Issued by NWS Paducah, KY
000 AWUS83 KPAH 232012 RWSPAH ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-241000- WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 212 PM CST MON NOV 23 2009 CLOUDY SKIES WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT DRIZZLE OR VERY LIGHT RAIN AFFECTED PORTIONS OF WEST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY MORNING. MORNING LOWS BEGAN IN THE UPPER 30S IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...TO AROUND 50 DEGREES FURTHER SOUTH. BY MID AFTERNOON MONDAY...TEMPERATURES HAD CLIMBED INTO THE MID 50S IN MANY COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE QUAD STATE AREA...BUT CLOUDY SKIES AND PATCHY LIGHT FOG PERSISTED. THE WEATHER WILL BE FAIRLY ACTIVE THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK...AS A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS MOVE ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION. OUR NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARD THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH A CHANCE FOR RAIN BEGINNING IN OUR WESTERN AREAS TUESDAY MORNING...AND THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF OUR AREA INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WEST KENTUCKY FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...AS A STRONGER WEATHER SYSTEM DROPS DOWN FROM CANADA. CLOUDY AND COOL CONDITIONS APPEAR LIKELY FOR THANKSGIVING DAY. IN FACT...THERE IS EVEN A CHANCE FOR SOME SNOWFLAKES IN THE PORTIONS OF THE WABASH VALLEY OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST INDIANA. TEMPERATURES ON THANKSGIVING DAY WILL BE UNSEASONABLY COOL...WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS RUNNING AROUND 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. $$