROSS ALL OF
EASTERN KENTUCKY. DURING THE AFTERNOON...A FEW AREAS OF RAIN WERE
STILL MOVING ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY...WHILE OUTSIDE OF THE
RAIN...SKIES WERE CLOUDY. RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON WERE
MOSTLY UNDER A QUARTER OF AN INCH...WITH MANY LOCATIONS JUST SEEING
AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. SNOW AND ICE TOTALS WERE LIGHT IN MOST
LOCATIONS...ALTHOUGH AREAS ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY DID SEE A COUPLE
OF INCHES OF SNOW THIS MORNING BEFORE THE RAIN MOVED IN.

7 AM TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MIDDLE 20S ACROSS THE NORTHERN
COAL FIELDS TO AROUND 40 DEGREES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN REACHES OF
KENTUCKY. MOST LOCATIONS REPORTED TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE 30S. NORMAL LOWS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR ARE IN THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER 20S. MID AFTERNOON READINGS RANGED FROM THE MIDDLE 30S ACROSS
THE NORTHERN COAL FIELDS...TO AROUND 40 DEGREES ACROSS SOUTHERN
KENTUCKY. TYPICAL HIGHS FOR THE FIRST PORTION OF FEBRUARY ARE IN THE
MIDDLE TO UPPER 40S.

LOOK FOR AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT TO BLAST ACROSS THE COAL FIELDS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL BRING COLD AIR...GUSTY
WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE AREA. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE
FROM TWO TO SIX INCHES ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY BY THURSDAY NIGHT.
COLD WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO BE PRESENT WITH SOME LOCATIONS SEEING
READINGS DIP TO AROUND ZERO AT TIMES. TUNE INTO YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL
MEDIA OUTLET...OR LOG ONTO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JKL FOR MORE INFORMATION
ON THIS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT.

ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 2001...EASTERN KENTUCKY WAS IN
THE MIDST OF A WARM AND RECORD SETTING PERIOD. THE JACKSON WEATHER
OFFICE ESTABLISHED RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 72 DEGREES ON BOTH
THE 8TH AND 9TH...WHILE THE LONDON CORBIN AIRPORT SET RECORDS OF 69
DEGREES AND 70 DEGREES FOR THE 8TH AND 9TH RESPECTIVELY.

ALSO ON THIS DATE...IN 1870...PRESIDENT ULYSSES GRANT SIGNED A JOINT
RESOLUTION WITH CONGRESS AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO FORM A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THIS AGENCY WAS PLACED UNDER THE SECRETARY
OF WAR BECAUSE IT WAS THOUGHT THAT MILITARY DISCIPLINE WOULD ENSURE
THAT OBSERVATIONS WOULD BE TIMELY AND ACCURATE. THE NEW AGENCY WAS
PLACED UNDER GENERAL ALBERT MEYER. GENERAL MEYER GAVE THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE ITS FIRST MONIKER...THE DIVISION OF TELEGRAMS AND
REPORTS FOR THE BENEFIT COMMERCE.

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CARICO